Hello everyone, I'm from southeastern PA, and my health took a turn for the worse in 2003. I woke up one morning feeling unrefreshed, even though I had gotten a full night's sleep. Ever since then, I never wake up refreshed, and I'm like a zombie throughout the whole day. I feel like I could fall asleep at anytime. I also experience brain fog, short term memory problems, etc. I can walk into the other room and forget what I went to that room to do by the time I get there. 

I've been given all types of medications, supplements, etc. over the years for various things such as possible low thyroid, adrenal fatigue, etc, but nothing has ever helped. I hadn't looked into lyme disease a whole lot cause I don't experience pain. Since I don't have pain, would that pretty much rule me out from having possible lyme disease? I know that not everybody with lyme disease has the exact same symptoms, but I thought that most everyone with Lyme has some form of pain. Also, I don't remember being bitten by a tick or seeing a rash, and I didn't have flu like symptoms when I started feeling exhausted in 2003, and haven't had flu like symptoms since then either. 

My symptoms have stayed at pretty much the same level since I first started having them in 2003, not that I could feel much more exhausted than I already am though. I was thinking about going to see a lyme knowlegeable doctor, though based on what I've said, maybe it sounds likely that I don't have lyme disease?

Hi exhausteguy,

Welcome to the forum, so sorry you are having trouble getting a diagnosis.

Like bucci said, Southeast PA is a hot bed of Lyme, I should know, I have gotten it multiple times here.

Please have a look at our "New to Lyme?..." thread at the top of the forum. there are symptom lists there -- have a look to see how many you are experiencing. As you noted, everyone presents Lyme differently, especially if you have had it for a long time. There may be many symptoms that you have just put down to the wear and tear of every day living and growing older -- but they all add up to Lyme.

A Lyme Literate Doctor will be able to diagnose you clinically, taking your symptoms and history into account as well as getting more accurate testing. During that process, they will also rule out any other things it could be as well as looking for any tick borne co-infections that you might have.

I would strongly recommend this. You can e-mail me and I will give you my doctor's info. Or you can visitlymepa.orgfor some suggestions.

For information on finding a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) inyour area, please email our long time member, Dan's Mother at:
phassan@optonline.net
If you'd like more doctor suggestions, you can email stephanie at: stephanie@turnthecorner.org You can also go to: www.turnthecorner.org/bod.htm if you want to learn a little bit more about Lyme Disease.

You can also go to The Lyme Disease Association and search forLLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is thelink: www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74

You will want to find an ILADS(International Lyme And AssociatedDiseases Society) doctor. The ILADS site is a great place to read toget you started on your Lyme journey.
www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/treatment_guidelines_clearing_ilads.html

Let us know how things go for you!

I am in the same boat as you with the fatigue, excessive yawning, feeling like I've never slept... I drag myself around all day long, go to bed at night and hope tomorrow is better and it never is. This has been going on for several years for me too. I am in the process myself of figuring out whether I have Lyme or not so I can't say for sure but if you need anyone to talk to feel free to message or email me. My email is available on my profile.
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Looking forward to hearing from you.

Not sure what you mean by the private messaging option. All I'm aware of in the way of messaging is by putting your email address in your profile.