is it true that lyme can cause temporal lobe dysfunction?? (I have 'big' headaches, abnormal EEG in temporal lobe area, abnormal brain SPECT, positive IgM Elisa, a lot of psychiatric problems, I have been biten 40 to 50 times about 8 years ago, come from Poland)
greetings
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
My EEG and SPECT results are like yours and I have lyme disease. Also have babesia. In my opinion, the symptoms of tickborne diseases can overlap and if the tick gives you more than one, it can be hard to know which symptoms belong to which germ.
Here is a link for lyme causing psychiatric problems:
Chronic or persistent Lyme disease--neuroborreliosis--seldom is identified by the symptoms of its most frequent form--subacute encephalitis--an infected/inflamed brain as well as an infected nervous system.
However, this is the form in which it most commonly exists. Unfortunately, the syndrome that is falsely considered typical--a bull's eye rash, fever, positive Elisa test, and/or a swollen large joint--occurs in fewer then half of proven cases.
Instead, Lyme borreliosis confirms itself in subtle to profound neuro-psychiatric symptoms, such as overriding confusion, loss of organizational skills, decreased concentration, memory loss, mood disorders, irritability, and unprovoked rages--to mention just a few.
Posted by Aligondo Bruce (Member # 6219) on :
CNS borreliosis can cause direct temporal lobe dysfunction via infective processes/inflammation of relevant brain tissues AND/OR can cause abnormal EEG and temporal lobe anomolies indirectly via subnormal levels of cobalamin {B12}. few docs are aware of this; you can have low B12 levels which cause EEGs that are practically diagnostic for temporal lobe epilepsy even in the absence of anemia {a more profound consequence of long term B12 deficiency}.
for whatever metabolic reasons, Bb s.s. can cause a B12 deficiency especially in long duration cases.
Posted by farah (Member # 8496) on :
Hi Tomasz,
One of the things that helped me with my temporal lobe problems along with the usual treatments was cranial sacral work. A lot of scar tissue develops around the cranium, impeding the circulation of blood, oxygen, and cranialsacral fluid to the brain. The cranialsacral work seemed to help improve this situation a lot, and improved a lot of my neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Farah
Posted by buggedbylyme (Member # 9556) on :
Boy, I could use some "cranial sacral work" then.
I never heard that term before. What is it?
Posted by Ticked Chick (Member # 3039) on :
i am going through much testing due to an irregular EEG involving my left temporal lobe and am wondering if it might be related to my chronic (11 yrs) lyme and bartonella. am on supressive antibiotic therapy and have been on antibiotics for all 11 yrs, plus iv for 7 weeks which made me worse instead of better. hope this dr. is open to the possibility. he was recommended by my lyme dr. my family dr. doesn't believe in chronic lyme, threw him overboard...