Please please help--need advise CD -57 low??

Hi there. My name is Katie. I am feeling very frustrated and confused about what my next step should be I've been feeling and I need some advice. Back about 15 years ago I began feeling very "spaced out". I Hi there. My name is Katie. I am feeling very frustrated and confused  about what my next step should be in my journey to find out what is going on and I am asking for some advice. Back about 15 years ago I began feeling very "spaced out".  I have continued to feel this way ever since then with some days being extremely spaced out--it can be very scary at times and causes a lot of anxiety. Back when this all began I didnt know why I was feeling this way and I literally felt as though I was going crazy. I thought that maybe it had to do with a bad drug experience with marijuana and I kept waiting to feel better but I never did. I asked my parents for some help and they took me to our primary care doctor. He sent me to a neurologist ran some tests. I was told that  I was fine. I began also having heart palpitations at this time and went to see a cardiologist. They did an echocardiogram and told me that I had mitral valve prolapse. They did not put me on any medication for this and basically told me I was fine and not to worry about it. Then I was told that I had a depression/anxiety disorder and was put on Paxil. Over the course of the past 15 years I have switched to different anti-anxiety medications including Prozac and Pristiq, however I don't feel as though they really help with the anxiety or the "spacey feeling"– just with the depression. 
The "spaced out" feeling has never gone away and recently has gotten much worse since the birth of my daughter – seven months ago. I also have headaches pretty much daily usually behind my eyes. My concentration level is crap right now as well as my short-term memory. I still have heart palpitations/skipping beats, etc. and I had a lot during my pregnancy.  
I just recently had a echocardiogram. I was told that I do not have mitral valve prolapse and either was misdiagnosed before or I have outgrown it. I was told that I have PVCs which are premature ventricle contractions and that the number of them are within the normal range and not to worry about it. I have also been to a psychiatrist, an allergist, multiple primary care doctors, an endocrinologist, etc. I have had many tests run including the Western blot test for Lyme disease, heavy-metal levels, thyroid, and the typical vitamin deficiencies, etc. My vitamin D was very low as well as my magnesium and selenium and my thyroid was a little off so I am taking supplements for all. My Lyme disease results were all negative, however my CD – 57 was quite low. It is 66. 
Also, back when I was a child I was bitten by several ticks. I live in Virginia and often played outside near the woods. I would periodically come home with ticks but my mom would just remove them and we didn't think anything of it. I never had a bull's-eye rash or anything. It wasn't until just recently through some research that I considered the possibility of Lyme disease. I think that the next step in testing would be to go through IGenex, but I'm not even sure exactly which tests I would order. So I think I might instead spend the money on seeing a highly recognized Lyme disease doctor in Washington DC. The problem being that he doesn't except insurance and it is very expensive. But I'm willing to do whatever I need to in order to figure this out.

Any advise about what to do? Do my symptoms sound like it could be Lyme disease or a coinfection? Is my CD – 57 (66) low? Could that also means something else? 

I would really appreciate any feedback. I'm finding myself being very sad because I feel like I'm missing out on so many things. I just don't feel fully present-constantly spaced out. I want to be the best mother and wife that I can be, but I don't feel well. Thank you for taking the time to read my post. Again, any advice is welcomed.
– Katie

Hi Katie,

Definately get your bloodwork done with Igenex. It sounds like you may have Lyme Disease. Most labs aren't good enough to test for it. I had 11 negative tests before I finally showed up positive. I repeated the test with Igenex and they gave me another positive answer. Lyme disease, like Nan says, can lower your CD 57. Mine was in the upper 40s. I had problems with every part of my body, heart (mitral and tricuspid valves), thyroid, endocrine system, brain problems - I started heaving seizures, numbness and tingling throughout my body, and that's not even a drop in the bucket. I am in my 3rd year of treatment, and it is by far the hardest thing I have ever gone through.

Hi Samantha,

I am just now seeing this post!

I would be happy to talk more with you....please email me!

I don't want to hijack this thread..:)

Short answer, though, is that my understanding is that the lyme bacteria is not ever fully out of the system. This, however, is not the bad news it seems! There are people who get infected who never have symptoms.

So..it is indeed possible to get back to a "normal" life without symptoms. Many people have done so.

I think ups and downs are par for the course, especially when one has had it for a long time.

Again, happy to email or chat on the phone...click on my username to email me.

Take care!
Nan