Posted 5/19/2014 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, my name is Mary. 33yrs old and I have had lymes disease for about four years...always misdiagnosed as depressed or having anxiety disorder. Well sad to say I had to diagnose myself. My husband was initially who was tested for lymes and discovered he had it. He then had a round of doxycycline and was sick as hell for a month, but it was found in time. Unlike myself....my symptoms started with my one knee swelling really bad. At the time I thought I worked out too hard and sprained it. It lasted for monyhs though. Then I started becoming so dizzy I was taking dramamine everyday just to go to work. Mind you at the time my dr. Thought I was depressed and put me on zoloft. Well I literally begged for a lyme test. Low and behold three weeks later had a voicemail stating that I had tested positive for lymes and needed to take doxy for a month. I took it and two days later was in emergency room with my heart rate at 130 beats per minute and thought I was dying. When I got to er it started to subside and they said I was having anxiety attack? I told the er dr. That I have lymes and I thought it to beeither the doxy or zoloft. He told me to no longer take the zoloft, but an antibiotic shouldn't make me sick....well long story short I am incredibly sick. I have such a bad tremor in my hands people at work think I'm doing drugs or abusing alcohol. Then I get nervous even more and throw myself into panic attack at work because I'm already trying so hard to even focus which I can barely do anymore. I have horrible sweats,tremor in hands, so dizzy, can't lay down feel like room is spinning, bones hurt so bad especially my left hip, wanna stay in bed all day.......what can I do as far as diet or a dr that will take me serious? Please help. I'm afraid that this illness is going to destroy my life.