New to lymes, lots of questions.

Whats up guys. I was diagnosed with lyme disease in early October. They gave me antibiotics for a month. I have not seen a lyme disease doctor yet but am going in late December. I have some questions. Right now my symptoms do not include any muscle aches or pain. But all my symptoms are neurological. Is that normal? I have difficulty concentrating, brain fog and trouble remembering common things that I have learned or knew. But my biggest complaint is the fatigue and mood swings. I feel like I have anxiety and that I am changing. I feel like I am getting better but there are times where I don't find things funny that I used to find funny, I stutter a lot and have trouble holding conversations with people. Did you guys experience this? If so, is this normal? Will this go away?/How long will it take to go away? I am typically a happy easy going person but have been seriously affected by this and want to reassure that this is caused by lymes.

Hi chrisscuba -

I'm sorry you're struggling with all that - you're describing "neurotransmitter imbalances" and they are pretty common symptoms around here - I had every one of those symptoms and a lot more. But they can be caused by more than just Lyme.

I agree with goshawk - you need to get back into treatment before you'll make any progress, if any of those symptoms are caused by Lyme.

Most ticks carry other pathogens too, which can cause a few or all of those symptoms as well and a specialist can help diagnose anything else that might be causing them. Most of us are treating more than just Lyme.

Other causes could be yeast/fungal overgrowth, thryoid and adrenal problems, and other GI dysfunction that can cause biome imbalance that lead to neurotransmitter imbalances (gut-brain connected with blood vessels so what goes on in the GI can affect the brain, particularly if there are neurotoxins present).

Hope this is helpful - let us know how the appt goes.

-p