kelcan
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| A little about me: | I am 30yrs old and tested positive for lyme in Feb 2010. I came down with Bells palsey in June of 09. I recovered quickly and i didnt think much of it or think it was lyme. I camp and hike a lot and do not remember getting bit by a tick ever. Then I got sick this past Jan. My right knee started hurting, then my right elbow. I started having anxiety and was depressed and paranoid. Then came the nausea, muscle spasms, unable to sleep, and loss of apatite. That is when I finally went to Urgent care. They told me I had mono. Luckily my ND ran some blood test and they came back negative for epstein barr. That is when she tested me for lyme. After reading about how so many people go undiagnosed with lyme for so long I feel really luck that I was tested for it right away. Other symptoms I have are loss of memory, hard time concentrating, heart palpitations, muscle spasms, cracking joints, headaches, fatigue, moodiness. Also...Creepy crawly feelings under my skin, Craving for sugar. I feel worse in the mornings I feel worse on rainy days. I generally feel like I have been hit by a truck. I feel like I am in slow motion and the rest of the world is moving at full speed. I have a hard time getting anything done. On good days I am lucky to just get chores done around the house. Some days getting dressed and moving from the bed to the couch is all I can do. It is hard to not get depressed when my life has drastically changed almost over night. I am glad to have found this forum. People are really helpful and willing to share. I hope I can help and share too! I am waiting to get back some more blood tests before the dr puts me on abx but here are some things that have been working for me the past month: When I first got sick my ND suggested I take powdered magnesium. It really calmed down my muscles and my anxiety. I also have been soaking in epsom salt baths. That helps my muscles and joints stop aching. I read online that bacteria eats sugar so I have cut sugar out of my diet. I generally dont eat much sugar so it wasnt too hard for me to do, except that I have been craving sugar lately... I started Abx at the end of March. 1,000mg of Flagyl and Biaxin. After three days of feeling really good I started herxing pretty bad. I am very dizzy, nauseous, achy all over, extremely tired and emotional. Looking forward to the day I feel better again. On April 8th,2010 I had a night of no sleep due to severe pain and trembeling. In the morning i tired to take a shower and almost passed out, then vomited bile. Then i was in severe pain all over my body. I comtemplated going to the ER but decided to not waste my money. I stopped taking the abx and called my doctor on Monday morning. He agreed that it was a reaction to Flagyl and has taken me off it for good. UPDATE: 14MAY 2011 Hi all, It has been a while since I have been on here. I wanted to give an update. I continued my antibiotic treatment switching from Cedax and Zithromax to Biaxin and Amox. in Sept. I was taken off abx for good in mid Jan. It was amazing to go off abx. Most of the lyme symptoms had disappeared and it was nice to be free of the side effects of the abx. I started to feel like my old self about a week after stopping. I went to Iceland for a month in Feb. to do an artist residency. I have been painting my a** off since March. I still sleep 10-12 hours a day, my doctor says I shouldn't worry about that. But when I am awake I have a full day of energy. It is sooo nice to have my brain back and to feel like a normal human being again. I get sooo upset thinking about how sick I was now that I have the distance to look back on last year and reflect. |
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| Sending hugs and prayers to you, my fellow Lyme Warriors.... Let us stand strong and united this weekend for Worldwide Lyme Disease Protest day... Let us speak the truth... the ugly, shocking, scary, unbelievable truth... Let us be heard... and Let us be healed. *hugs and prayers* purple |
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