Candida overgrowth or Lyme disease? Or both?

Question

About 1 year and a half ago, I started to experience all kinds of symptoms: anxiety attacks, fatigue, chest tightness, muscle aches, tingling in arms and legs, 'snow' in front of eyes, sinus congestion, stomach issues...these symptoms came one and a time but I was affected by pretty much all of them after about a year. Through my own research, I thought that I had candida (yeast) overgrowth and tried the anti-candida program, changing my diet, taking probiotics, and natural anti-fungals. My symptoms decreased and most even dissappeared. Recently, some of them have come back. I know I've been a little more relaxed on the diet. Someone I suggested I get a lyme disease test, b/c the symptoms sounded similar. I asked my GP for one, and it came back inconclusive, with need for another test in a month. So now I'm worried! Apparently the tests done in Canada aren't very reliable and there are not many doctors who know how to effectively treat lyme disease. (See update...)

I've heard great things about a local doctor who knows how to treat lyme disease. If you have lyme, the longer you wait, the worse it can get, and the longer the antibiotic treatment is. So my questions for you are:
1. If you go on an anti-candida diet, can lyme disease symptoms improve?
2. Should I go see this doctor asap, and not wait until they test me in a month? Please let me know what you think. Everyone's welcome, but I'd especially like to hear from people who have lyme and/or candida. Thank you!

In response to northcountry:

I don't recall being bitten by a tick or having a rash...but I do live in an area where ticks carry lyme disease. The symptoms started after I came back from the Mayan Riviera, Mexico, after I got a bad chest cold down there. Based on internet research, I don't believe there are lyme infested ticks there.

Answer 1

if you had an inconclusive lyme test with those symptoms, you should be retested now. there is no reason to wait a month. lyme can be difficult to diagnose as the tests for lyme come back with false negatives. there are two tests- the elisa, which is the first test usually done, and the western blot (igenics). a doctor who is lyme knowlegable at all will begin antibiotic treatment based on symptoms and history before lab tests come back.

you mention a lot of things that could be lyme symptoms, but lyme symptoms can look like many other things as well. do you have a history of a tick bite from an area with lyme infected ticks? when i was diagnosed, my doctor started antibiotics immediately based on my history of a tick bite with the indicator rash and then a series of advancing symptoms. early treatment of lyme is critical as it can be devastating left untreated too long.

get a second test and ask to be started on antibiotics right away while you wait. the antibiotics won;t hurt for a couple of weeks while you wait test results and if you indeed have lyme it can make a big difference in your outcome.

there is NO cure for lyme, by the way. it can be treated and it can be put into remission but it never goes away.

also, yes the anti candida diet can improve some lyme stmptoms. candida is a known co infection with lyme so anything that improves that will make you feel better in some symptoms. but if you do have lyme, the lyme infection itself will not improve with diet or any other lifestyle change. it needs antibiotic treatment and can take a long time.

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Answer 6

go to canlyme.com they will have a sypmtoms check list for you to check to see if you can suspect lyme disease. It also says what other diseases can be mistaken for lyme disease.

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