Lyme with no rash?

Here's the deal. May 2013 I started getting numbness and tingling in my lips on my left side, and it eventually spread to the whole left side of my body. It was intermittent and I would feel it most when I started to walk or move my body in any way. After a few months it went away, and then in late September I got a pretty bad headache that just never went away. So I've been seeing the doctor for 6 weeks trying to figure it all out and am seeing a neurologist on the 25th this month to hopefully get some answers.

Here are all of my symptoms:
• numbness/tingling on the left side of my body
• painful muscle twitches and a sort of electric shock feeling on my skin
• muscle cramps
• difficulty with speech and replacing words with incorrect ones
• extreme fatigue
• a headache in the back of my head that won't go away
• either constipation or diarrhea (gross, sorry), always having stomach issues and low appetite
• palpitations
• weakness and loss of balance
• trouble sleeping
• sensitivity to sound/light that is intermittent
• confusion, horrible trouble concentrating
• long-term and short-term memory loss

I know someone who has chronic lyme in my area the symptoms seem sort of similar. I had a CT scan 6 weeks ago and it was clear as well. I live in an area that is known for having tics and tics that have tested positive for lyme, and I walk my dog in the park at least a few times a week. But I never remember having a rash or being bitten. When I first went to my doctor about all this she the first thing she asked was if I had a rash/bite, but we sort of dismissed it as a possibility because I didn't have one. Is it possible to contract lyme without getting the rash, or can it be contracted by other bugs?

Right now it seems like the primary thing we are looking for is MS, but my CT was clear and no one has it in my family, at least on my mother's side. I have been in this area of the world my whole life, spend every summer in the woos, and have pulled ticks off other people but never seen one on myself. It just seems to make a bit more sense than MS maybe?

There are many who don't get the rash, so I'd suggest you go to a Lyme literate doctor soon so you can get a better opinion. You wouldn't necessarily see the tick either. The sooner you start treatments, the better you will get. Lyme is called "the great mimicker" since it can present like several diseases, MS being one of them, so the symptoms are many. You won't necessarily have the same symptoms as someone else.

It is said that there are other carriers of Lyme, mosquitoes, fleas, etc.

You can request the name of doctors in your area by starting a new thread with the subject "looking for a LLMD or LLND" (naturopathic doctor), whichever you prefer and tell what city and state you're in. Hope you find help soon.

Call CanLyme for referrals. Talk to your local lyme group. There are no MD's allowed to treat lyme with long term abx in Canada. If you want that kind of treatment you will have to cross the border.