New to Forum, new to Lyme

Hi all,

My name is Tommy, new to the forum. Just here to hopefully get some information and thoughts regarding my condition.I have not yet been diagnosed with Lyme, but have seen an LLMD a couple of times.

I am supposed to be tested by the end of October. Anyways..For about 11 years i have had this weird pressure in my head, like I am constantly grabbing the back of my head and there is foreign stuff in my brain moving around.

Just the head symptoms really, until the last 7 years i´ve had severe pain in my back and neck, nausea, blurry vision, ringing in my ears,tremors, heart problems,muscle-spasms, skeletal pains, anxiety, constant pressure in my chest, memoryloss, shortness of breath, elecrical shock kind of pains in my chest and leg/foot pains(only my left leg, feels like burning).

I have been diagnosed with blood clot in my left leg and both lungs 2 years ago and still on meds for this. I have also been diagnosed with alot of food-allergies and heavymetal-poisoning(lead).

The last 5 months i have also experienced testicular pains, the feeiling of something crawling over my head and face, face pain, spider veins in my face and the feeling of constantly walking into a spider web..I know my leg pain may be related to the blood clot, im not sure.

And also for a number of years i have small red dots on my body, looking like really tiny blood drops, few on both my forearms, my face and a couple on my back.I have heard this can be related to Babesiosis.

According to my regular doctor i am in perfect shape.Nothing have shown so far on any MRI or other blood tests regarding my pains.Does this sound familiar to anyone, could it be lyme, babesia or bartonella perhaps?

Thank you!
regards
Tommy, Sweden

Thank you Todd!

I am glad you´re feeling better and I hope to be diagnozed at least by the end of November and hopefully get proper treatment for all my symptoms.

Hi everybody, past 2 weeks i have been experiencing a strange kind of pressure on the left side of my chest only, along with electrical shock sensations/pain on same side that lasts only 1-2 seconds,but it comes quite often and mostly during night-time..I havent spoke to my doctor about this, but chest x-rays and ultrasounds of heart shows nothing.I also have the strangest thing with my breath, like dyspnea. I would wake up in the very same moment that im about to go out of breath..Is this familiar to anyone with Lyme or co-infections? Best Regards, Tommy from Sweden.

Welcome Tommy...sorry for your troublesome symptoms but you came to the right place for info and support. I'm new here too and have been welcomed and supported. I hope that you get diagnosed and start treatment soon. Take it one day at a time and do our research and learn as much as you can. Best of luck!

HI Tommy,
I hope you get some answers. Not knowing is sometimes worse than dealing with the issues.

Keep us posted.

Hi Tommy,

Can you get herbs in your country?

~beth

Hi Tommy,
If you haven't yet, please do take the time to read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum, as it is packed full of important information, symptom lists (as Lyme rarely occurs by itself), helpful links and pdf's, and how to detox when one has these infections.

Please do keep in mind that many with Lyme won't get a positive test result. This is due to the tests relying on antibodies to form to the bacteria, but these bacteria can out smart the immune system, and if you should have Bartonella or Babesia, they can suppress the immune system even further.

The best blood tests also only test for 4 or 5 of the over 300 strains that have the potential to cause Lyme disease, so it's easy to miss infections.

The most knowledgeable LLMD's will diagnose based on symptoms & probable exposure (who hasn't been bit by a mosquito though?) - then hope that the blood tests back it up. If not, they will still start treatments and see how you respond. These diseases are very wide spread all over the world.

Hi Tommy,
Do they look anything like this: dermnetnz.org/fungal/onychomycosis.html

If so it's likely Candida (something many of us deal with) or some other fungus. You need to get started on the "Candida diet" and use anti-fungals right away to avoid issues.

I like this explanation of the Candida diet best:
altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/candidadiet.htm

Yes, they should disappear with treatment. You can also soak your feet in white vinegar for 10 minutes a day - cleared my nail fungus right up!

The anti-fungals that you may need would be oral, as Candida is often systemic - body wide, so you will need a prescription.

I will come back soon with more specific test-results..

I will share my test results tomorrow Traveler.Any specific natural treatments that works well? Or maybe that is different from country to country..

Quick qst: Say I have Lyme and co-infections, can you treat them all at the same time? I read somewhere that you have to treat one at a time..

Tommy

Some of these you can buy yourself and start selftreating right? Or do you need prescription from your doctor?

I believe the only protocol that I listed that requires a you see a specific doctor is the the Marshall protocol. The others you can purchase the items and do it yourself at home.

OH!! I knew I forgot some!! So sorry, I've too much going on right now.

Here's one more that you can do at home by yourself if need be:
hansacenter.com/‎

It's always advisable to see a practitioner of some sort - whether it be a LLMD or a Holistic (Naturopath, Homeopath, Herbologist or others), as they can see little things that we won't and can be very helpful in directing the healing path when it doesn't seem so clear - but when that's just not an option, we do have some alternatives at least!