Think I have Lyme

[Drew967]

Hey everyone,

I wanted to let you all know what I've been going through and see if anyone can identify. I think I have Lyme disease, and I'm going to schedule an appt with a naturopath tomorrow. I'm really worried, especially since my symptoms appear to be more advanced. Here's the breakdown:

Started with intense arthritis in both wrists, mellowed out and spread to forearms. Had my mind blown as to why this was happening.

For a couple weeks, I just dealt with the pain in my forearms/wrists, and the tingling. I saw a chiropractic, but a cervical MRI showed nothing wrong.

About 3 weeks after the first onset of symptoms, one of my calves had about a 6 hour spasm - the day after, all my symptoms went away for about 3 days, although i was still overall a little out of energy.

The 4th week (this past week), I've been feeling strong flu like symptoms - chills at night, low energy, headache. The other symptoms came back with a vengeance this time. Halfway through the week, I started having memory problems and fatigue a couple hours a day. I was also really thirsty, and peeing constantly (I don't have diabetes). On Friday, I was really struggling to stay on top of my work and think straight. Also started having panic attacks/anxiety. That night, I couldn't sleep because both my calves were spasming, and it was very uncomfortable. I've been having panic attacks throughout the day, and sometimes not thinking clearly. One side of my jaw, especially my teeth, feels numb.

I went to the ER on Saturday night because I was freaking out, but they told me "we don't have lyme here" (I live in Portland, OR), and they sent me home. The research I did says otherwise, although it doesnt seem to be very prevalent around here.

Until I can see my naturopath, does anyone have any advice dealing with symptoms? the muscle cramping, headaches, the mental slowness? I'm going to try taking magnesium supplements and Epsom Salt to see if it helps. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Elleon_arual]

Hello,

Sorry about your symptoms.  I don't know too much about Lyme but I was just diagnosed with it and have similar symptoms to yours.  I took magnesium supplements and tried Epsom salt baths and nothing worked.  My symptoms have been going on for four months though. Then I found a tick buried in my skin.  

I had EXTREME numbness and pain in my jaw and teeth.  I still do (I start antibiotics today to treat the Lyme).  I'm telling you, I went to every doctor imaginable and no one could figure out anything. My normal blood test for Lyme came back on the high negative and my doctor just "humored" me when I told her I found a tick. Doctors are freaking useless..

I then went to a natural doctor who looked at my live blood under a microscope and said "everything in your blood tells me that it's Lyme".  Then I found the tick and tested positive on the Western Blot test.

You need to find a Lyme literate doctor.  If you read my post in the community, I think it's titled something like Desperate and Need answers, there is a lot of good information there.  

Do everything QUICKLY.  If I had found out I had Lyme four months ago, maybe it wouldn't have gotten so bad.