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Lyme update & other issues

I've been overdue for a health update for quite a while, so I thought it was about time that I take a few minutes and explain whats been going on for the last 6+ months. Late summer/early fall of last year, I noticed some changes to my cycle. I skipped a period, and started getting anxiety again on and off. Intuitively I felt there was something going on with my hormones and/or thyroid, so I decided to go to a new PCP I had heard good things about. (I updated about everything that happened in this post  back in December)To make a long story short, my tests came out fine. Unfortunately, my symptoms started getting worse. Earlier this year, I had my first anxiety attack, and then another a few days later. I started struggling with anxiety and depression most of the month. Some days I couldn't bear to even go out to the store. I'd get horrible headaches and insomnia, my brain felt foggy, and I'd have severe temperature fluctuations; one minute having a hot flash, the n