Confused and scared, please help.

So lately I have been feeling a bit better each month and I am still not sure if I have lyme or not. I had mono back in May June and July and it went away in august. I tested positive for mono at the end of May, and the follow up monospot I had at the end of July came back negative.


I started to start feeling better in august, I was able to drink at least 12 drinks on weekends with friends, able to do a couple of hours of yardwork with next to no problem, and overall felt like things were getting a tiny bit better each day.

I still have a slightly enlarged spleen and supposedly that is from the mono I had. But I am still very confused and still feel like I have reason to worry and still kind of have anxiety and I am still trying to re adjust back to normal life after my mono.


But the thing that scares me most is how do I know it was only mono and not lyme or even something worse going on? I have been to seven doctors so far and they all think I should be ok, the only thing that came back a little elevated was my red blood counts, other than that my other tests on cbc were ok and metabolic panel was ok as well.


I was tested for lyme and all co infections and they came back negative. But I am still scared that maybe I have lyme and don't know it or even something worse. I am afraid I might die if I don't get a proper diagnosis and I don't know what to do, I do not have money for an llmd at the moment and I am just clueless right now.



I was only bitten six months ago. But I seem to be getting a little better each month, is that maybe a sign that it was only mono? Or could it still be lyme or something worse? If you have any questions I will provide more information about what's been happening if it will help me get closer to a diagnosis.

I am just scared and don't want to lose my life at 26 years old and I don't know if this was just mono or something worse than that, thanks for listening everyone.

I was bitten by a very small tick, nymph but not sure if it was a deer tick or black tick, never had a rash thought just an itchy bump for about a month, my symptoms started about directly a month after I was bitten, as soon as my symptoms started the bump started to go away. My symptoms were mainly depersonalization and hardcore anxiety like things weren't real at first.


I live in georgia near Atlanta and I tested for Elrichia, rmsf, babesia microtti(spelling), bartonella hensalie(once again spelling isn't too good sorry), and lyme by elisa, never had a western blot yet thought, and all these tests were by lab corp.

My symptoms now are mainly slightly enlarged spleen, some minor fatigue, occasional bouts of feeling unreal and my body feeling Awkward and weird kind of like depersonalization, ocassional twitching in random areas but that kind of went away a bit, and then some anxiety and the feeling something is off and wrong.


I still have black floaters when I am in a lighted bright room or in sunlight but not as many as before, they look like floating strands kind of, I also still have some after images and flashes here and there but like I said those symptoms have kind of eased up on me.


All this has been scaring me but I'm really not sure what it could hint to, it was really really bad in May June and July but it all started to ease up in august and September. I am sorry for over reacting and thank you for the reply.

yes - goto igenex, and start looking for an Lyme Literate Dr.

Labcorp is NOT reliable at all - a lot of the Elisa tests come back as false negatives. You need a western blot regardless of the Elisa results. (IGENEX.com)

don't worry, you are not overreacting at all, just like girlie said!!

My first symptom was anxiety as well. Sounds like you do have issues, but honestly, based on most cases, it doesn't sound too bad yet. Which is a good thing - so the sooner you get on this, the faster you will start treatment, if you do indeed need it. Take a deep breath and start to do some research. Find a Dr who will test you thru Igenex and look for a lyme literate Dr in the meantime. Lots of luck!! And keep writing, it helps, this forum offers a tremendous amount of support!!

Oh and I am also scared about what if I have a co infection cause I know they can be worse than lyme and even harder to diagnose, and those I have heard from people can make you deteriorate fast and kill you is this true? I am just seeking information about These, I can imagine lyme would take a long time for complications but co infections I'm sure or more serious, I swear I hate ticks and I hate lyme and co.