Lyme Disease Support Group

Just curious if anyone else has this, and whether it's related to Lyme.

I have seriously had this for years and years and never thought anything of it but now I wonder if there is any connection.

When I wake up in the morning, my hand strength is greatly diminished. I can do things, I just feel like an old lady. My hands have always felt weak when I wake up.

Like a minute ago I was trying to open a maple syrup bottle and it was so hard. My hands feel so weak.

I've always laughed it off, but snyone else have this? Is it normal? Or another fun Lyme symptom.

pain in my hands and feet. That is how this all started for me.

I had a hard time opening things and my hands were swollen. I

would drop things very easily.

That symptom has improved with treatment.

I have a hard time believing it is Lyme because I don't know anyone else who has had this happen. I do think my Lyme may have caused or trigger MS and that is my problem.

I finally have insurance that cover physical therapy and I am going on Monday.

I was on 10weeks of IV and it helped a teeny bit but not really enough to change anything.

Stay on treatment. I wish so very badly I knew about Lyme years ago when I had early symptoms.

My hands in the AM feel only a tiny bit swollen, only noticeable if I make a fist. But there is no pain, no nothing, just a feeling of, I am trying hard to open something etc but they are much weaker.

Love to hear from anyone else with something similar!

Thanks again everyone. I'm so glad I found this forum.

During pregnancy my wrists hurt so much that if I even touched them lightly it was excruciating. My fingers would go numb sometimes and I'd wake up frequently with numbness in my hands.

After I gave birth years ago, the numbness went away, but my wrists hurt immense amounts if touched for a whole year or so. They thought I would need an operation, but it went away.

I had it really bad and they didn't know why. I am not overweight (126 lb), no diabetes etc.

Thinking back, I wonder if that was all Lyme related.

wonder if that triggered it. Well, also, both of my kids have it.

Did I give it to them? I don't know. I am currently treating them

for it.