Body is seemingly perfectly healthy according to blood tests, seriously confused and need help right

I know that this is long, but please bear with me and share ANY knowledge or opinions, all is welcome! Maybe source some articles you know of if you find they would be of benefit to me...

A couple of weeks ago I came across Chronic Lyme on the internet. I had come across Lyme Disease many times before while searching the internet tirelessly for what could be wrong with me, but every time I came across it on a website the website would always list flu-like symptoms so I quickly dismissed it. So about two or three weeks ago I came across it again, and once again flu-like symptoms were the only symptoms listed. For some reason I had the urge to google CHRONIC Lyme Disease, I had no idea that Chronic Lyme Disease existed, I just had a feeling. I came across a website that listed hundreds and hundreds of symptoms and I discovered that I have nearly every single symptom of Neuro Lyme among this endless list!

I got into a naturopath LLMD as soon as I possibly could, she did bio meridian testing (which I'm not sure I believe the validity of) and she diagnosed me with Lyme and one co infection (Bartonella Henselae). She suggested on holding off on the iGenex testing since apparently the stronger your immune system is, the stronger your results will be. I also went to see a new GP that week and he sent me for more than 20 blood tests including the standard testing for Lyme in Canada (Other tests included Syphilis and Mono, CBC, urinalysis, hemoglobin A1c, creatinine, electrolytes, lipid profile, alanine, albumin, alkaline phosphate, c-reactive protein, creatine kinase, gamma glutamyl transferase, iron, lipase, protein electrophoresis, protien, IgG, IgA, IgM, rheumatoid factor, LH,TH, anti-hepatitis A virus IgG, hepatitis B surface antibody).

I went to go see him today for my results and everything was normal, and some things were better than normal. One exception was that my IgA came back as 0.33 and is apparently supposed to be a 0.6-1, but he shrugged it off as normal or as a response to a cold, which I have not had recently anyway (I actually haven't been sick with a cold or flu since I went on a sugar free diet).

This left me extremely upset and confused... I realize that there are many false negatives to the standard like testing in Canada, or maybe I have a co infection instead of Lyme. But this doctor told me on my first appointment that the testing for Lyme disease in Canada had actually been updated in January and was now apparently the most accurate test you could get.

I am almost 100% convinced that I have Lyme because nothing has ever fit so perfectly with what I struggle with. When I went to go see that naturopath LLMD a couple of weeks ago she set me up with a treatment plan, I have been taking the Black Walnut formula that she had given me and I have been having Herx reactions when I take it, (anxiety, paranoia, random pains in different parts of the body, extreme fatigue, migraines, etc.) the other day the Herx was so bad that we had to run out to the store to get activated charcoal because the detox methods I have been doing just aren't doing the trick. After I take the charcoal my symptoms slowly start to get better and if not nearly dissipate.

However, now I am doubting myself... How could I have Lyme Disease if my body is so perfectly healthy? But then i go on to think how is my MIND so unhealthy if I have a perfectly healthy body? I believe that if you have a healthy body then therefore you should have a healthy mind. I eat sugar free, dairy free, grain free, soy free, organic, hormone free, antibiotic free, I drink over 3L of water a day, and the list goes on. I eat this way because of how bad my mental health has gotten, I adhere to this diet so well because I am scared to terrified to eat anything that could make it worse.

I am at a point, after 5 years of dealing with debilitating anxiety and depression, worsening cognitive function (confusion, forgetfulness, brain fog, slow thinking and problem solving, bad spacial awareness and depth perception, horrible sense of direction, bad reflex, struggle to form sentences verbally, and more) among many other things, that I refuse to believe the doctors anymore who want to push me on psych meds (which make me worse and which I am extremely sensitive to).

I'm thinking that maybe my immune system is so compromised that it just isn't producing antibodies anymore? But in that case wouldn't that mean that I would be sick all of the time? Or maybe the Lyme is just in my CNS and not my PNS? Or maybe I have had this disease for so long that my body found ways to work despite it? I am so utterly confused and frustrated...

Were your blood work abnormalities in any way related to your Lyme Disease as far as your doctor could tell?

This doctor definitely seems on the skepticism side of Lyme, although he has not out right said anything particularly pro Lyme Disease or anything negative about it either... But I can tell that he definitely isn't Lyme literate.

It does have wormwood in it, I'm only at 5 drops twice a day so far.

same here as some others my lab work and overall health according to every measurable way is perfect. not one thing out of kilter and yet i have horrible debilitating symptoms every day. it seems these 'stealth' pathogens live within our healthy environments, feed off us and cause symptoms that either aren't showing up in any measurable way and/or we just don't have the science to really separate the markers that correlate with our symptoms.

its bandied about that in the end your immune system has to keep the bugs in check to be asymptomatic. what if your particular immune system can never accomplish this? this is one reason why much more money and research needs to be poured into lyme and co-infections.

there are about 6,600 cases of confirmed zika virus as of a week ago in the US and Puerto Rico (98% of them in Puerto Rico) and this is the biggest thing since N1H1 so we've thrown $1.1 billion to eradicate it. Meanwhile we have lyme and co-infections and while numbers of infected are all over the place we know ticks with the disease are in 53% of US counties. because lyme and co-infections doesn't cause serious acute issues like death but instead ruins people's lives by them living in pain and suffering every single conscious waking moment it gets practically zero attention.

some people are trying to change this but until this becomes an outright epidemic where people are getting sick all over the place (and the right people if you know what i mean) it'll never get the airplay it should.

Thank you for all of the replies, they are really helpful and providing me with some hope and the motivation to keep persisting this. I guess my biggest fear is that there is nothing wrong with me and no actual cause behind my psychological issues, pain and fatigue!

Funds are not a problem for me and I am very fortunate for that. I have been planning on getting the iGenex test and as far as finding alternatives for testing goes, it's the only one I've heard of so far.

klwxo,

I just wanted to welcome you to the forum.

This journey can be very frustrating. Many of us have struggled for many years, seeking out many specialists and hitting brick walls. I could not find an answer until I sent for the Igenix test and had myself tested.

Hang in there. You have the answer, now you just need to figure out the solution and in time you will do that. It takes some work and a lot of time so don't get discouraged. Keep coming here with your questions while you figure it all out. Its a great place for support!