monthly flares

[gorbybelle]

Hi, just wondered if some of you fellow lymies would take me through a typical 'flare' of your symptoms - things like - what first happens symptom wise - that makes you think 'oh here we go' - is it pain - anxiety - fatigue - I would just be interested in 'others' experiences - I am not good at seeing a pattern in my own 'flares' - just curious if others of you are?

[skarey]

I'm definately have flares where symptoms are worse and then I also have days sometimes several where I'm feeling better.  I'm going to start keeping a daily diary to see if there are any patterns in my symptoms.  The last 2 days have been pretty good for me... pretty uneventful besides the usual ankle pain.   I'm sure it'll pick up again in a few days though.  It always does.  Last weekend was horrible though.   I had worse dizziness, fatigue, and nausea and night sweats/chills.  

[wonko]

I wish I could offer a simple answer, but I'm all over the place!  Between changing medications several times, adjusting supplements, and working on my diet, I really can't say what's correlated with what, and my symptoms seem to be shifting around.

In general, before treatment and during my years undiagnosed, I noticed that my PMS worsened and began to involve more upper leg and lower back pain and fatigue.  It wasn't until much later after I knew I was ill that I connected the dots that this was Lyme-related.  

Since becoming more acutely ill, worsened brain fog and heavy fatigue upon waking have been typical harbingers of a flare.    

[JackieCalifornia]

Things were much worse when I was first ill ... because I had babesiosis and it's a bear.

Now that I have 'only' Lyme, I seem to get a flare about once a week lately, feeling a little tired, a little confused sometimes, memory a bit slow, eyes a little red, a little short of breath sometimes, my breastbone aching a little bit where the cartilage connects to the ribs (Lyme loves cartilage).