Encephalitis??

Here's where I'm confused (and maybe it's brain inflammation causing that confusion!)...I constantly feel such pressure in my head like my brain is going to explode. I have all the symptoms of encephalitis, and I'm trying to persuade my LLMD to test and/or consider a clinical diagnosis of bartonella because I have every symptom of it. Something from burrascanos guidelines describes bartonella patients as having CNS symptoms out of proportion to the others. That's me. Also increases symptoms of encephalitis like confusion and cognitive problems. Again...that's me in a nut shell.

My question though is can I have encephalitis...brain inflammation, if my MRI, spect, and ct scans have all been normal?? I don't get it. Is the brain only inflamed when I feel like it is? Does it change that quickly? I'm just trying to connect the dots here, and they're not connecting. How can I have all the symptoms of brain inflammation and not have it be visible on tests??

I'm sure I had some form of encephalitis from Lyme. Horrible head pressure and migraines along with vertigo and cognitive issues.

After being prescribed mega doses of Amox, the acute symptoms went away after a week but it took about a month or so--- and an eventual switch to Ceftin-- for my head to clear up completely. .

Now I feel that my brain/head is no longer affected by Lyme at all.

I agree with achievinggrace: It does go away with treatment, honest!