I'm new and need some help

I have read the start here stuff for Lyme. I'm confused and I apologize but I recently had a western blot done. Came back equivocal and positive for band 23 and 58. Says negative. My doctor says ok your negative and is now treating me with metro and nuerotin and prednisone for RA and psoriatic arthritis. I'm convinced something else I'm a school teacher my words are scrambles. My words also don't come out of my mouth. I get confused my driving and perception is way off. The pain in my joints is awful I'm exhausted. I'm dizzy and if I get hungry I shake but my sugar is good every test he ran came back fine except those two in the western blot. All these meds I'm on are making me sick. Someone please tell me if those bands mean I have Lyme. I can't live like this anymore

😢😢😢😢 thank you thank you thank you. I feel like I'm going crazy. I was given a shot of a med today they use to treat breast cancer and was given folic acid he said it can help your hair from falling out. I'm in bed and I'm so sick right now. I will post right now. Thank you so much

Wow. I'm a teacher as well and with the start of the new year upon us I wish you the very best. My symptoms began last July and reached their peak from September-December. I could barely walk around class without feeling like collapsing. I couldn't think, I'd have crazy fatigue, neck pains, visual disturbances, etc. etc. I'd like to give you basics that might help improve some of your symptoms. Nobody told me this at the time so I discovered these tips by accident and they really helped.
1. Diet, this is paramount. It took me months to discover that gluten was adding to my symptoms (dizziness, headaches, fatigue)
Sugar also played a role. Some say milk and eggs, but those didn't really affect me.
2. Exercise, really helped me a lot, a lot.
3. Probiotics/Supplements. I'll give you 2 supplements that really helped me. Peppermint oil for headaches, and curcumin for inflammation. There are others for inflammation, just spend a lil time researching this stuff.
You're in the right place coming here. There are a lot of people here suffering like you and we're all here to help.
God Bless!

Post Edited (Onetime416) : 8/13/2015 10:34:29 PM (GMT-6)

You're not going crazy - but I totally understand that feeling - many of us do.
All the symptoms keep stacking up and you DO feel like you're going crazy.
I kept thinking "I have anxiety, a lump in my throat, nerve pain, joint pain, muscle pain, muscle twitches, internal vibrations, sleep apnea, short term memory problems, brain fog, weakness.....what one thing could cause ALL this?"

And that was my "short list" of symptoms.

thank you all so much. I am so thankful for the information. I was bit by a tick more than 10 years ago. I've been battling so many things and everyone says you have some pretty crazy things. I am 44 and I've had the shingles. I now was diagnosed with a neurogenic bladder. Vertigo the list goes on.

I am afraid of going back to work. More so the commute. My driving skills are horrible. I mean I've always been a great driver. But my perception and visual is so bad.

I may have psoriatic arthritis. But that does not cause all of these symptoms. And the meds OMG. I feel like a zombie. I am just so blah. I cried real bad yesterday when I left the dr. Because I know I'm being poisoned with so many meds and when I tell him all my symptoms he is like there is also fibromyalgia. I understand but I know it's not that I posted for a doctor. I'm hoping someone comes on today