I am so far positive for Lyme and Ehrlichiosis, and have been taking Doxy, Biaxin, and Omincef (recently added.)
Lately, I occasioanlly "hear" some noises that don't exist in reality.
I "hear" the door bell ring (or knocks on the door), however very faintly, so I go to the front door only to find out there is nobody there.
I "hear" my youngest one calling me even when she is at school.
Last night, I "heard" her voice when I woke up in the middle of the night, or that "voice" woke me up. I waited to hear again before I got up, but I didn't hear any, so I decided it was just my "imagination."
The thing is that in reality, my hearing seems to be getting worse, so I shouldn't be able to hear something so faint.
But this seems to be happening a lot lately.
I have ringing in the ears almost all the time, although it is usually mild, but this is different.
Am I loing my mind?
Has anyone experienced something like this?
shizuko
Posted by MagicAcorn (Member # 8786) on :
Auditory hallucinations are common with us Lymies, or maybe we are all just psychic.
You are definitely not losing your mind. A lot of us have had similar experiences. Biaxin really helped me with these problems. I see you are on biaxin now so it might get a little more pronounced for awhile and then fade away into memory once it clears up.
Posted by Lisianthus (Member # 6631) on :
Had them!!!! and visual too. My son was standing behind me when I saw him walk around me and leave the room. I started to call for him when he tapped me on the shoulder and said "I've been standing next to you here the whole time....???" I couldn't believe my eyes.
I have had hallucinations of smell too. I'll smell cookies baking, someone smoking (no one smokes in our house) And I don't bake cookies anymore
My son just had one eariler tonight. He smelled chicken cooking (hours after we ate dinner) and we didn't have chicken.
I think its just our brains playing tricks on us. I do know that my worst hallucinations were mainly in the beginning of my treatment. So it may get better for you
Lisi
Posted by shizuko (Member # 8213) on :
Thanks for sharing your experiences as it helps me to know I am not the only one.
I think I have been "hearing" my daughter's voice on and off, probably even before I started the treatment.
The door bell thing is relatively new, and most lilely started when I added Omnicef to the mix.
Now that I think about it, I probably "hear" more things than what I described earlier.
Thanks again for sharing!
shizuko
Posted by char (Member # 8315) on :
Dear Shizuko,
That sounds disturbing. Young children are always calling for mom and needing things and you are getting "extra" calls.
At least it is lyme and there is a reason for it. I have read here before that the auditory hallucinations go away with treatment.
Char
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Hearing things- Voices- sounds is fairly common- sometimes gets worse when herxing--
It lessens and goes away with treatment-
Ringing is Real common-- it also gets better but seems to take alittle longer to stop completely--
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