If you are really going to start Antibiotics perhaps try the Marshall protocol instead. The outcome as I remember in statistics is that less people are getting "well" on it than the Nicholson protocol, but at least your body has a chance to recover somewhat because the doses are not as high. I think the idea was that the lyme in that case will not go into "hiding" if the doses are lower and therefore the Antibiotic can attack better. I think a lot of people are feeling terrible on the benicar though so perhaps skip that.