can it be lyme

[maylise]

Lot's of symptoms
Balance out of order.....having to hang on to walls. Eyes so sensitive to outside light and they hurt at times.
Anxiety and depression. arthritis pain and many more
Majalisa

[maylise]

Mojogal
I don't seem to be able to tolerate beta blockers. Well,I didn't in the past anyway.But as i have high blood pressure and not low perhaps this test is not for me.
Guess I have to do the tests the docs up at the hospital wan't's me to have......walking in a straight line with one foot infront of the other is one test they have done.And I failed that one badly.

[mojogal]

If possible, try to get a tilt table test. You are strapped on this table which moves to get you upright and then all the way back. They do it several times. I not only threw up but passed out. Some people just get really dizzy.
After I was given a beta blocker, I stopped passing out and getting dizzy.

Now that my Lyme is worse, I am getting really dizzy again. My LLMD increased my beta blocker and I am much less dizzy.

I never knew, until I heard it from many lymies, that this can be a side effect of Lyme.

[maylise]

Last time in hospital when i went in with high blood pressure.....it went up a lot after lying down for a while Went on like that for quite some time so they kept me there until it was stable enough for me to go home. Blood pressure seem to be under control now. It's still high but not to bad

[maylise]

I had severe vertigo many years ago when even in bed everything was spinning around. Hubby got me to a GP and he did the Epson manouver. It was not nice but it did the trick. Like you i felt a bit dizzy afterwards.....no way I could have driven myself! Next day I was fine.
hospital will contact me when an appointment will be available with an ENT doctor but that could take forever. No medical insurance or I  would have had it done by now.This time it's not like true vertigo......feels at times it's connected with the eyes and the sensitivity to lights.It's more of a balance and feeling unsteady kind of thing. Have to hang on to things most of the time. I have dizzy spells sometimes  too but it's not vertigo.

[maylise]

I remember when young and became hypothyroid.....it took 6 months to get back to normal again after taking 100mg of synthroid a day. It was a great feeling.
Gp took me of synthroid all together when I became hyper because of the symptoms I had. Very high unexplainend blood pressure,panic attacks and nausea.I was already on meds for high blood pressure and have been for years.Then thyroid went to hypo within a month. Doc couldn't believe how it could in such a short time. Calcium in blood went crazy too and that's another reason why i think I might have lyme. Together with finding ticks inside. I do hope I'm wrong.

[mojogal]

I want to mention, re the balance and dizziness. Many lymies I know, as well as myself have neurally mediated hypotension and get dizzy. Our BP drops when we first stand up or stand for a long time.

My GP tested me for this many years ago, before I knew I had Lyme. Perhaps you can ask for the test?