Hi there.
I will keep my story nice and short. I'd love some help, as I am losing hope. I hope you'll read :)
A few years ago now, I was in a park in the city (in Sydney, Australia) and I was bitten by what I believe to be ants (I didn't see them all, but I just remember being bitten by what looked like little ants at the time.
A few days or so later, I noticed these strange marks on me.
Please see pic here...
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/img0878ac.jpg/
I had all these weird red dots appearing all over my legs and stomach, that looked the same as the one in the picture. They appeared, itched, and the skin sort of flaked away and they left a small scar. My doctor wasn't concerned and just gave me some cream.
Fast forward years later....and I started noticing these spots again on my body. With the appearance of the spots again, came symptoms. First a very sore neck which creaked, a fainting episode, then came strange cardiac problems. I was diagnosed with SVT, then a murmur, then general tachycardia. My heart is my worst symptom as it acts up all the time, and I get "heart attack" type symptoms all the time...such as numb fingers, irregular beats, chest pains, etc. I have been checked regularly by my cardiologist and he assures me my heart is fine...just beating faster than normal and doing strange tricks.
My other main symptoms are fatigue, squeaky joints, always cold, headaches, POTS, muscle aches, short term memory problems, very sensitive to light and sound, a very very distended stomach, itchy skin, especially ankles! eye pain (at the back of eyes), can't take lactose anymore, or gluten, or I go very very puffy.
I belch an awful lot and have breathlessness, bloating, air swallowing is one of my most annoying symptoms.
I also have had a very bad increase in depression, personality disorder and mostly self destructive behavior that is out of the ordinary for me. I am acting like I am bi polar and it's so hard to control. My life has really turned upside down and I feel so lost.
I have very vivid dreams and nightmares, occasional fever, and hot flushes during.
When I have an "episode" it always starts the same way... I feel it coming on by feeling a bit dizzy and like my blood pressure is dropping...my heart begins to pound and race so much that it hurts an awful lot. I start shivering for some reason when this happens, and I will often uncontrollably shiver for around half an hour. My teeth chatter and I just generally feel terrible when it happens. It feels like my body goes in to shock for a moment then reverts...
I have seen lots of Doctors here in Australia over the last three years, had loads of tests. The only thing that comes back is that my Red Cell Width Distribution is abnormal.
A naturopath helped me with some herbs after I had an abnormal live blood screening, but she couldn't do anymore that just give me some herbs. They helped a little bit, but not an awful lot.
I am positive I have something like Lyme...If not from whatever bit me in that park, perhaps it was from my dog who I used to wash and sometimes her fleas would bite me. Not often, but I remember a number of times being bitten by fleas. I have heard Bartonella and so on can be transferred by fleas.
I'm not sure if it is Bartonella, Babesia, Lyme, Mycoplasma....
I am seeing a doctor in Australia now who is a special GP who works with Lymies...I am waiting to get some results but I'm so scared a blood test will never confirm.
I do self treat a little bit, with Salt/C which definitely creates a herx type reaction. I take supplements and don't eat any sugar.
Does anyone have any ideas about
those spots that I get? Does it point to anything in particular?
Sorry for waffling on. I am so desperate to get my health back!
God bless.
G
Post Edited (Gretchen88) : 6/11/2012 2:04:10 AM (GMT-6)