Apologies for the message, but I would, once again, appreciate your clarification. I would like to emphasize that i do Not doubt your previous responses; I am reaching out again because of the persistence and evolution of my symptoms and my difficult reconciling with them.

The current symptoms I have:

- sudden bilateral weakness in arms/legs and numbness

- difficult walking 

- random muscle twitches in extremities

- eyes pain, pressure, burning

- sudden onset of eyes floaters

- tinnitus

- sternal pain and sudden palpitations

Last treponemal test was 5 months after exposure and 3 months post doxy. Along with STI panel (HIVAgAb, HCV, HBV, NG/CT, Urea/Mycoplasma, Trich) EBV/CMV show past infections. Bartonella IgM/IgG, and Quantiferon TB are negative. 

When I had the rash I went to dermatologist who described it macular, and urged me to retest in 2 months because my symptoms sounded suggestive of syphilis, and doxy could have delayed antibodies. 

2 weeks later I suddenly developed bilateral eye floaters , and 2 weeks after that - occular pain, and I had to go to ER where they confirmed everything was ok (slit lamp/OCT), and reffered me to neurology, second ophtalmologist said the same. 

A day later i developed numbness and weakness in my extremities suddenly with tinnitus and vertigo.

Also visited a psychologist and it helped a bit with anxiety, but not with physical symptoms. 

I am completely lost in this. Could it be that this is still syphilis/neurosyphilis? 

Is CSF test or a retest needed? 

Thank You, and Apologies.

As already discussed at length, there is no possibility you have syphilis. And your symptoms do not fit well syphilis anyway. Despite their "physical" nature, it seems likely that most if not all you describe are the result of anxiety. I will not speculate further about possible causes; you need to keep working with your own doctor(s) including your psychologist.

Believe your test results and re-read your two previous threads. Do not ask again about syphilis on this forum. Thank you.

HHH, MD

Another thing: man that I got BJ from almost 6 months ago went for RPR and full STI panel. His results will arrive on monday. (He had syphilis 13 years prior and was treated). He doesn't have any symptoms at all, and is only going for testing because I asked him to. 

1. Am I 100% in clear if his RPR is negative? 

2. What values are considered negative in previously treated syphilis on RPR test? 

3. If his RPR come out in higher numbers, does that warrant a further syphilis investigation on myself? 

Thank You! 

I have an update of the situation. 

That concludes this thread. Please note the forum policy against repeated questions on the same topic. This being the third about your current symptoms and syphilis, now proved not to be the problem, it must be your last on these topics. Repetitive questions may be deleted without reply and without refund of the posting fee. The forum sponsor doesn't want repeated payment for questions already answered (or whose answers are obvious from previous discussions) and repeated answers tend to prolong rather than relieve anxiety. In addition, such questions have reduced educational value for other users, one of the forum's goals. Thank you for your understanding. Best wishes and stay safe.