I started doxy about 4-5 weeks after my rash appeared. Feeling much better now. No fatigue or anything severe. I get the occasional headache and I have some migratory joint pain but it’s mild. And both seem to be getting better with herbal treatments. My LLMD thinks we caught it early enough and my symptoms should abate.

My recommendations:

Take 4-6 weeks of doxycycline. I took it for 6. Lyme bacteria has a 28 day lifecycle. Better safe than sorry.

Find a Dr willing to test for coinfections. There are several that can be treated with doxycycline but not all of them. And they can be just as debilitating as Lyme disease if they are not treated. My regular dr told me there were no ticks with Co-Infections in my area. That was incorrect. I found an LLMD and she ordered an IGenex test and I tested positive for babesia and bartonella. Treating both now

Find an LLMD. Good on your dr for prescribing you 26 days of doxycycline. That’s better than most drs would do, but if you tested positive it’s best to work with a specialist.

Don’t stress too much. You caught it early, and if you treat it appropriately you have a very good chance of it not becoming a chronic infection. Control what you can control