I don't have joint pain. Ok maybe occassionally I might get a mild ache but not the severe joint pain that people tend to think of when they think of lyme disease.
I have a lot of muscle aches - arms, legs, hands & feet but joints are pretty good.
Is this unusual? Are there others out there who don't have joint pain but a lot of other stuff?
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
It is not unusual. Some people have more arthritic Lyme and others neurological Lyme, etc.
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
I have mostly neuro...with the ocasional neck, bicep and calf muscle pain.
Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
I had fevers high low periodicaly two years or so kept getting bit throughout this period no joint pain but had tingling finger tips tip of nose,here and there then somewhere around third year Wham!!! migrating joint pains come and go move to another joint etc.
And everytime I would get a new joint oain it was progressivly worse than the last one.
Until 2001 when i could barely walk, elbow hurt so bad for months.
Posted by Cinder Binder (Member # 8225) on :
I don't have joint pain, either. That's why the doctors around my area didn't want to believe that it was Lyme. They think that you need to have the bullseye rash and joint pain and that's the only criteria they go by.
I have the neurological symptoms - buzzing/vibrating sensations, shakiness, and slight tremors.
Cinder
Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :
No pain for me--just incredible atigue--turns out that i was waking up every five minutes at night--from PAIN!
that's right--I have the (this is a quote) "mental capacity to push away the pain during the day." I can't do that at night--'cause my mental capacity is asleep!
L
Posted by arg82 (Member # 161) on :
For me, joint pain is definitely not at the top of my symptom list. I have much more neurological symptoms and symptoms in other systems of my body. I do get joint pain and arthritic symptoms at times, but it's not a major thing and I definitely don't have the "typical" swollen joints.
Peace and healing, Annie
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Hi Ticked--
Let me tell you nothing about these diseases is written in stone-
This is one of the reasons it is hard for doctors to figure out---
Many of the symptoms will change threw the corse of disease-- Come and go somewhat--
But after awhile it mostly stays--
One of my first and worst symptoms was joint pain--
A few years later nte nero symptoms kicked in
You dont what the disease to progress any farther--
After about a year of good treatment the joint pain is mostly gone--
Now my nero are decreasing dirmatically--- The fog is lifting more every day --
Let me tell you how dinged out I was a one point--
I could not remember my daughters name-and I did not know how old I was--
Scared the hello out of me--
You can get over this stuff-- Its a Long road- but you can do it--I have--Jay--
Posted by Bill ATL (Member # 7817) on :
Ticked...
I had joint inflammation/pain briefly. It went away though. I'm neuro as well. Vibrations are #1 for me. Headaches are #2.
Cinder...what part of the country are you in?
I wonder if the symptoms link up to the region/Lyme strain?