Posted 2/8/2012 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hey everyone,
Brief recap of my lyme experience.
2007 - tested negative
2008 - tested positive but was told lyme was "not active" this was a covering doctor not my normal one and he clearly had no idea what to do with lyme
2010 - Went to my nieces birthday party. Less than a week later started having symptoms - no rash. Within the next 6 weeks started falling asleep everywhere and could not stay awake - sitting, standing, driving (bad things), fell about 8 times in a 1 week span, lots of pain in joints. When it got really bad I had a 10 hour headache on a holiday weekend. Went to the chiropractor which helped a little. Headaches where it felt like my brain was having spasms. The final straw was a whooshing noise in my ear followed by a significant decrease in hearing in that ear.
Went to my primary care doctor. Started on Doxy. Tests came back positive. Doc told me I was "glowing with lyme" that she'd never seen so many titres positive.
After Doxy about a month later I was feeling bad again then put on another month of meds. Feeling bad about a month after that put on a different med.
I decided to take a break from antibiotics because i thought maybe I'm feeling extra bad because of stress (graduate school, internship, ft job, wedding approaching, 80+ hour weeks) but all of extra stuff has been done for about 1.5 months and I am so tired I can't stay awake in the evenings. I needed to go to the dr a while ago but now I actually have time.
I am very wary of going to a doctor that i find off of a website because I want to end up with someone who can actually help. So tri state area people if you have a good doctor or a suggestion i would appreciate it.
Thanks :)
- L