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aguitarjam
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Joined : Jul 2013
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Posted 7/17/2013 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Everyone
So let me tell you a little about
myself. I am a 34 year old male living in PA. When I was 18 I was diagnosed with Lyme's disease(which took about
9 months of visits to finally find out it was lyme's) but not sure what type. I went on a very extensive anitbiotic treatment for 6 months till the dr finally said that I was "cured" Well over the course of the last 16 years I have had little issues here and there but never really put it together as maybe a reacurrance of Lyme's. But the last 4-5 years have been the worst. I feel like an old man 6 days a week with little to no energy, depressed a good amount of the time and no ambition to want to do anything. I try to sleep at night but usually wake up after only a few hours and can never fall back to sleep regardless of how tired I am. I try to exercise regular and I am in decent shape(5'8" and 165lb) so it is weird to have such a lack of energy. On top of the tiredness and such I suffer from extreme back pain along with numbness and nerve pain down my right arm. Have also been diagnosed with adhd as well. I am sure the list goes on as well but those are the biggest players.
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a month ago I changed my diet and nutritional supplement intake to help with my back(still not thinking the lymes thing) and started taking: apple cider vinegar, Brewers Yeast, Fish Oil, a good daily multi, zyflamend(natural anti-anflamitory pill) and knocked out most of my coffee intake and have been eating tons and tons of veggies as well. Well I was thinking that this might take a while to make me feel better but my symptons have gotten so much worse. Well 3 days ago and for some reason I remembered the lyme disease diagnose/"curing" from my childhood and decided for some known reason to do a quick google search and was surprised to see that lyme diseas is never completely healed as my doctor led me to believe. So now that brings me to here. I am reaching out here for input and what my next step should be. I will let you know that I am now a person that would prefer not to take medicine if I can help it unless it is mandatory.
Thanks for you time and I look forward to hearing back from you guys!!
opugirl
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Joined : Nov 2012
Posts : 3923
Posted 7/17/2013 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
Hi aguitarjam,
Welcome to our little Lyme world!
If you haven't already, it would be helpful for you to start with reading through the thread at the top of the forum titled,"New to Lyme?...Start here!!", it is full of important information, helpful links, how to detox, and more!
The search function at the top right of the page is pretty good as well. I typically will put a search in for Lyme + whatever it is that I want to know about
like Lyme Bartonella treatment or Lyme Veins hurt. You will get loads of information this way.
I do referrals for PA area. Could you please tell me a little bit more about
what route are you looking to take in treatment and what region in PA you are in?
Also, if you edit your profile - you can enable your email. That way members can email you Lyme drs. names etc. You can also just click on my name and email me that way.
J.L.C.
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Joined : Jul 2013
Posts : 10
Posted 7/17/2013 8:39 PM (GMT 0)
Hi aguitarjam I'm new at this too and also live in PA. If anyone out there knows of any LLMD in PA sure would love to hear. Please e-mail me at
[email protected]
Thanks
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