u/Plastic-Food9152

Hello all, just wanted to get your thoughts on what I have been experiencing so far in terms of symptoms to see if this matches with lyme symptoms, and see if anyone of you has experienced the same before, or if you have any idea on what this could be, I am not looking for a medical advice , but I just wanted to get opinions from different people, cause I have visited couple of doctors and none was able to diagnose my condition.

So it all started 5 years ago in 2021 when I was 31 years old; I suddently woke up with a severe headache that lasted for a good amount of time; visited couple of doctors with no proper diagnosis, I also did a brain MRI with the following interpretation "focal ill-defined area of T2/Flair hyperintensity in the subcortex of right high frontal lobe - to consider focal ischemic changes/demylination - when compared with an old MRI dated in 2015, there is a mild increase in the flair hyperintensities", the neurologist said that this is normal and most probably because of aging and I should not worry about it. The severe headache eventually eased, however I had new symptoms showing up mostly related to pain in all parts of the body, that would show up in one part for some time, and then migrate to another body part. For instance, I would have pain in my right calf muscle for some time while walking, and then it would migrate to say my left arm, and then move on to my shoulders for some time, and then my knee would hurt a bit...etc. After couple of months, all these symptoms disappeared , so I didn't bother much on following up with the doctors anymore.

for the next 5 years, I have not experienced any muscle or joint pain, and no headaches. The only slight thing that I was experiencing was bit of brain fog but nothing concerning. Also, I have noticed couple of scratches on my legs when I wake up, which happened alot. See picture here https://imgur.com/a/J6Jrhky

Mid last year 2025 , I started noticing deterioration in my cognitive abilities, such as loss of short term memory, forgetting words while talking, not able to focus when I watch TV or during a conversation, having so many typos while writing on the PC. Then in 2026, I started feeling foggy during the morning with kind of balance loss or lightheaded, and then the same symptoms that I had in 2021 showed up again !!! pain migration all over the body with strong focus on my right leg calf especially while walking, so I had to visit the hospital in which they did a CT scan, ECG and blood tests (thyroid free T3, T4, TSH, B12, .....etc) and all were clear. I have also done a brain MRI, with the same outcome as the one done in 2021 " there is a region of hyperintense T2 signal in the subcortinal right frontal love. Differential is broad. Demylinating process is on the differential. Subacute infarct is also a consideration if the patient has risk factors " and I was recommended to see a neurologist and a repeat MRI in 3-6 months to reassess. I have looked at the 2021 and 2026 MRIs, and I honestly don't see difference in the T2 hyperintesities , and seems to me that it is in the same location. I have also recently started feeling that I become very sensitive to sudden sharp noise, it kind of makes me anxious, and I also experienced the following for very short period of time before it goes away : 1- slight numbness on the left side of my face, 2-I occasionally feel sharp temporary squeezing pain in my chest when I stretch, 3-twitching of my eyelid.

For now, the main things That I am experiencing are muscle pain in my calf while walking, migrating muscle and joint pain, severe brain fog, and cognitive issues, shortness of breath when taking the small steps,

Note that I am a 36 years old man, non smoker, non drinker and never had a stroke before .

Any thoughts would be really appreciable , thank you !