Blood work is this negative for sure? One reactive band and symptoms, help

[neptune692]

Hi all I'm a 20 yo guy and since September I've been feeling really sick. I hope someone can shed some light on my blood work and symptoms.

My symptoms:

- I'm fatiuged ALL the time.
- Muscle twitching all over my body.
- "Brain Fog" I feel mentally impaired and slow.
- Increased anxiety and depression.
- Short term memory loss.
- Chronic low grade fever, 99.5 - 100F.

I live in Kansas in the country and this summer I found several ticks on me that had been there for over 24 hours for sure. I just didn't notice them. I was wondering if I should peruse the diagnosis of lyme even though my family doctor says its negative? Does this sound like lyme? I have no joint pain.

I'm just worried, I feel sick and I don't know why. I also have developed markedly elevated liver enzymes which my doc also says is benign for some reason.

Thanks for your help :)

[blamom]

I would ask for copies of your bloodwork, sometimes they dont see a positive as it should be read.....

[JackieCalifornia]

One suggestion for an LLMD to check out -- in the upper right corner of this webpage, there is a line that reads:

                  inbox / logout / my shortcuts

If you click on 'inbox, it will take you a private page that is not visible to the public here.  I am sending you an email there with the name of an LLMD I thought of who might be near you.

[JackieCalifornia]

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So how to find an LLMD?  Your profile says you are in KS, so I would do three things:

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1 -- email to

                    contact [at] ILADS [dot] org

and tell them what area you live in, like near Topeka or near Kansas City, or whatever, and how far you can travel ... they will send you names of docs who think the ILADS way.  ILADS is short for International Lyme and  Associated Disease Society, which is the main voluntary group for docs who think more progressively about Lyme.
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2 -- Look around online yourself, but putting in searches such as

                    LLMD Kansas City

or whatever makes sense.  
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3 -- You can also search for

                       Kansas Lyme

or Missouri Lyme, or whatever you're near

and see what hits you get.  

There are often local groups you can contact who can give you leads to a local LLMD.  Because of the deep divide in the medical community, LLMDs tend to stay quiet, so that's also why we don't post their names in the open here.  Sounds sketchy, but it's the way things are for now.
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Let us know how you do, okay?  If you come up dry on LLMDs, let us know, and we'll brainstorm some more.

Take care –  and hang on!  You're wise to keep pursuing answers.

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