'I spent £25k getting Lyme disease diagnosis'
"Over the course of one week, everything changed," he said.
"I suddenly started having very extreme anxiety. It really came on suddenly and really, really floored me. Yeah, it was quite a horrific time."Mr Williams said his battle to get a diagnosis had "totally devastated" his life."I'd be unable to get out of bed for most of the day. "It's put a huge strain on my personal life and my relationships. There was a lot of pain and a lot of fear, it was terrifying.""I was checked for tumours in the adrenal glands and tumours in the brain," he said.
"I was back and forth to London for tests there. I was also referred on for ketamine therapy for treatment resistant depression and anxiety, which, unfortunately, didn't help and made things worse."After spending £25,000 on scans, consultations and treatments he was diagnosed with Lyme disease in November.
There are around 900 cases of Lyme disease reported in the UK each year, according to the Health and Safety Executive.Lyme Disease UK's Julia Knight said Lyme disease can affect the joints, the heart and the nervous system if it was not diagnosed and treated quickly."They're bounced around between neurologists, rheumatologists, orthopaedics, sometimes psychologists, and nobody ever gets to the bottom of what this person has actually been infected with.
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