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Posted by Ruffy (Member # 7146) on :

I have encephalitis shown by a SPECT. This is definitely in my neuro system. I haven incredible tightness on the left side of my back/neck/trunk. Almost as if there is a black hole in my mid back that is sucking everything into it. My right is stiff as well, but not as bad. I feel as this loosens up, my clarity mentally gets better as well. This leaves me with the question mark, is all the tightness, nastiness, pulling in my back and neck(moreso on the left) due to neurological issues or musuclar? Is the tightness in my back and neck causing the dizziness or is the bug in my spine causing the tightness? Being that's it's predominantly on my left side, I have a difficult time thinking the bug would find the left side tastier, that I'm think this is neurological. Chicken or the egg? What do you think?

Posted by bg (Member # 46416) on :

Breaking this long paragraph into shorter ones for us chronic lymies who can't read it.

up for others who can give you their advise..

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Originally posted by Ruffy:
I have encephalitis shown by a SPECT. This is definitely in my neuro system.
I haven incredible tightness on the left side of my back/neck/trunk. Almost as if there is a black hole in my mid back that is sucking everything into it. My right is stiff as well, but not as bad.
I feel as this loosens up, my clarity mentally gets better as well. This leaves me with the question mark,
is all the tightness, nastiness, pulling in my back and neck (moreso on the left) due to neurological issues or musuclar?
Is the tightness in my back and neck causing the dizziness or is the bug in my spine causing the tightness?
Being that's it's predominantly on my left side, I have a difficult time thinking the bug would find the left side tastier, that I'm think this is neurological. Chicken or the egg? What do you think?

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Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :

My worst symptoms are tight muscles in my upper back. I control the symptoms with a muscle relaxer called Flexeril. My pain specialist mentioned that Flexeril actually impacts the neurological system.

I have also had myoclonus, which is uncontrollable movement. This is definetly neurological.

So I think that muscular symptoms are often neurological. I think the message is getting through wrong.

Posted by bpeck (Member # 3235) on :

Lyme likes the endothelial cells lining blood vessels and the brain. It's sequestered away from the immune system there.

There's a lot of pain described as tendon, bone, or muscle pain, that's actually neurologically based. So it's very possible
you're experiencing neurological pain - you and your Doc. will probably have to decide which it is for sure.

Barb