Light sensitivity

It could be Lyme, but it could also be other ailments as well. My Lyme started in my right eye months ago. I didn't have any other symptoms that I can remember in the beginning.

At first it looked like psoriasis, then red and puffy, my eye started to droop with palsy. I had a lot of pain and pressure around and in my eye and blurred vision. My eye was itchy and irritated. As it progressed, I started to get insomnia, felt extremely tired, became sensitive to light, and the pain and pressure got worse.

After 6 months, I became hypoglycemic out of nowhere and suffered from vertigo and dizzy spells. A week later I woke up in the middle of the night with full blown palsy. My right arm and right leg were shaking uncontrollably and my right arm went numb.

I went to the hospital and they found nothing in their testing. Luckily, I live in an area where Lyme is an epidemic (Rhinebeck, NY) and the doctor gave me a week's worth of Doxy just to see. Sure enough, I responded in 3 days.

I followed up with an opthamologist and he said my eyes looked perfect, 20/20 vision and it was probably neurological.

Lyme is difficult to diagnose. Mine never showed up on a blood test, it was more of a clinical diagnosis. When the antibiotics were up, I started treating it with herbs and now homeopathic medicine. I'm almost back to normal, but neuro lyme takes a long time and can be quite debilitating. I described it as feeling like you've been bashed in the side of the head with a baseball bat.

Have you gotten a Lyme test? Better to catch it early on because it can progress over time.

Might be good idea to get an eye exam in case there is something else causing your eye symptoms. Not saying Lyme can't do these things - it most certainly can - but we have to be careful thinking everything is Lyme...because sometimes there are other things that can occur that need attention.