[Serious] What are some health "red flags" that are commonly ignored but shouldn't be?

Me too! Well, not the bells palsey. My friend and I both got Lyme, and she got bells, I didnt. But I get the muscle spasms. I also seep 10-12 hours a day, usually 10 though. I got it years ago and i had no clue.

I didn't get diagnosed until years later. Chronic Lyme is real. And, what many people don't know, is that Lyme will come with a Co infection of a parasite sometimes. I have Babesia. It is horrible. When Babesia got the worst, I developed spots all over my body, my anxiety was through the roof, I had symptoms that looked like I had bad malaria. In fact, Babesia is related to malaria, and I am actually taking malaria medication to kill of the babesia.

I had a severe head trauma as a kid. It gave me seizures, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, EXTREME difficulty to process emotions. If I get angry, if I even thought about confronting someone or expressing my anger, after the injury it made me stutter. Lol one day I tried to tell my little sister "fuck you!" but when I did I stuttered and almost passed out. I have cognitive difficulty and speak in circles a lot.

With the Lyme symptoms starting getting bad, I attributed it all to the TBI. It got to the point now where i am bedridden. I am in chronic pain all the time. I have thought so many times that i couldn't take any more pain, but I am not suicidal. I can't even explain how hard it can be to most people.

Every day is so hard. I have a B.S. in neuroscience. I was pre med. I just wanted to become a doctor. I just wanted to help people. The Lyme crushed my dreams into a pulp. I wanted to be a doctor since I was about 8 years old. My family, I know they love me and mean well, but they keep pressuring me to go back to school.

but the Lyme and babesia got so bad in my last year of schooling that the only reason I got out was because my then fiancé (now husband) helped me get through it. He helped me stay awake through homework and projects because my body just wanted to sleep all day every day. He would make food for me because I hardly ate. (I went from 115 lbs to about 98 lbs in my last year, which was a huge unhealthy change).

After school, it just kept getting worse. My husband had to hold me down both times I got grand Mal seizures. I was very confused afterwards, and didn't know why I was being wheeled into an ambulance. I thought someone got hurt. I thought my husband did. Because i looked for him and saw him looking at me with a look i had never seen before. He was crying, and his eyes looked like deep pain and anguish.

then, because I got very bad coordination because Lyme was hurting my nervous system, I swiped my leg with a sharp knife. I cut almost to my femur and lost an insane amount of blood because I nicked an artery. My husband was away at work so my in laws (would I was living with at the time because if my husband wasn't there, I needed other people there to help in an emergency) called an ambulance.

They thought I had tried to commit suicide. My husband did too. It looked really bad. I have never ever seen my husband vomit from fear before. In fact, I really haven't seen anyone vomit from fear before. And my husband is well grounded emotionally. But when he walked in the hospital room and saw my gaping leg, he had to step out to vomit in the trash bin. When I found out he was so scared because he believed I tried to kill myself, I told him it was an accident from the Lyme.

He felt a lot more relieved to know that, but he was still devistated. I had to get surgery, and I didn't know this but surgery with intubation can make Lyme worse, so it set back my treatment pretty far.

God, this has been so hard. I am sorry for writing a novel. I don't blame you if you don't read through this whole thing. But sometimes I just need to get all my pain and sadness out and express it and not keep it bottled up. I am so lonely sometimes because my husband works a lot to provide for me. Something I will always always be grateful for. So a lot of the time my only human interaction is just talking to others online. Reddit also helps my husband and i laugh and smile, which is awesome because laughing and happiness moments are few and far between. So, thank you for reading if you did. I really hope you keep getting better and better! I pray and hope for the best for you. Chronic Lyme is an incredibly difficult journey, but it is a journey that will be over for good. Which I am excited for too. My doctor says I still need about a year more treatment, so here's fingers crossed hoping for the best. :]

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