Electrical currents anyone?

I have also posted this question on the MS board, as I see something similar, tho not the same, listed amongst MS symptoms. No one has responded yet.

I have distinct feelings of something that feels like electrical currents (not like a shock) that shoot up and down my legs and arms. Mostly at night. They have become stronger, but they do not hurt. However, they wake me up.

My LLMD has an excellent reputation and attends all the Lyme conferences, etc and specializes in Lyme, MS, and AIDS, but I'm losing faith in him. I had a bad Labcorp CD57 test 3 yrs ago and a good CD57 from Quest last year, so he says the Lyme is improving nicely. I questioned the Quest CD57 and he says, on the contrary, their test is fine.

I've called for a referral for a psychiatrist knowledgeable of Lyme and he gave me one name, who is taking no new patients and admitted they were not knowledgeable of Lyme, but that this Dr frequently sends them referrals.

I have called about my neurological issues and he's given me a referral for a neurologist -- aren't they even worse about Lyme issues? Should I see the neurologist about this issue and my fear of MS? I'm too scared of MRIs and stuff like that.

I keep missing work and am too overwhelmed w/ everything going on. Bucci , I read your post but hardly understood any of it. Can anyone put it in a nutshell? (key word: nut, ha)

I've had this - I attribute it to herxing as it's only come about since starting Lyme treatment. Luckily it comes and goes, which hopefully will be the case for you. People have posted about this before here, so I guess it's fairly common, although I'm not sure what exactly is going on when that happens.

Remember that Lyme can mimick - or even cause - MS, so even if you're experiencing symptoms of MS, there's a very good chance they'll disappear with treatment.

Thanks, Angel and Borderlyme, yes, I suppose these increased and intensified since starting Lyme treatment -- but I'd say that covers about a 3 yr period. And it is not only at night, it is daily also. Again, I distinguish between 'shock-like' feelings, more like a shooting electrical current -- I do not know how else to describe this.

But Angel, yes, I also get shocked and shock others more than is common. Even in the summer I cringe right before touching things in the grocery store because I know I will get shocked.

Do I need to keep keeping on -- with the abx -- and just truck along, or do you think I should see the neurologist? I have other neruological problems that could be from Lyme, but could also be from my back -- reminder, my spine has collapsed. It itches constantly along my entire spine and I found that that can indicate nerve damage.

I guess, most important, now that I have a new flex benefit card for this year, I will get the igenex babs test. I stopped taking my babs abx awhile back due to the cost and I believed I was rid of it. Now I realize it could be preventing progress w/ Lyme. So I'm balancing the cost of the test vs the meds and feel I should at least find out if I still have babs and then decide to take more abx if I do.

Borderlyme: I understand that Lyme can mimick MS, it is the possible cause I am concerned with. I have been taking LDN for this, but not as I should, again, due to the expense.

Opinions please on the neurologist -- am I potentially opening a whole other ugly can of worms? Again, already overwhelmed. And because I have neuro-Lyme, I don't know why my LLMD can't determine anything about that?

My only concern with seeing a neurologist is whether or not they're up to date with Lyme disease. If there is anything abnormal to be found - I don't want to see you get led on a scary wild goose chase if you don't need to - if you can find a neurologist who's familiar with Lyme that would probably be much better.

MRIs aren't so bad! Is it the whole closed-space thing? Some places have open MRIs which are much less intimidating.

It's up to you whether you want to see the neurologist. I think it's just a matter of what's going to cause you the least stress. It can get pretty overwhelming to jump from doctor to doctor for all the symptoms that are probably Lyme-related, but may not be so you want to get them checked out. For me I've found a lot more peace just trusting in how strong my body is to deal with all these symptoms and knowing that so many others here have similar experiences as me makes me less concerned that there's something else going on. But if you're concerned, it couldn't hurt to get this all checked out.

As far as dealing with the actual symptoms, anything that calms down your nerves might be worth a try - chamomile, magnesium, regular deep breathing exercises, etc. Since my brain doesn't show any physical signs of infection, I've been under the assumption that my (many) neurological symptoms are the result of neurotoxins - so as always detoxing might help some. Either way I hope you feel better soon! This is so stressful, I know!

Theres a whole host of stuff going round at the moment about the value of EMF's and earthing

http://betterhealthguy.com/joomla/lyme-disease/my-treatment
http://www.earthinginstitute.net/index.php/research
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/acm.2011.0101
http://www.earthinginstitute.net/studies/cortisol_study_2004.pdf

Post Edited By Moderator (borderlyme) : 1/14/2012 9:13:50 PM (GMT-7)