Need some reassurance

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I am brand new to the board and in the process of waiting to get diagnosed. I have seen the great tips in the New to Lyme section, so thanks for all the contributors.

My symptoms have been crazy over the past few weeks. It seems like I have experienced every symptom you can name. Today was scary though, I actually was completely confused for about an hour and I am having trouble typing. I also had a panic attack last night.

I am still waiting for my Lyme blood test to come back and I do see a LLND tomorrow. I just don't know what to do with myself, I feel like I am only getting worse and the worst part is I cannot get treatment until I am diagnosed. If the blood test comes back with a false negative, my doctor will probably not prescribe me anti-biotics which I feel I need in the worst way!

Does this get better? What can I do on my own to settle the symptoms? I am already try to detoxify / workout and yoga

Please help

Thank you for that! It is the strangest feeling and I seriously feel like I am losing my mind. I have never been a patience person but I guess I will need to learn. I am glad I found this forum or else I wouldn't know what else to do! I probably would have checked myself into a mental hospital

My first symptoms were dizziness and severe confusion. I felt so lost and out of it.

I had anaplasmosis from my bloodwork and later diagnosed with Lyme but my first western blot was negative and a few months later another test came back positive-a C 6 peptide test which is more
sensitive.

My point is that you know something is wrong so don't let anyone try to make you think you are not sick.

Good luck!

Hi Wonder,
Welcome to our community!! And no, you are not crazy!! LOL!

Detoxing is a long term thing - you won't feel much effect in just few days, as usually we have to start off so slowly. Most everything in dealing with the healing from these infections is a "slow and steady" approach.

Have you read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread yet? It has a ton of really good information in it that will help you along the way. Things like symptom lists, detoxing suggestions, and even a probiotic explanation!

"Working out" and yoga may not be the best idea right now, if you have to pay for it later with increased symptoms - and that usually happens a day or two afterwards. If that's the case, your body simply isn't up for exercising right now, so it's best to wait until you have been able to lower your toxin load and to get started into treatments to lower your bacterial load as well. Try to have patience!!

Different things will work for different symptoms, but overall, it's all about detoxing and treatment to lower them. What kind of symptoms are you having? Remember, there are symptom lists in the "New to Lyme" thread to help you determine what symptoms are from what infection - but there are many overlapping symptoms, so don't be surprised to see the same symptom mentioned for many of the infections.