Neurological Symptoms in whole body getting worse - what is causing this?

[tommyroe]

I had what I thought to be an allergic reaction to a bugbite in August '06. My legs seized up & my right arm was numb. I developed rashes on my stomach, chest and back prior to that.  I was given steroid shots and the allergy meds.  A couple days after that, my neck had a terrible pain that never went away, and I got the pins and needles feeling in my neck, arms, legs, stomach, and back, and numbness in left hand/arm and right foot.  My doc put me on Tramadol,Valium,& Doxepin, but to no avail.
After a month or so I decided to see a chiro since I was still having the neck pain/headaches/pins and needles.  He said I had 2 pinched nerves.  However, after I started with him, I started having stomach and chest pains, diarrhea/constipation/coughing. He told me it was normal or it could be GERD. After going back to my doc, they tried Aciphex and a couple others to no avail, levsin, which didn't do much, and Darvocet for the pain.  In the midst of all of this, I had a a cold that turned into a viral infection in my chest and it's still there a month later.
I finally started to feel better from that, but the neck pain/headaches are worse, the pins/needles in the neck,arms,legs,stomach and back are still there after 19 sessions with the Chiro.
Then on Nov 8 '06, I got the flu shot.  A day later, I started having major muscle jerks of the arms/legs/chest.  I'm having weakness in legs/hammies/calves are seized up.
Did the bite in August cause all of this? Did my Chiro mess up? Did the flu shot do this after the cold? Help please!  I don't know what to do and it's getting worse.

[strive4mores]

hi there,
have you been to a neurologist?  it may be a good starting point to have some mri's done and possibly a lumbar puncture.  i myself wouldn't puruse lyme and i live in new england, like the above poster mentioned there is an overload of people trying to convince people they have lyme.  a test wouldn't be a bad idea but i wouldn't start going to lyme doctors because from what i've read none of them have ever told someoone they didn't have lyme and they are not covered under insurance.....strange isn't it.

good luck
sarah

[cat457]

BTW, Lyme disease has been reported in EVERY state except Montana.  Here in California, it has been reported in almost every county.  West Coast and East Coast has the highest reports.

[Jenny Wren]

Congrats on your MRI, what kind did you have?  I have weird symptoms also, my brain and c-spine are clear, no lesions.  But I still continue to have weird feelings. Did you go to the neuro for these tests or a PCP?  Glad to hear you got good news, thats great!!!!

[tommyroe]

I still don't think that caused anything.  The muscle spasms/twitches etc coincided with the flu shot I got...I don't see any correlation...

[lees girl]

well..got my mri results back and the doctor said that its not MS, thank god, so off i go to the nuerologist again.

[Buzzie2]

I got Lyme disease in Colorado, as did the former president of the Colorado Medical Association. Ticks don't know from state lines.

A Lyme diagnosis is a hard thing, when it can't be proven, or proven not.

It's even harder to find a doctor who knows how to treat it. Unfortunately it won't go away on its own, and you continue to lose your life as you become sicker and sicker, with more seemingly unrelated symptoms.

Yes, antibiotics are strong drugs and using them for a long time can cause problems. But all drugs have risks--whether they work or not.

Those of us who have it do tend to blame it for everything.We're frustrated, we're mocked, and often not taken seriously. But most of all we hate to see other people suffer.