Substitutes for Lyme disease

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In a recent poll done by a Lyme friend, here are the multitudes of diseases people with which Lyme disease get diagnosed before getting a proper diagnosis, sometimes many, many years later. Only 15% were properly diagnosed early on. I've highlighted some of what I've seen on this PA list.Initial diagnoses were psychosomatic (you're crazy (51.3%), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, one of the various forms of arthritis, MS, Lupus, heart disease, ALS, Parkinson's, cancer, autism, Alzheimer's. What showed up as " other " responses: erythromelalgia, Reynaud's syndrome, depression (lots of those), syphilis, rocky mountain spotted fever (which is at least tick borne and treated similarly), CIDP, vasculitis, mmn, a virus, gout, Non-24 hour circadian rhythm disorder, west Nile virus, syndrome, Sjogrens Disease, autoimmune hepatitis, celiac disease, anxiety (many of these), panic attacks, anxiety (many of these), heavy metal toxicity, chlamydia, ME, Sports related injury (a few of these... makes me think, " really?!? " ) sarcoidosis, lichen planus, melkerssons rosenthal syndrome, chronic regional pain syndrome (multiple of these) depleted of vit. B12 and vit. D, innerstitial sytistus, migranes (lots of these), thyroid conditions, carpel tunnel, candida, female alopecia, PCOS (several of these) IBS, metabolic disorder, low hormones, dysfunctional pituitary hormone, multiple chemical sensitivity (environmental illness; I'm actually surprised there was only one of these), tremors, vertigo, ADHD, chronic strep throat, chronic tension headache, chronic ear infection (OK, I know I'm one of those " obsessed with holistic medicine " people, but don't you think, on these last 3 someone should have been asking WHY they had all this stuff chronically?), high ANA count, Marfa's disease, urinary tract infection, transverse mellitus, Epstein Barr (aka Mono... multiple of these), vestibular neuritis, ocular convergence disorder, neurally mediated hypotension, autoimmune disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (lots of these) Hashimoto's thyroiditis, gastroparesis, adrenal fatigue (several) TMJ, Menieres disease, mastocytosis, eczema, early perimenopause (multiples of this one), narcolepsy, GERD, post-viral fatigue syndrome (multiples of this one), degenerative neurological disease, blood clots, seizures, restless leg syndrome, hypermobility syndrome (aka joint laxity), hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis, sinusitis, bipolar, TIA, insomnia, schizophrenia, endocrine failures, supraventricular tacchycardia, mid-life issues (gotta love that one-- what? The person bought a new sports car and took up with a 19 year old?), an unexplained heart condition, asthma, bursitis, rosacea, prolapsed mitral valve, food allergies, spastic colon, CMV, mixed connective tissue disease, chiari malformation, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, regional sympathetic dystrophy, primary lateral sclerosis, ovarian cysts, gallstones, insulin resistance, Plantar fasciitis, seasonal allergies, mineral imbalance, overexertion, 's disease, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, andrenal hyperplasia, psuedo tumor celbri (spelling?), mega colon, carpel tunnel, peripheral neuropathy, mild, left sixth cranial nerve palsy, orthostatic hypotension, amplified pain syndrome, Lumbar disc prolapse, and transverse myeliti. http://lymevoices.blogspot.com/ Val