Hello everyone,
I had lyme/bartonella in March of 2017. My lyme test was Igenex positive, not CDC, which of course puts me in a more precarious position in the medical community. While my symptoms were severe, overall, I felt as if I recovered well. This summer, however, I started experiencing some health issues. I figured it might be menopause (I'm 46), and so I made an appointment with a naturopath. I just moved to Washington, so I found someone new.
My symptoms are:
fatigue (barely being able to keep my eyes
open at night
inflammation issues (first plantar fascitis now tendonitis in left arm despite no overuse issues also stiffness in neck and back)
some muscle twitching
unrestful sleep (ie sleeping through the night but waking still feeling tired)
sweaty eyelids (weird, I know, but no hot flashes)
weight gain even though I haven't been eating terribly and am still fairly active
feet seem to fall asleep easily
occasional random numbness or tingling (not a lot though)
very irregular menstrual cycle
Based on my labs, she put me on T3 and women's passage (something supposed to be for menopausal women.
My labs were as follows:
TSH- 3.190
T3 free- 2.8
T4- .96
FSH- 57.6
Estradiol- 35.7
cholesterol-242 (jumped from 166 in Feb 22)
My question is--for those of you who have experienced chronic lyme, did you have a long period of remission and then experience symptoms? So could my symptoms be caused by lyme as a chronic condition? My doctor is sending me for an MRI. She has MS and she seems to be convinced what I am experiencing could be MS too. Frustratingly, she made this comment in our recent message exchange: What it sounds like to me is that even your past Lyme testing was ambiguous, but treated as Lyme.
Which makes me feel she does not think I had lyme in the first place.
Any advice would be appreciated. I of course googled 'early MS symptoms and they are all extremely similar to lyme and coinfections.Post Edited (PDXtransplant) : 12/22/2022 12:44:29 PM (GMT-8)