Heart symptoms or heart issues????? (& Kind of an update)

Aly--

I've had racing heart phases ever since the beginning of getting sick (and I still get it). I wouldn't say it's one of my primary symptoms, but I do have it. One of my primary areas with issues is my stomach. I always want to find people with the same exact symptoms as me, and I never can, which is always very discouraging! I guess nobody has the same symptoms to the same extent...

It's awesome that you had dizziness and other issues improve so quickly though. Nothing has improved quickly for me!!!

Did you call the doc again or hold off?

Haha, it's ok...my name is Dana :)

I was thinking about calling him today but I figure I'll wait till after the long weekend.

So you have Bartonella as well? Did you test positive for it or did Dr. H clinically diagnose you? He diagnosed me with that. What are your symptoms for that? I think that's what causes the most symptoms for me.

That's what he did with me, but I suspected Bart from the very beginning also.

Just out of curiosity...your numbness in extremities made me think of this: When I first started getting sick, I noticed I would start waking up almost every night or morning with my arms and hands completely numb and asleep (but I wasn't laying on them, there was no reason for this). It coincided with all my other symptoms. Did that ever happen to you?

Interesting. I've always wanted to know about the herbal route because I never liked putting any kind of drug into my body. But I was scared into going the abx route. So that's why I'm seeing an LLND next week.

I'm just terrified this is all going to cause a heart attack or stroke. I have a young son and I don't want him to lose his mommy. How has the herbal route been for you??? Does your heart feel better? My cardiologist didn't find anything but he's putting me on another 30 day holter monitor because I'm still having palpitations. I don't think he's very educated on lyme.

Omg I totally forgot. I'll do it now. Lyme brain!! I'll email you now.. My appointment is next thursday on 5/28/15. I'll let you know how it goes..

Hi Alyrose,

Been thinking about you a lot since your original post. Glad you're getting help so quickly! Please know that it takes awhile for a lot of us to see improvements. I'm really glad that you are already able to see lessening of some of your symptoms. I also had my dizziness start to fade within a week of treatment--that was amazing!

Just wanted to share that I also had chest pains as a kid--a very weird sensation of an "air bubble" under my rib--if i moved at all it would hurt like h***. These episodes were dispersed throughout the kid and teen years. In my 20s is when the heart palpitations began--enough to lead me to request an EKG. All came back normal a couple of different times. I was also a young mom in my 20s with a stressful job and worried this might lead to stroke or heart attack. Never did.

I got a bad eye infection in my late 20s, combined with very painful soles of feet and itchy hands, so I've wondered now if that was bart or lyme contributing to all my health issues? Anyway, all of these faded away for at least 5 years, until a couple of years ago, when MS symptoms turned up. Then last summer lyme knocked me down so hard with all my symptoms at once PLUS new ones. The heart palps were the scariest--shaking my whole couch or bed, waking me up at night with a jolt, making me feel like I was in the middle of a heart attack. I finally got a diagnosis, thank goodness! And then began the treatment puzzle...

The heart palps stopped pretty soon after starting doxy--maybe a few weeks or a month in--but have returned recently since I switched to a milder abx. I feel confident they will go away when I get back on something stronger. I just want you to know that I've been having them on and off for over a decade, and no stroke or heart attack to speak of! That's not to say my heart is oh so healthy, but I want to give you some peace of mind that you're not about to check out on your little boy. And you're doing a great job covering all your bases with seeing a cardiologist as well as your upcoming dr's appts. They'll help you put a stop to the heart issues. You'll be ok soon enough!

Is it possible your red itchy eyes are allergies? That's kinda a big one.