Hello! I'm a 25 yo woman who has had joint issues since childhood. Several years ago I began to suffer from anxiety and fatigue also.
More recently, I've experienced tingling and numbness in my arms and legs, in addition to swelling in my joints, and muscle spasms all over my body (mostly at night but also during the day).
Also, "add" like symptoms--suddenly have a hard time concentrating, and "space out" frequently, ie: missing my exit on the freeway, or forgetting what I was in the middle of saying/doing.
The last straw for me was vertigo. (I see the room move, and you tell me to pop a xanax? I just don't think so. )
I posted a request in the "seeking doctor" forum as well, but I wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced this combination of symptoms and if there are other things it might be.
Every doctor i've ever seen says its just stress, (save one i saw at age 18 who thought i had rheumatoid arthritis, that just wasn't showing up in tests)
routine blood work always comes back pretty much normal. then i'm prescribed drugs to treat the anxiety, and naproxen to treat the joint issue, as if the symptoms don't have anything to do with one another.
any comments would be appreciated!
thanks megmegmeg
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
Well, everything you have named I have heard many, many times before from lyme patients. My girlfriend used to miss her exit just about every day driving home from work. And, her brain was in bad shape--memory, etc. Almost lost her job over it.
For the muscle spasms I suggest you start taking magnesium. Take more and more until you get diarhhea. That is the sign that you are taking more than you need. Back off a little from the dosage that causes the diarhhea. See if that doesn't get rid of those spasms for you.
Hope it helps.
If you have never read the Burrascano lyme treatment guidelines, I suggest you do so. They are here:
On pages 9-10 is a list of common lyme symptoms. Why not compare your symptoms to that list.
This document will give you your education on this disease. It is must reading in my opinion.
Posted by kitty9309 (Member # 19945) on :
meg-
Your symptoms sound a lot like mine. It is a long story, going back 16 years, but just want to say it sounds famliar.
Posted by momofthree (Member # 19490) on :
My daughter started with those symptoms except no point pain just a chronic backache. Her main symptoms were anxiety, poor concentration and fatigue. She tested Lyme pos. and is getting much better now. Good luck
Posted by hildy0521 (Member # 25133) on :
Meg,
My symptoms are exactly like yours except for the joint pain. I do not have any joint pain, but I have constant headaches, migraines, backache, tingling in legs, muscle spasms, anxiety, etc.
I just got my Igenex results in yesterday and my doc says I am positive for lyme. So she will start treating me soon.
Good luck!
Posted by Starfall1969 (Member # 17353) on :
Meg, what did you do, copy my symptom list, lol?
Sounds exactly like what I went through prior to seeing an LLMD, except I also had/have visual issues added in to the mix.
I am now being treated for lyme and Ehrlichia, and LLMD is testing again for babesia and bartonella.
Hope you can get to a good LLMD and start getting treatment.
Posted by mmcmann (Member # 21872) on :
Meg, Just like some other posters, your "story" is very similar to mine...even had a visit to rheumatologist at 18! The vertigo was the symptom that prompted the Lyme test (was seeing a psych. for the panic attacks/anxiety/depression whose wife had lyme and he said his theory is when symptoms persist and don't "add up" that he suspects lyme now).
So, to answer your question...YES!
Best of luck to you.
Posted by megmegmeg (Member # 25551) on :
wow! its nice to see that maybe I'm not just nuts, lol. another thing I'm looking into is celiac disease, which seemingly has similar symptoms, (but no vertigo... hmmm)
I hope that I can get an open minded doctor to test me for both.
will keep you guys posted,
meg
Posted by megmegmeg (Member # 25551) on :
also, TF, i will try Mg, I only very little now, will try the larger doses as you suggested thx! meg
Posted by elizzza811 (Member # 24713) on :
Definitely look into the Lyme possibility, but compare your symptoms to the ones listed in the articles below, too. Lyme has a little 'help' being the disease it is...
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