20 year old possible Lyme synptoms please help.

Hello for about more than a year now ive been developing very bad anxiety and panic attacks. I started researching many types of illnesses and diseases which dramatically increased my anxiety. I grew very worrisome aand paranoid about SCA(sudden cardiac arrest) Brain Disorders etc. Pretty much convincing myself of pretty much anything months later aftwr going to.the doctor and cardiologists and two er visits which they said everything was normal besides dehydration and Anxiety disorder. I stumble across Lymes Disease, now at first i was like no way i haven't seen any ticks on me but than i look into it more and more and some personal stories really are having me thinking of possibility. See the symptoms posted on most visited medical sites are not of what i have besides stiff neck. But my symptoms that are most bothersome or i worry that are lyme relatated are eye floater and eye disturbances hard to exsctly explain my vision isn't blurry it just seems hard to focus and is much worse in bright areas. I get weird headaches sometimes just pressure but they tend to go away and comeback throoughout the day. Very stiff neck now im on my phone canstantly looking down and idk if thats a cause but yess my neck is very stiff and aches alot. Weird ear pressure and fullness kind of feels like it wants to pop alot. Weird muscle pains that are very very short enough to just notice and than goes away.I get spaced out sometimes to the point i stare and seem almost in a daze where sonetimes i can see so many eye floaters its bothersome. When i stand i feel offbalance most of time and my body literally ssways back and forth as does my neck sometimes almost like an involuntary movement.My heart beats relly fast its gotten up to 135 range but is due to severe anxiety resting it rests about at 75 to 80 range. I also get weird sinus pains from time to time.I dont necessarily feel sick i have my good days and bad days but most of the time my bad days consist of high anziety and loss of hope due to thibking i have some sort of crazy illness that i think will kill me. In conclusion all these symptoms im expiriencing are things people complain about in Lyme disease alot of these symptoms ive had ever since i could relly remmeber but with my high anxiety ive noticed and payed alot more attention to. Im just wondering peoples personal stories with disease my sister says if i had it od be sick constantly due to a weakened immune system. My question to yall is are tour symptoms very noticeable? To me alot of the symptoms are things most nornal healthy people have. But i kknow there is a chance im making my way through the specialists just to make sure im 100% nornally healthy. If i consider persuing a blood work test done what should i exactly say to my speacialist/ doctor. Thankyou much love your way!

Hi Matt, welcome to the forum.

The best lab to get tested for lyme disease is Igenex Lab in California. You can order a test kit online, and have a Dr. sign the req. (any Dr.) - Then you take it to a lab and get a blood draw, Fedex it to Igenex, three weeks later the results are sent.

The Western Blot IgG and IgM are what I would suggest - approx. $200 plus the Fedex charge (and lab charge - if that applies).

The specialist you should be talking to is a Lyme Literate MD (LLMD) - we can help you find one.

To find one, start a new thread, titled: "Looking for LLMD in/near_____" and put your city/town and State in the blank.

good luck!

Oh - and enable your email option, so we can send you names of LLMD's.

Spelling errors can go along with Lyme too, speaking from experience. :) Nobody here is bothered by them. Welcome to HW!

The only way to rule Lyme in or out is to get tested. You will need a Lyme literate doctor (LLMD) to get the proper testing and diagnosing. I'd suggest that you start a new thread, with the subject being "Looking for LLMD in (city and state). It will get more notice that way and people can send you suggestions. If you will go to your profile and enable your email, people will send you names. We can't post their names on the forum.

Also read through the "New to Lyme?" thread at the top of the page, if you haven't already done so. You can learn a lot there.

It would be helpful if you would break up your text with short paragraphs and double spacing between paragraphs, since it's hard for many with Lyme to read through that much, so you're missing out on some people's help. I'd do it for you, but my eyes are off today, so I can't.

Stick around and learn and ask questions when you need to. You'll find many helpful people here. I hope you will get some answers to your health problems soon.

Sorry Girlie, your post wasn't there when I started mine.