Doubting Diagnosis

You're not alone...I still doubt it now and then. I was Igenex positive but CDC negative. I keep dwelling on the CDC interpretation.
But, nothing else in the past year was making any sense...so although I occasionally do doubt it, I bring myself back every time.

If you're CDC positive and you have symptoms of Lyme, and your LLMD says you have Lyme - then you should be confident in the diagnosis.

If you don't treat and it is Lyme, you'll get worse and if will just be more difficult to treat.

If I were you I'd treat...give it time, and you can always change your mind if you don't get any response to treatment.

Hello,

Unfortunately it be very difficult with Lyme. It can mimic so many other conditions and there is a ton of conflicting info out there. The fact that you are CDC positive is a very strong sign it is Lyme. Many, many people start treatment without a CDC positive test. Here are a few discussions you may want to check out.


https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=2977364

I doubt my diagnosis every day. But I went from 100% healthy to deaths door in a matter of months. I felt better on antibiotics, switched to herbals and started to feel bad and stopped all treatment all together. Since stopping treatment I feel ridiculously horrible right now. Like all symptoms are back. So im trying to figure out next steps.

I have been diagnosed with all sorts of stuff, anxiety, stress, fibromyalgia, burning mouth, glossal pharanygeal neuralgia, possible lupus or autoimmune, GERD, lyme. Its just crazy.

I had a rash maybe about 5 years back and forgot about it. Then I had a fever of 103 about 2-3 years ago for no reason. Then got sick after a minor car accident and some deaths in the family a few months back. After some bad reactions to meds and a bad reaction to a spinal tap, im now sicker than ever!!

I live in a big lyme area. neighbors all have lyme (but they are ok) and I pull ticks off my kids all the time.

I probably had lyme for a while and stayed healthy and then it came out with a bang. Now I struggle every day to get back to well. My big problem is swallowing and new found medication sensitivity so its very hard to get well since I struggle with supplements and stuff.

its hard not to think lyme, when everything else is coming back normal.