LymeNet Flash: Psychology Today, Neurological Lyme, Part Three

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Posted by Pam Weintraub (Member # 15718) on :

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/emerging-diseases/200902/high-anxiety-neurological-lyme-disease-part-three

Late in the summer of her twenty-second
year, she developed the classic symptoms
of Lyme disease and was treated with oral antibiotics. When they didn't make a
dent in her condition, her doctor placed
her on intravenous Rocephin and she
appeared to get well. But almost two years
later, she came down with a new set of
symptoms, this time psychiatric.
Not only was she irritable and anxious,
she also began to check things
obsessively and eventually descended
into a deep depression. Her psychiatric
symptoms were so numerous, in fact,
it was impossible to label her as
having just a single disorder. She
developed mania with rapid mood
swings, from grandiosity to sudden
tearfulness; paranoid delusions;
auditory hallucinations; verbal
aggressiveness; and violent
impulses. She also suffered cognitive
dysfunction, including trouble
in spelling, writing, and verbal
fluency. Despite hospitalization
and treatment with "every psychotropic imaginable," says Bransfield,
the patient declined, her depression
becoming
so severe that she tried to kill
herself.

Posted by Fordace (Member # 14874) on :

Thanks Pam,

Now when are you going to write the book, CURE FOUND..... [bow]

Posted by Pam Weintraub (Member # 15718) on :

When it is found you can bet I will be there covering it.

I am NOT saying that no one gets well, I am just saying that for some people --a significant number-- cure eludes them and antibiotics, even if life-enabling, can be endless...

A cure will come. Even as research is thwarted, the science will out. Peptides that help the immune system kill remaining infection and stem cells that replenish the immune system are going to be the ticket for a lot of Lyme patients IMO. Now that we are funding these things, I feel more hopeful.

Pam Weintraub

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Thanks for all you're doing, Pam. I'm in the process of reading your book. I'm slow since I'm addicted to television and Lymenet!! [Razz]

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

i broke up pam's article for us neuro lyme folks; here it is, and please give your feedback on it too; I DID!

pam, really great as usual; i learned some more i hadn't known.

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/emerging-diseases/200902/high-anxiety-neurological-lyme-disease-part-three/comments#new

Posted by liesandmorelies (Member # 15323) on :

Pam,

Thank you for this. I read it and as always am in awe of your diligence and hard work.

There is always something more to learn, now isn't there?

Again, thank you!

Elizabeth

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

buried on page 2 with all the activism and newbies with questions galore. ....

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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Pam,

Thanks so very, very much for your generosity in providing us with excerpts and articles - and you just keep 'em coming.

You are clearly a gift to us all.

I so hope your word receives the world-wide professional recognition it deserves.

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Betty,

thanks so much for breaking up the article - so much easier to read.

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Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

keebler,

YOU are welcome my friend! i can't without doing it, and i know folks like you, tutu, and others have SAME problems that i do.

it's a win-win situation! we learn from pam!!