AM I the only one with muscle pain?

It sounds like Bartonella. I had the burning muscle pain mostly in my legs, but with the proper Bart treatment it has gone away. Bartonella is another difficult one to test for. My tests were negative most of the time, but I had all of the symptoms. Check for stretch marks or discolored bumps on the skin. There are a lot of other symptoms to look for too. Even though the pain is mostly gone right now I still have the skin issues. I'm being treated with Rifampin for it along with a host of other meds for the Lyme.

thats the problem I feel like since I dont have joint pain then it may not be Lyme causing it! I also do not have cognitive issues.THank GOd becuase the pain is bad enough in itself!

I have had muscle pain at times in different parts of my body that I know was either bart or lyme. I had them in strange places like my arm, one side of my back, my hip and behind one knee. But when I took levaquin the muscles in my back and one arm were so painful I was useless for over a month. I quit taking levaquin and it got better, although not gone. I tried another type of abx and it came back over night and was very severe - so I believe the abx can aggravate this problem. It took me a while to figure out it was not a herx and by that time a lot of damage was done.
I posted about DMSO this morning because it penetrates the skin going deep into the tissue and is used to transfer medications into the body. On it's own without carrying another medication, it is ant-inflammatory and helps with muscle pain. It also kills bacteria. I put some on my arm this morning and it feels a little better than it did - still sore by not aching all the time and so painful I cannot lift it.
I would ask yourself if you experienced this pain prior to treatment or if it has come about as the result of treatment. Was it constant or did it wax and wane which is typical of lyme especially when you are on abx. What other symptoms do you have beside muscle pain? Do you have twitches, cramps, pins and needles. . . ? If there is nothing else maybe you need to get off abx for a while to see if there is any improvement.

I have very severe muscle pain. That is my main problem. It feels like I've been punched all over. My arms and legs are the worse. If I could get rid of that and the fatigue, I'd be so much better.

Some LLMD's spend too much time chasing lyme and many of the other issues are ignored. I'm a firm believer that these other infections are the main cause for lack of energy and muscle fatigue upon slight exertion etc. Sometimes it is a waste of time and $ to take test upon test to figure out what infection you have.

Many in the lyme world find better results when they start to try different med combos that target different organisms besides bacteria. I spent 2 years chasing lyme with amoxicillin, doxycycline and omnicef. I only received about a 50% decrease in symptoms. Then i started to explore different meds, Biaxin, Roxithromycin, Bactrim, Artmenisin, Rifampin, Minocycline, mepron, malarone etc. These were the meds that brought me near 100% of my former self. I think there are unknown protozoal infections, viruses, Bartonella, Babesia etc that are commonly missed.

Heck, some even have good results with antiparasitic meds such as ivermectin or alinia. Or antivirals such as acyclovir, valcyclovir, oregano oil, olive leaf etc.

Moral of my post, there is more going on then just lyme. Eventually you will find a nice combination with broad coverage that will bring you to the finish line.