Originally Posted By: andyd
Lyme disease is a constant caution. I have had 6 or 8 tick bites this season. I should get my blood tested. No bulls eye rash, so I'm not too worried. I'm blaming my short term memory loss on
chemo brain
Off Topic - I know you don't want to hear this, but I'm mentioning it as a Public Service Announcement, of sorts. The lack of the bull's eye rash means nothing as to whether you have been infected. That is just one little part of the huge amount of misinformation around Lyme. Figures vary, but many, many people, probably more people than do, do
not have the rash but are infected.
And before you do get tested, read up, then read up some more. The testing procedure to determine whether you have Lyme is complex, and there can be, depending on what tests you take, false negatives. The final diagnosis is made by your symptoms, and how you respond to antibiotics. It all should be done by a Lyme Literate MD, which can be hard to find. Going to just any old MD and getting whatever Lyme test they know of is a waste of your money, and dangerous, as Lyme can kill, not to mention that the longer it exists, the deeper the bacteria and the harder to eradicate.
Off soapbox. And as said, there are many other causes of mental confusion/brain fog. Before I was diagnosed with Lyme, I attributed it primarily to heavy metal poisoning, which I am still dealing with. They often go together, and it is pointless to try to blame one more than the other. Low thyroid will do it too....