Thanks for taking the time to read my posting and for the useful reply; having read about Lymes Disease, my symptoms are not too dissimilar. Coincidentally, I was prescribed the same antibiotic as is used to treat Lymes for a sinus infection which I had just after Christmas so if I did have Lymes, maybe it will have knocked it out! I will see a psychiatrist; I won't take anti-depressants until I have a second opinion and will stick to my anti-candida diet until I see the mind expert.
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Mystifyed!
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"MAIKOO"....
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Many thanks to you for taking the time to read my posting and for the helpful suggestions that your reply contains. I am taking time off work so that I can rest and now can take a cat nap during the day if my body feels that it needs it!
If indeed you did/do have Lyme it is imperative that you see an LLMD (Lyme Literate Medical Doctor). The other's are clueless about Lyme. Also, there are only a few labs in the US that have proper testing and protocol for Lyme. You could also visit the Lyme board on this site.
All_Time_Girl
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Hi Phillip,
Like you, my sister self-diagnosed with candida about 8 years ago.
She had your symptoms, yet they found nothing.
She now has chronic advanced lyme disease.
Because doctors don't know beans about Lyme disease, Conversion disorder (or being psychosomatic) is often diagnosed. Like someone stated, if something doesn't fit nice and tidy inside their diagnostic box......not a good doctor.
I wonder which is more common, an invasive cause (viral/bacterial) in an otherwise normal health history, or a conversion disorder. It's logic.
Please do not see a rheumotologist, please see a Lyme literate physician---
preferably an ILADS member---
as living on a farm, having dogs easily means Exposure to ticks as a possibility.
As you've researched for yourself, gland, lymph, sinus, gastrointestinal, yeast problems....and many many more....all can be symptoms of lyme.
Sweats can also point to other tick-borne diseases ("co-infections"), so seeing a LLMD would be a prudent course of action.
Please also note that there is no test in existence that can rule lyme out or in, so a lyme literate physician is the only way to go in this regard.
So: Nothing "showing in your blood" doesn't amount to much.
Given your fatigue, I would also suggest:
- being checked for Thyroid antibodies.
Note: hyperthyroid and/or Hashimoto's are very common in the lyme patient population;
- have Adrenal Function checked (saliva test kits are available) as this could be the source of the fatigue. (Adrenal fatigue is found in about 40% of lyme px.);
- take your temperature every day, 2x per day if you can, to show the doctor---could demonstrate a pattern that could reflect adrenal and/or thyroid issues.
If this hasn't been done already(sorry, I may have forgotten everything you wrote)--
a full panel for Vitamin/Mineral levels. With the fatigue, Iodine levels should be looked at considering a potential fatigue source of thyroid dysfunction.
Your fatigue really speaks to me. I have lyme too and it's the biggest obstacle most day.
Best to you on sleuthing this out for healthy recovery.
Like you, my sister self-diagnosed with candida about 8 years ago.
She had your symptoms, yet they found nothing.
She now has chronic advanced lyme disease.
Because doctors don't know beans about Lyme disease, Conversion disorder (or being psychosomatic) is often diagnosed. Like someone stated, if something doesn't fit nice and tidy inside their diagnostic box......not a good doctor.
I wonder which is more common, an invasive cause (viral/bacterial) in an otherwise normal health history, or a conversion disorder. It's logic.
Please do not see a rheumotologist, please see a Lyme literate physician---
preferably an ILADS member---
as living on a farm, having dogs easily means Exposure to ticks as a possibility.
As you've researched for yourself, gland, lymph, sinus, gastrointestinal, yeast problems....and many many more....all can be symptoms of lyme.
Sweats can also point to other tick-borne diseases ("co-infections"), so seeing a LLMD would be a prudent course of action.
Please also note that there is no test in existence that can rule lyme out or in, so a lyme literate physician is the only way to go in this regard.
So: Nothing "showing in your blood" doesn't amount to much.
Given your fatigue, I would also suggest:
- being checked for Thyroid antibodies.
Note: hyperthyroid and/or Hashimoto's are very common in the lyme patient population;
- have Adrenal Function checked (saliva test kits are available) as this could be the source of the fatigue. (Adrenal fatigue is found in about 40% of lyme px.);
- take your temperature every day, 2x per day if you can, to show the doctor---could demonstrate a pattern that could reflect adrenal and/or thyroid issues.
If this hasn't been done already(sorry, I may have forgotten everything you wrote)--
a full panel for Vitamin/Mineral levels. With the fatigue, Iodine levels should be looked at considering a potential fatigue source of thyroid dysfunction.
Your fatigue really speaks to me. I have lyme too and it's the biggest obstacle most day.
Best to you on sleuthing this out for healthy recovery.
Thank you so much for your comprehensive res;ponse to my posting and I am so sorry to learn that your sister has advanced Lyme's Disease and that you too have been laid low by the elusive bacterium. I know that UK GP's are under severe pressure to see a patient every 10 minutes and I do wonder if it's possible to a thorough analysis of blood test results in a patient's alloted time. It's possible that recommendations are included on the results passed on to the Doctor and all that he has to do is read a summary. I'm slightly amused that when the bloods don't show up anything abnormal, my poor health is my problem. I guess that someone like myself who looks up medical problems and treatments on the internet and becomes a bit of a 'quack doctor' must be the bane of the medical practitioner's life, however they only have themselves to blame because they don't take ownership of our ill health and we have to sort ourselves out! Our location in Wales UK isn't tick prone and although I will not rule out 'tick borne fever', I wouldn't place it athe top of the list of likely causes for my fatigue but there could be other zoonoses which I might have picked up from my days as a dairy farmer. I remember having symptoms similar to what I am experiencing at the moment back in 1992 and the doctor that I saw then wanted to prescribe antidepressants because of normal bloods and that is when I stuck to an anti candida diet and after 3 months was slimmer, fitter and full of energy again, so it's worth a try again I think. The responses to my posting have given me other leads to pursue and more questions to ask of the doctor if I don't feel better in a couple of weeks, so many thanks to everybody for their helpful suggestions.
Sincerely,
Phil
Sincerely,
Phil