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.

[tommyroe]

I haven't been anywhere near the Northeast...never been to NY, CT...the closest was Washington DC, and that was back in the 8th grade.  I was down in Corpus Christi Texas in May, but I wouldn't think it would be anything that would cause it down there.

The one thing I forgot to mention before is that my original Doc tested me for West Nile and Lyme (but I was taking antibiotics at the time and the test occurred about 2 1/2 weeks after the initial rash and stuff happened) and they were both negative.  I don't know what lab it was sent to.

I haven't seen a neurologist yet.  My new doctor (since I got tired of my old doctor because he would just give me drugs and send me on my way) hasn't suggested a neurologist, but I know with my insurance that as long as the neurologist is in my network, I don't need a referral from my doctor (although, they probably would prefer to have one anyway).  I just cannot figure out what is going on with me...it's just absolutely weird what is going on, on top of the fact that the chiro has not helped at all...maybe it's something he cannot fix, although he was highly recommended to me by several people that I've known for a long time (i.e. they went to him and they were fixed).  I'm probably going to see an allergist first for the "pimple-like" bumps on my stomach and back to see if there is something that I'm allergic to that is causing some of this...I figured a $15 co-pay wouldn't hurt to find out.  If that doesn't net anything, then I'll have to go to a neuro probably and get the gamut of tests run (MRI/CT, etc) to see what is going on with me.

[tommyroe]

Almost forgot...regarding the rocky mountain spotted fever and similar tick bite diseases...I'm 100% certain I don't have those because with rocky mountain the pimply spots start on your legs and go upwards....I never had any of those on my legs...only my arms (a few), my stomach/chest and my back.  So, I don't think it would be anything similar to rocky mountain spotted fever...I checked the symptoms of all of the other types of tick bites, and none of them seem to match that well, which is why I wondering if this even was a tick bite or something else..........

[JCmcc]

I would agree that most people should look into the variable causes, but, I highly doubt Lyme disease for you. There are many people who blame LD for everything w/o clinical proof. Many of these people believe in conspiracies via govt, et seq. There is an entire mess with it.
Due to locale and your symptoms I would not worry too much about LD. Also, many of these people, and I do not imply this about anyone here, claim to have LD without any serologic proof.
Be wary of this and stay with your attending neurologist.

Good Luck!
JCmcc.

[patsy10]

I would see a neurologist.  It doesn't sound like you've seen one.  I agree with the above post about lyme disease.  However, what about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever???  Look into that.

Good luck

[young at heart]

See a  neurologist,they can best assist you and get proper testing done.

[tommyroe]

sorry for all of the threads....or, is all of this the cause of Lyme disease?  My doctor told me it wasn't, but I live in a state (Nebraska) that hardly has any cases. It just seems like with the variety of symptoms I'm having that maybe this is possible...again, sorry for all of the posts...