Yes. The oral helped while I took it, but the bugs came roaring back by 2 months after I stopped. The triple antibiotic IV combo killed them. My doctor consulted with some experts before prescribing 4 months of the triple antibiotic IV 3 days a week.
I was also on IVIG as my total IgG and subclasses 1 and 3 were below normal.
My fatigue improved a lot and ability to exercise improved.
The one problem I had with BOTH the oral and IV and was disrupting my microbiome. Being on antibiotics can promote fungi like candida, so my guess is your doctor is prescribing fluconazole to proactively kill the fungi.
I took massive amounys of prebiotics and probiotics and have gradually improved my microbiome.
I do not believe your antibiotic protocol will be fully effective without the addition of rifampin. It is important to whack all of the life cycle phases of these bugs - if you don't, they'll hide and return.
Rifampin ? Well the Wheldon protocol suggests after two months to add
Metronidazole to the Doxy and Azithro. I'm not sure where the Rifampin would have its place in there, but you sound quite certain about this assertion. I read about this stuff, but it's very difficult to tell which source is gospel.
It sounds GREAT to read someone actually improving from this, good on you man ! (girl ?)
As I often say the IV stuff is seen as hardcore here in France, I'm not even sure they'll implement that method unless it's a matter of life and death, sth like that. I mean I'll talk to my current lyme-educated dr. about it but he might look at me like I was a blasphemous heretic. We'll see.
Just a question: in your case did you take those vast amounts of pre/probiotics during or only AFTER ABiotic treatment ?
P.S.: thanks for those docs, will read later today.