What is happening to me?

Good morning!

I've not been officially diagnosed with Lyme. I have the test kit but ended up with Diverticulitis this week and had to go on an antibiotic so I will have to wait now until I am off of it.

I have been taking turmeric, drinking lemon water, occasional foot baths, and a pro-biotic as well as a drink that is supposed to help with candida.

The last two days my legs have been twitching and vibrating like on the inside, (kinda driving me crazy). I have also awakened in the night with a feeling of nausea and panic. Last night both of my legs started that crazy feeling and I suddenly had pins and needles in both of my heals. Very uncomfortable! I always have that vibrating feeling and stabbing pains in my toes but the heal thing is new.

I have been reading a lot of posts on here to learn more about Lyme and when I woke up with that happening to me I kind of panicked and thought O my gosh are these herx symptoms?

My antibiotic is not Doxy but Moxifloxacin. I am starting to think I am a hypochondriac reading something into everything that happens to me. Help!

I would suggest that you get in to see a LLMD as soon as you can and let them know what's going on. This may be enough for them to diagnose you with these infections. Fluoroquinolones could be hitting either Lyme or Bartonella, so it's causing you to herx.

And no, you are not a hypochondriac either! These infections hit every single part of the body, given the chance.

For more immediate help, I would really encourage you to increase the amount of detoxing you are doing. Here is a good link to help with ideas on what to do: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Why thank you, Denikeef!

My hubby has had a couple of very serious stomach bleeds - one of which the hospital said he lost 4 - 5 pints of blood - all over my bathroom! Boy was that hard to clean up for several reasons. Anyway, they wanted him to take blood to replace what he had lost, and I held my breath. It's his body and his choice, but I was worried. They didn't check for any of the tick-borne infections back then, and even now it's only for Babesia! But he chose to not receive blood fortunately and just build it back up the slow way.

Since you only have till Monday to get through, there are several things you can start doing. Remember not to do too much in any one day as you start off though. You can do dry skin brushing, oil pulling, lymph massage, liposomal glutathione - and I think Benadryl would actually help you since you have trouble walking as it indicates CNS involvement and benadryl is a CNS depressant, so it can help ease the symptoms that are keeping you from walking easier.

Milk thistle would also be really good for you as it helps to detox the liver as well as protects it - just don't take it at the same time as your abx.

Daily Epsom salt soaks - particularly if you do your feet only - could be very useful as well.

But do be sure that none of these things interact with your abx.

You can also take activated charcoal or another binder, but that has to be kept 2 hours away from anything you wish your body to absorb - 2 hours before and after taking the binder. I prefer to take my binder in the middle of the night, as I almost always wake up at least once to make a bathroom run, so I take a glass of water and the charcoal and set it on my night stand every night so I can take it when I get up. It's hard to find a 4 hour block of time when you aren't eating, drinking, taking pills of some sort or something else that will get absorbed by the binder.

Once you are no longer taking the abx for the Diverticulitis, do you plan on starting treatments for these infections?

I do realize that it's hard not to feel like a hypochondriac with the way Lyme is seen by society - but we aren't hypochondriacs, we have Lyme and Lyme can and will affect every part of the body, given enough time. Here you are among friendly faces - we surely don't see you as a hypochondriac!

You asked if I have seen a LLMD. I have not. I am waiting to get the results back from the tests first. From different posts I have seen on here the expense is pretty great and that concerns me....I already owe thousands for the diagnostic testing that they have done. It makes me mad that they ignore the research on Lyme. How many $$$ could have been saved by thousands of people if they would only take this seriously! I am working with a chiro whose daughter has a Dr. that is helping her with Lyme. But I need to find out if he or she is a LLMD. We figured that is who we would go to if this Doc is Lyme literate.

Thank you Cd3764,

I appreciate your input. I don't know how to determine which one it is. But my problems are mostly neurological. If neurological means trouble with the nerves. I can't retain anything which is frustrating. I have a hard time seeing even though, supposedly I should be able to see very well. I can't walk without help. I have terrible pain in my joints...started with feet, then ankle and now knees. But can't walk because my leg won't support my weight and also it doesn't work right. Similar to foot drop but I don't have that according to the neurologist. I could go on and on! Lol But I will spare you. Will the Western Blots determine what I have?

Add some nutmeg to fruit or a sweet potato or something like that. It may help decrease your symptoms.

Thanks Georgia! I will try that.

Reminder, thank you for the tip!

What do you use in your smoothie? I'd like to try that but have to stay away from "seedy" fruits.

I too was once diagnosed with diverticulitis and had to make some changes to my habits. I have not had any problems for over 15 years now. I really like this article and this doctor's views on it.

www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART00345/Diverticulitis.html

I was diagnosed with diverticulitis/severe diverticulosis in 2000, yet like PeteZa, have found it fairly easy to control my diet and my symptoms of it. At first it was a bit of a challenge, but once I learned the early signs of issues, I would stay in bed for up to three days with just my heating pad on my lower abdomen (to soothe it) and on a very soft food only diet and things would ease up. It actually rarely interferes with my healthy diet I have now.

Denikeef your recent usage of antibiotics for you tummy may help give you a more positive result on your lyme test. Just a thought.

my mother-in-law has had diverticulosis for at least 10 years...and just watches what she eats. She avoids seeds and nuts.

Nerves or floxed...hmm need a triquarter...stop while ahead .i didnt. Wish i had

wtj1xnr There are many herbal protocols for lyme. Did you want to know about a specific one? And what might be helpful is if you have product in mind that you need to know what brand people use, maybe make a new post so your question doesn't get lost in the middle of another post.

This is what I did so I could get more responses.