How to figure out where I am at with this ?

Okay so I have been having symptoms for about 7 months now, got bit by the tick in March 2014 and symptoms a month later at the end of April 2014. I was diagnosed with mono by blood test in May 2014 and had really bad anxiety and out of body symptoms that felt like I was moving slower than I really was (imagine being in a bad trip of a drug for 3 months). I had fatigue and tension headaches as well and my anxiety was so bad I never went a moment without it, I didn't think a human could handle that much anxiety.



So these symptoms continued and started to ease up a lot in August although they still lingered a bit in August but we're a lot better. Then from September until now things have gotten a lot better since August. now is mainly random anxiety flare ups but not that much, heart feeling slow and like it stops sometimes or beats hard and fast randomly (although not all the time mainly happens when I am working out or at random), The feeling of depression and uncertainty, somewhat connstant walking through a fog like life is distorted(not the forgetful type of brain fog, but rather walking through a fog as I don't feel grounded and life feels kind of weird), and not too many other symptoms but a few more I forgot to name.

The lingering symptoms do have a bit of an impact on my life, I mean I guess I can deal with them but I'd rather not obviously lol. What I'm trying to say is after my mono went away symptoms started to ease up on me but I still have annoying lingering symptoms, mainly psychiatric/neuro type symptoms, not much pain really at the moment.

I was NOT on any treatment at all these passed 7 months, all I did was change my lifestyle a bit and symptoms started to ease up on me and I feel okay I guess on most days, maybe 65% if I had to say, not too bad but not great and at 100% and normal like I was before lyme.


Anywho, I don't know where to continue from here, all I really have access to is methods of detoxing because I cannot afford an LLMD at all at the moment and won't be able to for a while. I can afford vitamins and herbs most likely but I need to know really what infections I have now, do I have lyme and Bart and babs? Or multiple other co infections?


I was tested for Lyme and 4 other co infections back in July and all came back negative, though because my symptoms still linger a bit, I have every reason to believe that I may be dealing with lyme and co.


Like I said, I was never treated with any abx, most of my symptoms just eased up on their own and I feel at about 65% now but I want to try and get back to at least 80% because at 65% I am still having trouble functioning sometimes although it is not a lot it still gets me.


Any help or input would be greatly appreciated, any questions just ask and I can try to remember what else was going on, thanks all.

Yes that is what I'm afraid of, I feel like I can deal with physical symptoms, but if something happens to make that anxiety come back I may just jump out the window lol so I need to see what to do from here

Thanks for info, I can try some herbs towards the begginging of the new year, for now I am flat broke so I have to wait but in January I can see what I can do, I am just so uncertain and scared as to what might happen, I don't want to fall to this disease :/

I am going to try that thank you, I am just worried this will cause other problems like life threatening problems or cancers or something and it is freaking me out, can anyone help me with more of a positive attitude towards this or some re assurance? Yea I get in fear a lot as you can tell, sorry I just want to lookore positively at this outcome but I am having a hard time doing that :/

I'd love to lead a more healthy lifestyle but can't at the moment. Ever since I got sick 7 months ago I have been unable to work or support myself so I am living at home again, my family does not believe In the whole lyme thing at all, there is not much healthy food around here since most of it is expensive and non healthy foods are easier for them to buy I guess so I can't even live healthy if I wanted to unless I live off cans of soup or canned greens but that's about the healthiest stuff in my house, I have tried to talk to them about the lyme thing but they just don't want to believe it and don't think I have it but I am weak and unable to support myself, so you can see as to why I'm worried, being around unhealthy food and people who don't believe in lyme makes me feel like I should prepare for my early demise. I literally can't do anything to help this situation. I told them that they can live unhealthy cause they don't have lyme and aren't autoimmune but they tell me nothing is wrong with me either like they don't see it, I'm so fed up, I wish I had never gotten bit, I don't want to die but there is really nothing I can do anymore since I can't support myself at the moment so I will prob only just get worse and fall for this. Sorry for my cruddy attitude I am just so frustrated :/

Post Edited (Dolph ziggler fan) : 12/21/2014 2:55:16 PM (GMT-7)

Dolph ziggler fan-

"I Cant agree more with the quotes above ......."The problem with just putting up with these symptoms is that at any time some stress (major life change or another disease, injury or surgery) will come along and you will go downhill very quickly. "

and

"After a while, there are no more lifestyle changes that you can make and life continues on with all of it's stress"............

My initial symtoms got a little better on thier own, then would come and go with life changes. I took care of my body (was an athlete), that wasn't enough. Some new horrendous symptoms would appear, then go away not soon enough. This went on for 25 years, till I was Dxed lyme.

It can trick you, so do what you can with herbals or whatever you can aford. Collostrum is a good immune booster that any vitamin store has in stock $20 for one month 60 pills.

I don't say this often, but when I was at my worst, and was making my 'first steps' at recovering, I was too sick and in too much pain to cook without using tons of prepackaged foods (and I was home alone at the time) - no fast foods and I did try to make it somewhat healthy, but I had no choice but to use them. I simply couldn't be out of bed long enough or stand long enough to actually cook something without relying on those things. But it was better than not eating and those were my choices at the time - so I made the best of it.

What I did do though was take vitamins and a few other supplements and detox like crazy. Those were my very first steps to getting better - even though it was eating prepackaged foods.

You might be able to make a change in the household food supply if you ask for just one or two things at a time - like yogurt, spinach and berries for a green smoothie to help you detox - or other little things.

The one thing we can't do is give up - there is always a way to better your situation - even if it can't be accomplished right away, it's something to work towards.