Lyme question

[desperate199]

I was wondering if Lyme Diease can be dormant without even knowing you were bit by a tick, I dont ever recall being bit by a tick, I dont even go in wooded areas or live around where theres deers, I have dealing with nerve caused from taking a medication but was suggested to get a Lyme test done, I got the IgG/IgM Borelli test done it came back NON-Reactive , that test was done here in Canada, but someone told me that Lyme can be dormant , was wondering if that is only if someone had a deer tick that had some symptoms that went into remission and was dormant , cause I never ever had these symptoms until I came off a Medication which is common from others these symptoms I am dealing with. I had an ANA test done , every blood work imaginable , MRI, Cat scans, Ultrasounds, X-Rays , all came back perfect. My GP told me that if I had Lyme based on the many symptoms I am dealing with it would of shown up on my blood work for Lyme Diease. I was wondering if Lyme can be Dormant , what are the possible causes of it being triggered? I Never ever had anyt fatique at all ever, I have more energy then anything, I never had Headaches, I Never had flu-like symptoms, I never had any fevers, Nor Chills, I read the fatique is the most common symptom, I never had any skin rash , lessions, Bullseye , so I am trying to figure this out. I am in the process of recieving a Lymes Kit from Igentics from CA, I just hate to waste  the money if I am trying to look for something that snot there. My GP said its unlikly that I have Lymes and that the higher the possibility what I am dealing with is from that medication as a Neurologist and Neuro surgeon also in writing said it caused from the medication. Just want to know someone elses opinion. Thank you

[ggreg]

I'm not an expert in Lyme disease nor the notion that it would be dormant.  But I wanted to at least give you a logical thought process on it.  You were fortunate, you GOT the Lyme test, and it came up negative.  I know someone who had the bullseye rash, is in a tick area, and WAS NOT TESTED, and their health hasn't been good ever since then.  Since your health issues didn't happen until you quit that particular medicine, then I should think that is indeed the problem.  If you are continuing to have symptoms for months after quitting that medicine, ask your doctor if there is some treatment for it, when will your health problem go away, and if it isn't Lyme and isn't the medicine then what else could it be and request perhaps some more further rare type health tests be done for what is making you sick.  As for spending a lot of money for a home test, you would be better off asking your doctor to also RE-test you for Lyme again, in case the dormant theory is right.

[ggreg]

I would like to add, also, that as far as I know, Lyme may be dormant only because a test was not done.  In other words, half the problem is just getting people tested for it!  If a person is not tested, Lyme generally will not just go away, and in that sense, perhaps that's where dormant might come in play.  Anyway, that's my recollection on all that when a friend had that problem.