I am on Doxy and Levaquin and have incessant brain fog. And sometimes just feel weird, I know this will sound weird but, it's like almost anxious as if there is a negative force around me. It just makes me feel hopeless. Like this stupid disease will never let up in full. Somedays I feel so hopeful and almost good, like really good, and then there are days like today when I feel dizzy and weird and the ear ringing is so loud and my muscle cramping is worse ...sorry didn't mean to ramble. Just get tired of it. Anybody have this weird feeling. Kind of hard to explain.
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
yep...i call it my moments of oddness. Sometimes i feel like im not connected to my body...or that my body isnt getting the proper signals...its hard to explain. Its like i cant figure out what is going on with my body.
Posted by iceskater (Member # 8655) on :
I have been numb for 8 months now- and eyesight very bad- walking zomnie feeling all of the time. Hopefully, it will let up.
Posted by ChrisBtheLymie (Member # 8916) on :
YES!
I am the same, sometimes (like last night) I just feel terrible, very dizzy, disorentated and I feel like I am not connected to my body - everything feels almost unreal.
When this happeneds I also feel EXTREMELY anxious and sometimes need to take a beta blocker to calm me down.
It is really bad, I notice it is worse at night or late afternoon because I feel more tired and generally much worse.
Posted by tothepoorhouse (Member # 8595) on :
Absolutely! In fact, just yesterday I found myself being "scared".
Not about my body, since I know what's doing that, but every thought I had turned into negative and frightened thinking.
I even told dh and he said it has to be the meds I'm on. He knows I don't scare easy. Weird.
Interesting, I had very bad sound sensitivity yesterday at the same time. I guess they are connected in some way.
Glad to know I'm not the only one! Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
Ask God for help. I had the same thing sometimes its the meds and sometimes its something else.Hang in there.
Posted by IsThereHope (Member # 6581) on :
Yes, I do get that, it's like my constant companion, remember, they say this disease is similiar to syphillis in it's nuerologic-ness, it's like going mad sometimes. But yes, brain fog, feeling out of body, overwhelming sense of doom like at a moment something dreadful will happen, hating to be around people because of the chatter, I hate noise, very moody, outbursts of anger ... I think you have a lot of company in this area in fact ...
Posted by christelleny (Member # 6719) on :
Depersonalization.
That's what pushed me to seek treatment in spite of all ducks saying that there was nothing wrong with me.
Posted by surg (Member # 6937) on :
I think Babesia took away my will to live. It wasn't just depression. It was a very fundamental thing, not just emotional. When I got rid of most of it there was an exact day that I felt the will to live return. Doing better each month now after one and half years of treatment.
Posted by minimonkey (Member # 8693) on :
Yes, depersonalization/derealization are the correct terms for this feeling-- it is actually a dissociative state and can also happen with panic attacks.
I had this A LOT in my 20s -- had no idea at the time that I had Lyme, so thought it was all emotional stuff. I hadn't had it for years (just other symptoms) but I now have it again when I am herxing a lot.
I think most Lymies get this at one time or another.
Posted by Jon (Member # 9123) on :
YES YES YES YES YES. I had this really badly earlier this winter when my symptoms felt the worst. It was really scary. I would just feel... WEIRD. Nothing felt right, and i suddenyl had waves of anxiety, really odd saddness and depression. It would last maybe 5-10 minutes and reside. VERY strange as i had never experienced this before.
This also happened to me really badly when the symptoms first hit before my week long flu. I also had it mildly during time I was sick for a week. I knew something was wrong with me.
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