Lymes Disease symptoms?

[soanxious89]

Hi,
I have been diagnosed with anxiety and I am currently taking 10mg Lexapro which doe not seem to be helping. I have really bad physical symptoms and I think there is something else medically wrong with me, even though the various health test that I've had all came up negative. My question is, does anyone of you suffering from lymes disease feel constantly tired all of the time, feel like you are out of your body, like on drugs or living in a constant dream? I guess it's called depersonalization? But can it happen Constantly? I also have floaters, halos, white lights in my vision and doubled vision. Like, if I focus on an object, whatever other object is behind it or beside it is doubled. If you know what I mean? And when I sleep my body also vibrates. I have obsessive thoughts, I do obsessive things, I am constantly thinking, and feel like I have some kind of disease that the doctors cannot find. I cannot concentrate, I forget everything, feel foggy headed, and just feel empty. And can Lymes disease cause constant joint popping? I have constant grinding, popping, and cracking sounds in my joints all over my body, especially in my neck, very badly in my shoulders, my back, jaw, elbows, wrists, knees and hips. It does not usually hurt but my muscles and joints hurt and seem to be tense, weak and stiff.  Can lymes disease cause all of these CONSTANT symptoms? This problem is effecting my life and my relationships and I just want to feel normal and like my old self again. I just need to know if lymes disease can cause all of these symptoms, and constantly, 24/7 I have these symptoms. like I said, I was diagnosed with anxiety but I do not believe that anxiety can cause all of the agony. I was tested for lymes disease twice, and both came up negative. The first time the antibody test came up "high" so they did a westen blot and the 41 band came up positive, but thats it so they said the western blot was negative and that I didnt have lymes disease. I just do not know what to do? for those of you who hve lymes disease, do my symptoms sound like lymes disease? or could it really just be anxiety? I am currently residing in Hampton Roads Va, and do not know how to find an LLMD near me. If any of you could help it would be greatly appreciated. And I have had these symptoms for almost a year now, so if I do find an LLMD near me and do in fact find out I have lymes disease would it still be curable? THIS IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

[JackieCalifornia]

If you search online for

LLMD Arizona

the first link will be to a website with a referral function.  That's a good place to start.  Best wishes --

[skinner66]

i have almost all the same symptoms as the anxious post been going on for 4months now have had tons of tests done including 2 lyme test from 2 differnt docs and they came back neg all bands and western blot it was through sonoaran quest labs i still want to get tested through ignex and i want to find a llmd im in az please help me find one

[seve260]

Hi,
I had to read your post again, for a minute i thought i had wrote it and not realised. Everything you have written mirrors everything i have been going through for the last 5 years. All your symptoms, everything. I live in Birmingham, England, my problems started back in June 2006, i went for a round of golf, and was bitten on my right leg by something. The problem i have is that, i knew nothing of Lyme Disease, and i went about 4 years before i started to suspect there was a connection. A week after the bites, i came down with really bad flu symptoms that lasted 2 weeks, after that i felt ok. As the months past i started getting more anxious, i started getting mild panic attacks and then in December 2006, 5 months after the bites, something wierd happened, on 16th December 2006, i was at work, and i suddenly felt as if i had been pulled from reality into a dream world, i began suffering from that feeling of Derealisation, i was off work with these and other feelings for 11months. These feelings got a lot worse and my doctors believed i was depressed. Ive tried anti-depressants, but the side effects were terrible as if my body was vibrating from the inside, so i stopped them. I started to get a bit better, and in November 2007 i returned too work, still not feeling that great, i battled on, but these feelings have never gone away. I then started getting other symptoms, all of which you have already mentioned, so i wont list them again. I began to do my own reasearch as my doctors dont really seem to know what the hell is wrong with me, and i started to realise that Lyme Disease causes many of the symptoms i am experiencing right now. So, i am currently trying to get the right tests, see the right people, but things are taking so long. The only tests i have had are IgG/IgM antibody tests, these are normal, im waiting for my doctor to refer me to an Infectious Diseases specialist. I think you should have a better chance of been diagnosed in the states, i noticed thats where your from. It seems to be a lot harder in England as we dont seem to have the right tests available. Please let me know what progress your making as my symptoms are getting worse and i really dont know which way to turn.

[nutrinut_bob]

Did I read that correctly soanxious89?  If so, you have free access to the people who have the most experience with mycoplasmas.  They made some of them!  I'd suggest you contact Walter Reed Army Hospital, or the nearest large base hospital.  Doesn't matter what branch of service your husband is in.  This could be Gulf War syndrome, not unusual for spouses to become infected.  

[soanxious89]

I have been messaging you and replying with no trouble.
Ewford--please message me.

[nutrinut_bob]

Hmm, that's odd.  Bet he can't send one to you either, don't know, just guessing.