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I suffered with Lyme disease for 13 years. On multiple courses of antibiotics, including IV Rocephin, which I was on for about 6 years (started on a very low dose and worked up).
As of going on 2 years now I have been off all antibiotics and physically I feel that I have finally mostly recovered my health. My problem is that the depression I often experienced while I was sick is now much worse and is not responding very well to any treatment that I have tried.
Has anyone had any experience with this? I wonder if it is a leftover from the Lyme, since I still have some residual cognitive problems. I've searched the internet, but I haven't found much info about it- maybe someone else has? I just added Sam-e to my anti- depressants, so I'm hoping that helps- we'll see.
Any input would be appreciated, thanks.
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Oh definitely - Lyme affects the neurotransmitters -
I think it's a matter of finding out what's going to work for you. For example, when I tried the homeopathic remedy pulsatilla 12x, I got high!
Some benefit from doing low dose naltrexone - LDN - requires an Rx. People start at 1.5mg, then go to 3.0 mg, then to 4.5 mg, and if that's too much, go back down, often to 3.0. I am not a doctor - just reporting on what people say.
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Thanks everyone for your replies. The anti-depressants I'm on are Lamictal and Abilify. I'm taking magnesium, but maybe not enough, I'll check into that. I take flax oil- seems to help my migraines- that should work for the fatty acids, right? I also take the rhodiola as part of Buehner's herbal Lyme protocol to keep my health where it should be after Lyme treatment (I hope, anyway). I haven't tried pulsatilla- I'll look into it, not sure if it would help with depression, but some days I just need help to get going because of it.
I was hoping that as my body healed, my brain would too. I'm beginning to wonder if the damage there may be more long lasting and chronic.
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