I've been reading some of these posts and I believe there are people on here who might actually have Lyme disease and brush it off as anxiety.. Was trying to search Lyme disease to see if anyone gets severe anxiety from it, but I'm finding posts that make me want to scream go get tested for Lyme ! Lol. The flu symptoms, creaking joints, and esp kidney pain are things that sound like what I had, you may have read symptoms and anxiety manifested as this but.. Find a llmd who follows ilads guidelines and get tested bc normal docs don't usually take Lyme seriously or know how to treat it properly.