I would recommend the test from Igenex. It is more sensitive. They are a tick specialty lab.

I haven't noticed a huge improvement yet but I believe I have been sick for more than 40 years. It takes a long time to treat chronic Lyme. I haven't been on treatment long enough yet plus you have to take different antibiotics to kill all the different forms of Lyme. I have only taken a couple so far. I have noticed some improvement, yes. It is better than no treatment at all. There has been some improvement in the neuropathy and my jaw feels better. Plus I have yet to treat the co-infections that usually come along with Lyme.

If you do have Lyme, the doxycycline causes some of the Lyme spirochetes to change form into cyst form. They do that to evade antibiotics. When you stop antibiotics, they change back into spirochetes and re-infect you. You have to take a cyst buster like Flagyl or tindamax or grapefruit seed extract in addition to the doxy.

I would be worth getting the Igenex test just to rule out Lyme so you don't have to worry about it.