Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease? Could this be a tick bite?

Hello, my name is Amy and I'm 24 living in the South Coast of the UK. I have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by my GP, they said they didn't need to refer to me to a rheumatologist to diagnose. okay. To list my symptoms - memory loss, lack of focus, light sensitivity, vertigo, blurry vision, loss of appetite, moderate to debilitating widespread pain (days i cannot walk) particularly severe areas seem to be the upper back, neck and ribs and legs, headaches, pulsating legs at night, chronic runny nose, IBS, stomach pain, chronic fatigue that has drastically changed my quality of life, i bruise easily, i catch 'colds' etc far more frequently... these are some of the symptoms i suffer from. I 100% can see why the doctors assumed fibromyalgia.

However, I recently came across an article on Lyme disease. I saw a photo that looked strikingly similar to a strange bite type thing i had on my upper thigh.. Does this look like a possible tick bite? Thankfully I have a photo from when the rash appeared over a year ago. Any information or insight will be greatly appreciated, thank you

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