can anyone help?

[worriedguuy552]

Okay, I am 18 years old and at my whits end with everything, and becoming very depressed.

First off, my mother was diagnosed with Lyme about 10 years ago and was treated successfully.

Recently (about 3 months ago) I had been having and pelvic pain (only an 18 year old male), also stomach pains. I went to my doctor and he ran a bunch of tests and said I have mono.

I have also been pretty socially anxious throughout my whole life, and was always extremely irratiable as a child.

Now I am starting to get joint pain in my knees, always feeling tired all the time, sharp random/shooting pains all over body, in chest and underarms especially. sometimes I feel a bit of a rapid or faster heartbeat.

I have extreme anxiety about everything now (worse than usual), I also have problems getting to sleep, a white coat on tongue?, bad constipation, sometimes my eyes feel really dry or bug me, sometimes i see floaters, and sometimes I get tingling/numbness in my arms and legs. Brain fog.  also I get very light headed at time. And have swollen lymph Nodes in neck and groin for months.

I also have a random sharp pain in my left shoulder blade that will come for about a day or so and then pass.
A few weeks ago i felt as if all of my skin had a sunburn on it, when my clothes rubbed on legs, arms, and stomach/chest, it felt like a sunburn would, but there was no Redness/rash? For one random night I had burning in both calves at the same time that was there when i went to sleep and gone when i woke up. (my mother said she had burning in calves with her Lyme) Sharp random pains in stomach/abdomen.

I also have long hair.. And I notice that whenever I wash it.. More and more seems to fall out  . My shower drain gets completely clogged once a week now.

Also my whole life I've walked on my toes.. I had to have surgery on my Achilles tendons when I was 15 due to this. (read someone with long term lyme who said they had this)

All these other symptoms have just started to come during a very stressful time, during my first semester of college. I have not had a good diet (typical of a college freshman) and also i went through some very sad and stressful family stuff this semester before symptoms started.


Basically, my doctor just said I have mono and it will pass.. That was Months ago. I think it's something else.. Possibly Lyme??

Please If you think you can help. Let me know what you think. I am becoming very depressed and sad. I am only 18 and feel like my quality of life has all the sudden gone.

[Ricobord]

Your symptoms could be from Lyme.  Definitely find an LLMD who can assess your symptoms and history. Most doctors are hung up on a history of a tick bite and rash, and patients who can't describe them often won't get diagnosed even with the absence of an alternative.

[JackieCalifornia]

Welcome to MedHelp Lyme -- I can tell you are suffering -- your symptoms could be from Lyme, don't know, but I would find a doc with an open mind about Lyme and see what s/he thinks.

If you let us know where you are geographically, we can maybe give you some ideas on how to find a doc who understands Lyme, ok?

Take care --