NEW to Lyme disease? Any advice? DESPERATE!

hello, this is sort of hard to explain my story but if anyone has any advice or anything similar i would greatly appreciate it. :) Ok here it goes! In december 2014-2015, i thought i was having dental problems so i got a wisdom tooth extracted. i was put on 7 days antibiotics and was 100%% back to normal. Then 3 weeks later the symptoms came back. Symptoms are a dull pressure that moves around the face, gums, and head. lt makes my neck hurt and it gets hard for me to talk or smile. it also causes my face to tingle especially by my nose/ cheeks and above my eyebrow. During that time i was dealing with this, a friend of our was moving to New York and gave us her guest bed. They put the guest bed in my room and 3 months later i began to break out in hives. i didnt know why and i would wake up with burning red eyes. i thought it was allergies. Turns out the bed had BED BUGS! i took pictures and everything lol. i didn't relate the pain with bed bugs and assumed it was dental. I was told that i was having nerve problems but something didn't feel right. One thing i have realized is that every time i get on 7 day antibiotics my symptoms disappear like i have never even had them! i kept thinking it was dental related and decided to see a natural dentist. He said i had parasites. and gave me parasite medicine. i was not 100% taking them but was stable. but i have no more left and have to order them online and the dentist was 4 hours away. i had to take the greyhound! I have been to the e.r twice and nothing. the symptoms have now spread to the roof of my mouth. i am going to see a doctor this friday but in the mean time i decided to do some research. Lyme and Mycoplasma sounds like what i have but with no health insurance it is hard! I am only 20 years old and had to quit my part time job. My mom is a single mother and i am the oldest so you can imagine some tension. she is supportive to an extent. sometimes i have learned to just keep my mouth shut about the pain. i am really scared and feel like no one will know what happened to me until my death. Sometimes i just wake up crying. i went to whole foods market and bought cats claw from herb pharm and olive leaf. not only am i scared i know my family has become irrated by me and i try to stay out of their ways and let them enjoy their life since i know i am a constant burden. The top of my mouth has started tingling. Dentist cant figure it out. i the docter i am going to treats lyme and uses sameta or something. its like cats claw.

Keep reading and posting, asking questions. We will help you with this.

And, when you have a moment, please take a look at the thread at the top of the page titled: "New to Lyme?...Start Here!" It's full of good information - symptom lists, detox ideas, and more.

You have found a great support system here...don't worry, we'll help you!

Thank you for the support! i took cats claw 3 times yesterday and olive leaf once during dinner time. i don't know if i am herxing because i took it or i don't have my parasite herbs but i felt so bad that i wanted to go to the hospital again! i also started breaking out in hives by my elbow so i hope bed bugs are not resurfacing. As soon as i got up from the bed the hives lowly started disappearing but i did research and tapeworms/ parasites are associated with hives too. My body is trying to fight something and i need to know. its very frustrating and the only person that took me seriously is the natural dentist. my mom just blew me off like she normally does and worries about her other 2 children. i know she is only one person but words of encouragement helps a lot! which is partly why i joined the site. The doctor does blood test to test for Lyme. but with what money? just the visit is 162.00 and for a poor person that's still a lot. i am trying my best to be positive but its not a nice thought to know you may have worms crawling around your skull and stomach. or a bacteria that's doing it. my life was def not pain free(bad period cramps) but i could talk eat smile and i felt healthy. now i have lost so much weight. i wasn't even 100 pounds to begin with so i am wasting away. i am considering an infectious disease specialist as well but i am trying to do one step at a time so i don't have different doctors with different diagnoses and more debt! I did sign up for moped which in south florida is like healthcare for the poor and needy. it takes 30 days to kick in though.

Post Edited (mizztamika) : 6/3/2015 7:33:32 AM (GMT-6)

Herbs can be very strong, too, so tread carefully. And just be aware, that 99.9% of ID (infectious disease docs) will ignore LD (unless you are lucky to find one endorsed by ILADS).

If I were you, I wouldn't wait the 30 days for FL healthcare. You should be able to click on the affordable healthcare site & get almost immediate. Can you piggyback on your Mom's insurance? I know $ is a concern which makes all of this seem bleak, but it will work out.

When you say the doctor will do a blood test, also know that the "standard" blood tests ordered through doctor's offices is typically substandard. Meaning, that say- if they say use Labcorp, it will only test some of the LD strains, & may lack sensitivity. That is why Igenex test is highly suggested.

If you have LD, know (it helps to know!) that it also can cause anxiety--which I know you have! But again, you can get through this. Hugs to you.

I don't know if i should be happy or sad lol i found the source of where the swelling/tingly pain is coming from. Apparently this isn't rare at all . Its the paratroid or paroitis gland. I looked it up only 10 minutes ago. my face is not swelled up like i saw in the pictures on google but that's Exactly how it feels to me. i put hard pressure underneath the glands with my index finger and i could feel the pressure of where its coming from get worse then decrease like somebody turned on the light and constant tingling. i take my hand away and my symptoms are back! Now the sad news. Although i did get my wisdom tooth out its basically associated with the same list of bacterial/viral. Especially Lyme disease. it was like all that pressure sitting on my gums and cheek lifted as soon as i pushed underneath my ear. treatments consist of antibiotics. for 2 weeks or more if it is bacterial. which is probably why my symptoms would go away 100% then come back again with only 7 day antiobiotics. This also could be associated with Lyme but i am, happy that i can feel SOMETHING! i had no cut no bruise not even a little redness and these so called doctors and dentist didn't even mention any glands or anything. One thing i noticed is if i eat something spicy my symptoms would decrease and anything with sugar it gets even worse to the point where i cant move my neck. And no i cant piggy back on moms insurance. I love my mother but if you have ever seen that movie "Matilda" with the little girl then her foster mother describes my mom to a tee. i know she cares but then she will go out and by a 149 dollar bag from Kate spade and then tell me to drink some lemon and water. god is helping me and i was able to find this forum and you guys! and yeah the herbs are kinda strong. made me go straight to the bathroom as soon as i woke up lol.