Bonni
Norridgewock, Maine, United States
"thats all I can think of right now but im sure theres more"

• Migraines
  
• headaches
  
• sinus issues
  
• ear pain w out infection
  
• eye problems (floaters,blurriness) 
  
• muscle joint pain
  
• sweats
  
• chills
  
• fatigue
  
• insomnia
  
• blood clots (I had pulmonary embolisms) 
  
• thick blood (coagulation)
  
• numbness tingling all over or in hands feet and fingers
  
• pain in bottoms of feet
  
• constant body aching
  
• flu like feelings
  
• shortness of breath
  
• memory problems
  
• trouble finding words
  
• loss of concentration
  
• anxiety
  
• depression
  
• anger
  
• mood swings
  
• loss of stamina
  
• dizziness
  
• brain fog
  
• light sensitivity
  
• weight gain 
  

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Jo
Palo Pinto, Texas, United States

• Constant nonstop burning from top of left thigh on down back of leg 
  
• Burning in left arm 
  
• Swollen, stiff, numb fingers, elbows and wrists in am 
  
• Numbness throughout the day in various joints 
• Short term memory loss 
  
• T I R E D throughout day 
  
• Headaches 
  
• All joints now make cracking noises 
  
• Sadness- mostly, I think because I'm sick of being sick 
  
• Dizzy feeling throughout the day 
  
• No appetite 
  

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Jen
New York, New York, United States

• fatigue
  
• joint and neck pain
  
• muscle pain
  
• ringing in the ears
  
• eye floaters/blurried vision
  
• unable to recall words
  
• unable to follow/understand directions
  
• severe weight gain due to severely fluctuating hormones
  
• then severe weight loss due to severely fluctuating hormones
  
• burst ovarian cyst due to severely fluctuating hormones
  
• seizures
  
• unable to spell words
  
• unable to remember rules of grammar, word order
• leaving out specific words in sentences
  
• anxiety
  
• depression
  
• mood swings/anger issues
  
• insomnia
  
• loss of concentration
  
• severe weakness
  
• lightheadedness
  
• dizziness
  
• night sweats
  
• chills
  
• low grade fevers
  
• sore throat
  
• swollen glands, particularly in the throat 
• hoarseness
  
• nausea (babesia)
  
• vomiting (babesia)
  
• diarrhea (babesia)
  
• disorientation, familiar places no longer looked familiar and I wouldn't remember how to get home or where the car was parked
  
• cloudy headed, thinking overall muddied
  
• feeling of heaviness, like a giant weights on me weighing me down at all times
  
• easily out of breath
  
• loss of short term memory, I'd read the same paragraph in a book over and over forgetting I'd already read it
  
• unable to process complex ideas, I couldn't read books for over a year
• severe migraines to the point of nausea and visual hallucinations
  
• irregularity with menstrual periods
  
• increase in cramping with menstrual periods/PMS symptoms
  
• tooth sensitivity, pain in teeth
  
• bladder problems, incontinence
  
• lowered white blood cell count
  
• decreased appetite
  
• hand tremors 
  

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Brenna
Victor, Montana, United States
"That's all I can think of right now, I am sure I forgot something! I always do. Thank God I still have my sense of humor! :)"

• Fatigue 
  
• Nausea 
  
• Headaches 
  
• All over body ache/ burn 
  
• Low grade fever 
  
• Fever blisters 
  
• Muscle weakness and supremely prone to fatigue quick 
  
• Sore/stiff neck 
  
• Low back pain 
  
• Eye pain 
  
• Migrating joint pain 
  
• Sore throat 
  
• Brain fog 
  
• Noise sensitivity 
  
• Light sensitivity 
  
• Splinter hemorrhages under nails 
  
• Irregular heart beat/ rapid heart beat 
  
• Memory loss 
  
• Confusion 
  
• Night sweats 
  
• Abdominal pain 
  
• Mood issues
  
• Irregular cycles 
  

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Veronia
Ottertail, Minnesota, United States

• tremors 
  
• brain burning right sided 
• brain weakness 
  
• muscle twitching 
  
• racing heart pressure 
  
• headache 
  
• extremely sore ribs/back/neck 
  
• arthritic pain in joints 
  
• extreme dizziness 
  
• pupil dilation in only one eye 
  
• light sensitivity 
  
• tinnitus 
  
• vision loss 
  
• low body temp 
  
• low blood pressure 
  
• adrenal fatigue 
  
• sore feet 
  
• nerve numbness in leg 
  
• increase in moles/red spots 
  
• blister type bumbs 
  
• insomnia 
  
• agitation 
  
• weight loss 
  
• joints won't stay in place 
  
• cracking joints 
  
• leaky gut syndrome 
  
• malabsorption of vitamins 
  
• hair loss 
  

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Brenna
Victor, Montana, United States

• vomiting
  
• diarrhea
  
• chills
  
• night sweats
  
• all over body aches
  
• arthritis
  
• heart palpitations
  
• tachychardia episodes
  
• rashes (no bullseye)
  
• headaches
  
• blurred vision
  
• tinitis
  
• vibrating sensations
  
• uneven eye dialations
  
• tingling hands, feet
  
• light sensitivity
  
• noise sensitive
  
• halitosis
  
• moody
  
• depressed
  
• brain fog
  
• ADD
  
• confusion, inability to concentrate
  
• getting lost
  
• memory issues
  
• slurred speech
  
• neck pain
  
• back pain
  
• tender point
  
• sore painful joints
  
• weight loss
  
• extreme fatigue
  
• muscle weakness
  
• muscle spasms
  
• loss of libido
  
• loss of desire for much of anything
  
• inability to sleep
  
• eye pain
  
• nausea
  
• stomach pain
  
• trembling
  
• splinter hemorrhages
  
• sore tender organs
  
• loss of balance and coordination
  
• anxiety 
  

MaryAnn
Conway, South Carolina, United States

• Migraines 
  
• Extreme Fatigue 
  
• Joint Pain 
  
• Muscle Pain 
  
• Loss of Memory 
  
• Confusion 
  
• Nausea 
  
• Dizziness 
  
• Insomnia 
  
• Irriatable 
  
• Rashes 
  
• Hot/Cold Sweats 
  
• Numbness 
  
• Nerve issues 
  
• Eye site problems 
  
• Black Outs Temp. 
  
• Facial Paralysis 
  
• Nail Fungus 
  
• Allergies (never had before lyme) 
  
• Fibromyalgia 
  
• IBS 
  
• Depression 
  
• Mouth Sores 
  
• Panic Attacks 
  

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Kelly
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States
"Current symptoms after relapsing due to shingles further compromising my immune system over the holidays"

• Headaches of varying degree 
  
• General achiness (feel like I'm wearing a lead body suit) 
  
• Fatigue 
  
• Brain fog/anxiety/forgetfulness 
  
• Jello-y joints 
  
• Inability to regulate body temp 
  
• Muscle spasms 
  
• Muscle tics 
  
• Heart palpitations 
  
• Irritable bladder 
  
• GERD w/occasional throwing up 
  
• Loss of patience because I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!!!
  
• Extreme pain traveling from muscle to muscle and joint to joint 
  
• Constant headache 
  
• Crippling migraines lasting for days 
  
• Extreme ear pain 
  
• Temporary loss of sight in the right eye 
  
• Extreme vertigo/almost constant dizziness 
  
• Extreme fatigue 
  
• Joint swelling 
  
• Constant feeling of being overwhelmed 
  
• Occasional feeling of doom and gloom 
  
• Extreme chills 
  
• Excessive sweating 
  
• Itchy feet 
  
• Random rashes on neck 
  
• Occasional fevers as well as lower than normal temps 
  
• Panic Attacks 
  
• Exercise intolerance 
  
• Floaters in eyesight 
  
• Peripheral vision issues (movement in my peripheral vision causes dizziness, making highway driving IMPOSSIBLE, and all other driving a little scary....)
  
• Vibrating sensation 
• Creepy crawly feeling in right knee 
  

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Shelly
Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States

• Meningitis (aseptic) 
  
• Infection after infection (several staph) 
  
• High/low blood pressure 
  
• Rash 
  
• Pancreatitis 
  
• Hepatitis 
  
• Gall Bladder attack-removed 
  
• Fatigue 
  
• Neck pain 
  
• Headaches 
  
• Dizziness 
  
• Shoulder pain 
  
• Tremors 
  
• Hip pain 
  
• Painful soles-feet 
  
• Swelling 
  
• Different joint pain in smaller extremities, fingers, toes 
  
• Nerve pain in arm 
  
• Muscle spasms 
  
• Painful spine 
  
• Brain fog Confusion/feeling overwhelmed 
  
• Blurry vision 
  
• Heart palpitations 
  
• Breathlessness 
  
• Mood fluctuations 
  
• Hair loss 
  
• Blotchy skin 
  

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Anna
Northport, New York, United States

• Extreme fatigue
  
• tingling
  
• weakness and numbness in left foot
  
• muscle aches
  
• foggy brain
  
• headaches
  
• dizzy
  
• digestive issues
  
• brain lesions
  

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Faith
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

• Inflammed/painful lymph nodes 
  
• Swollen glands 
  
• Neck pain/stiff neck 
  
• Itchy rashes 
  
• Itchy Skin 
  
• Ear ringing 
  
• Balance issues 
  
• Vertigo attacks 
  
• Sleep disturbances/Fragmented sleep/Insomnia 
• Panic attacks upon waking 
  
• Near blackout/fainting episodes 
  
• Internal chills/shakes 
  
• Headaches 
  
• Mental issues/Brain fog/short term memory loss 
• Mood swings/short tempered/internal rages/personality changes 
  
• Bloodshot/watery eyes 
  
• Colon issues 
  
• Joint pain in fingers 
  
• Acid reflux flare ups 
  
• Tachychardia with high blood pressure 
  
• Heart palpitations 
  
• Pulsating/vibrating sensations in feet 
  
• Crawling bug sensations on top of head 
  
• Loss of motivation/concentration & ability to focus 
• Fatigue 
  
• Dumb brained feeling 
  
• Weight loss 
  
• Bladder issues 
  
• Easy bruising 
  
• Light sensitivity 
  
• Hypersensitivity 
  
• Feeling as though I'm losing my mind or going crazy 
  

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Nancy
Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• Rash on back of left calf/Evidence of bites
  
• Muscle spasms and cramps in left calf
  
• Left knee stiffness and soreness
  
• Fatigue/Exhaustion
  
• Chills
  
• Slight Nausea
  
• Body Aches
  
• Slight Sore Throat
  
• Joints popping
  
• Muscle Weakness
  
• Achey Arm Muscles
  
• Achey Ribs
  
• Joint pain
  
• Brain fog
  
• Neck popping
  
• Emotional
  
• Tinnitus
  
• Tingling in Hands and Feet
  
• Swollen glands
  
• Secondary rash during late stage of antibiotics
  
• Swelling and stiff toe 
  
• Stiff/Achey Hands and Feet
  
• Word/Memory Recall Problems
  
• Carpal Tunnel reappearance
  
• Increased TMJ popping/pain
  
• Insomnia
  
• Anxiety 
  
• Eye twitching/floaters/filmy
  
• Night sweats
  
• Heat/Cold Intolerance
  
• Symptoms migrate
  
• Symptoms come and go 
  

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Kristie Jordan
Semmes, Alabama, United States

• Stiff back and legs
  
• blurred vision
  
• lower back pain
  
• electic type sensations through body
  
• sensitivity to sound and light 
  

Kristen
Indiana, United States
"I first realized something was really wrong when realized I was having memory problems and tingling/numbing in my feet and hands"

• numbing/tingling spread through my whole body, (sometimes it feels like water was splashed on my face when it wasn't) 
  
• whole body flu like aches
  
• unexplained sore throats
  
• seemingly skull splitting headaches (felt like my skull was on too tight)
  
• spots in my vision
  
• I stutter when I speak sometimes because my thoughts are jumbled up
  
• my memory will go completely blank
  
• constipation
  
• digestive issues
  
• fatigue worse than when I had mono
  
• severe joint pain in my knees and ankles and even my wrists and elbows and hips
  
• ringing in my ears
  
• scalp tingling
  
• extreme moodiness/irrationality 
  
• hard time sleeping and staying asleep
  
• loss of patience

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Rachael
New Albany, Pennsylvania, United States

• Headache 
  
• Nausea 
  
• Joint pain 
  
• Muscle pain 
  
• Weakness 
  
• Dizziness 
  
• Numbness in arms, hands, legs, feet 
  
• Brain fog and disorientation
  
• Memory loss 
  
• Chronic heartburn 
  
• Uncontrollable muscle movement/spasm 
• Sensitivity to touch (my muscles involuntarily jerk and recoil) 
  
• Sensitivity to light and sound 
  
• Severe smell and food aversions 
  
• Oversensitive gag reflex 
  
• Arm and leg heaviness 
  
• Hive and blisterlike sores, mostly on the feet and hands 
  
• Itching 
  
• Blurred vision and floaters 
  
• Recurring sinus and respiratory infections Depression 
  
• Severe anxiety 
  
• Obsessive behavior 
  
• Extreme fatigue 
  

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Dana
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
"..and intolerance for the CDC and their skewed agenda!"

• Fatigue 
  
• Weight Loss 
  
• Severe Joint Pain 
  
• Joint Instability 
  
• Night Sweats 
  
• Muscle Aches 
  
• Headaches 
  
• Anxiety 
  
• Loss of Appetite 
  
• Abdominal Pain 
  
• Irregular Menstruation 
  
• Rapid Heart Rate 
  
• Loss of Motor Function in Hands 
  
• Clumsiness 
  
• Blurred Vision 
  
• Ringing in Ears 
  
• Syncope 
• Vertigo 
  
• Vomiting 
  
• Hot Flashes 
  
• Flushing 
  
• Tempeture Intollerence 
  

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Emily
Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States
"I'm sure theres a few others that have come and gone and come again over the past 6 plus years, but this is all that my brain will allow me to process right now :-)"

• weak limbs
  
• numbness/tingling sensations over body
  
• short term memory loss
  
• brain fog
  
• insomnia
  
• stuttering, word block
  
• jerking/twitching limbs
  
• twitching muscles
  
• brain fog
  
• confusion
  
• depression/anxiety/easily agitated/mood swings 
• low grade fever/low body temp 
• chills/shakes/tremors
  
• body aches
  
• swollen, painful glands (neck)
  
• extreme fatigue
  
• vertigo
  
• nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/constipation
  
• periods of anorexia type issues (no appetite at all, resulting in weight loss
  
• hair loss
  
• extremely cold/painful feet
  
• achy joints
  
• sternum/rib pain
  
• chest pain
  
• heart palpitations
  
• shortness of breath/air hunger
  
• menstrual irregularities and other gynecological problems
  
• heart murmur
  
• ringing/pain in ears, hearing problems, sensitivity to sound
  
• vision disturbances (floaters, blurred vision, seeing phantom images in peripheral vision)
  
• stabbing pains in head
  
• EXTREME fatigue/lethargy 
• pressure/pain/stiffness in neck
  
• tingling of face
  
• night sweats
  
• lock jaw in the am, stiffness and "popping" jaw
  
• difficulty swallowing
  
• back pain/sciatica like pain
  
• Back pain (spine)
  
• poor concentration
  
• headache
  
• very poor gait at times (stumbling, tripping, falling, cant walk straight)
  
• excessive napping during the day, every day
  
• loss of libido 
  

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Carla
Navarre, Florida, United States

• Hot Flashes 
  
• Weight Loss 
  
• Severe Joint Pain 
  
• Night Sweats 
  
• Muscle Aches 
  
• Fatigue 
  
• Headaches 
  
• Anxiety 
  
• Loss of Appetite 
  
• Irregular Menstruation 
  
• Vomiting 
  
• Rapid Heart Rate 
  
• Temperature Intolerance
  
• Loss of Motor Function in Hands 
  
• Abdominal Pain 
  
• Clumsiness 
  
• Blurred Vision 
  
• Ringing in Ears 
  
• Vertigo 
  
• Flushing 
  

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Susan 
Kentucky, United States
"I was a runner and after 4 years of strange illnesses I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Ever heard of Groover's Disease - I had it."

• chills
  
• fatigue
  
• facial pain & numbness
  
• double vision
  
• left rib pain
  
• chronic hives
  
• irregular menses
  
• loss of weight 
  
• muscle pain
  
• joint pain
  
• brain fog
  
• short term memory loss
  
• gut issues
  
• irritated urinary tract (no infection)
  
• arch cramps
  
• skin color change
  
• emotional
  
• mouth ulcers
  
• CD57 of 15
  
• thyroid issues
  
• blood pressure issues
  
• temporary loss of hearing 
  

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Sara
Portland, Oregon, Unites States

• Anxiety
  
• Panic Attacks
  
• de-personalization (at which time I believe to be shortly after contracting lymes)
  
• Extreme Fatique (also early on)
  
• Shortness of Breath
  
• General Malaise (Didn'f feel "normal" for 2 years)
  
• Memory problems
  
• Shortness of Breath
  
• Difficulty Breathing (but not getting breath - hard to explain)
  
• Join Pain (started in my toes and ended up in fingers, wrists, knees)
  
• Arthritis symptoms
  
• Neck pain
  
• Foot Pain and some swelling
  
• Circulation Problems - causing some color changes mainly in my feet
  
• Severe coldness in hands and feet
  
• Eye pain - especially behind Left Eye
  
• Migraines with Aura
  
• New Allergies/sensitivities 
  

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