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Posted by stuman455 (Member # 17823) on :
 
My main symptoms are muscle twitching (all over the body), muscles crawling (like a butterfly underneath my skin), sore calf muscles (feels like i lifted some leg weights for too long),numbness in hand and feet, and fatigue.

These are mostly the only symptoms I have except for the major brain fog and add.

Do these sound like my lyme has struck again after 6 years?????

Anyone else have these symptoms?
 
Posted by Peedie (Member # 15355) on :
 
Maybe. I think you should see an LLMD. You have enough symptoms to warrant concern. Weights on the leggs is a good way to describe the weakness I feel in the legs.
Get well soon.
-p
 
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
 
I have all of these symptoms, and some more too. Sounds very suspicious to me.
 
Posted by sfcharm (Member # 9392) on :
 
I too had body wide muscle twitching all over my entire body. I did find that it went away about six months into antibiotics and magnesium supplements.

I take Natural Calm by Peter Gilham. It is a magnesium drink at night with hot water. It seems to have helped do the trick with getting rid of body wide twitching. That and the antibiotics I"m sure did it.

Sounds like it could be lyme with the twitching and brain fog. I would get tested asap and see a LLMD who will rule it in/out.

Barb
 
Posted by Rianna (Member # 11038) on :
 
I am told this is related to Bartonella
 
Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :
 
So........what abx or other steps are you taking to actually combat your obviously still active infection?

Folks......if you have symptoms...you need treatment.

Period.

Sometimes I just have to say it....point blank.

Sorry.

Trout [Wink]
 
Posted by FunkOdyssey (Member # 15855) on :
 
quote:
I am told this is related to Bartonella
Told by who? Which symptoms or group of them specifically?

quote:
My main symptoms are muscle twitching (all over the body), muscles crawling (like a butterfly underneath my skin), sore calf muscles (feels like i lifted some leg weights for too long),numbness in hand and feet, and fatigue.

These are mostly the only symptoms I have except for the major brain fog and add.

Do these sound like my lyme has struck again after 6 years?????

I have all of those symptoms and am positive for Lyme according to the Igenex western blot. I have improved substantially on antibiotics. So yes, it does sound like your Lyme has struck again.
 
Posted by Rianna (Member # 11038) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by FunkOdyssey:
[QB] [QUOTE]I am told this is related to Bartonella

Told by who?
____________________________________________

Told by my LLMD, twitches, CNS problems, burning skin sensation, any twitching or pain in the soles of the feet or shins

and the butterfly feeling under your feet thats exactly as I explained it to my LLMD and he said straight away bartonella

Rianna
 
Posted by HaplyCarlessdave (Member # 413) on :
 
That sure sounds like lyme to me!
Do you live in a region where lyme is prevalent? It could be a relapse, but you might have got bitten again and not noticed? Sounds like you better get to the lyme doc pronto! And maybe cop some abx somewhere for the interim).
I hope you nail it quicker this time, if that's what it is!
Lyme SUCKS!
DaveS
 
Posted by TerryK (Member # 8552) on :
 
Many of your symptoms sound like neuropathy which can be caused by lyme or bartonella. The crawling under the skin, numbness, tingling. Diabetes is also a major cause of neuropathy.

The muscle twitches can be caused by an electrolyte imbalance which can be caused by TBI's.

The brain fog can be caused by lots of things. All your symptoms combined, coupled with previous lyme make it seem likely that TBI's could be causing your problems but other things can cause your symptoms too.

Have you been evaluated by any doctor for your symptoms? Best to be evaluated by an LLMD (lyme literate MD) since you've already had lyme. This would be especially important if you've been evalutated for your symptoms and have no answers. Please go to the seeking doctors section and find an LLMD.

Terry
I'm not a doctor
 
Posted by Shosty (Member # 12232) on :
 
See if you can get an ANA test done by your primary or LLMD, too. This measures autoimmune activity. The autoimmune activity could be from current Lyme, or past Lyme, and might mean your Lyme is active, or might mean you have autoimmune issues leftover now that the infection is gone, or might mean you have autoimmune issues independently. Try food allergy diet too.

I am in the same boat and am considering trying antibiotics again, even though my ANA is sky high. I take antibiotics very seriously, because they have also caused me a lot of problems, so personally, I am looking at every other possible cause besides Lyme.

Even if it is Lyme, I am also considering other measures, even massage, PT and hypnosis, to live with the sensations. I already have done 6 years of antibiotics, stopped 2 years ago, and my whole body cries "no!" when I pick up the antibiotic bottle that still sits on the table here.
 
Posted by TerryK (Member # 8552) on :
 
An elevated ANA can mean active lyme. Apparently borrelia inserts it's DNA into ours, causing our body to attack itself.

Terry
 


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