So, I have a question. Did you have insomnia before Lyme? And, did you have it before starting treatment or only after? Could it be due to what you're taking? (The doc had me on Vitamin B twice a day... couldn't sleep. Took it only in the morning and was fine.) Just wondering... thanks.
Posted by BHealthyNow (Member # 22537) on :
No, but I also became symptomatic after having my son, which is a whole new level of don't sleep. I'm not on meds right now, but I notice sleep issues during flare ups.
Vitamin B can hinder sleep, which is why my practitioner says not to take after 5.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Yeah, I can't take B vitamins after my 3 pm snack. B's will help nourish nerve fibers but they sure can be stimulating.
However, B-6 at night (or its precusor, P5P pyridoxal-5-phospate) is good before bedtime.
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Posted by JamesNYC (Member # 15793) on :
I didn't have insomnia before lyme. But lyme makes me sleep and wake up tired.
My LLMD thinks my insomnia is from babesia not from lyme.
It could be, but it could be psychological too. Insomnia is tricky.
James
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
my days and nights are all screwed up due to lyme!
i wasn't a night owl before; in bed 10-11 pm.
not on any lyme meds; just everything else due to diabetes, thyroid, and other stuff as aresult of 40 yrs. chronic lyme! Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
yeah...kinda what comes first-chicken or the egg
i started tx in 97
i knew i had it in 84
the more i learn the more i think i was infected the first time in 52 and then continuosly after until it knocked me down enough to find tx
Posted by Jane S (Member # 22586) on :
I have never had problems sleeping until I began my first abx treatment for Lyme. Sleeping has been difficult since that time.
Everything changed for me when abx began, I was sick before but am sicker and don't sleep well since being on abx. Still new in treatment
Posted by Maryland Mom (Member # 2043) on :
Never any sleep problems before Lyme--would stay active all day and sleep like a baby all night.
Since Lyme tx began years ago--HUGE sleep probs.Guess that explains why I'm answering this post instead of snoozing at this hour.
Sometimes I can't sleep at all for days, and then when encephalitis flares up, I can't stop sleeping. The rest of the time, it's usually significant insomnia that requires combos of several meds to overcome, at least for a few hours.
Can't sleep, always tired!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I've had Lyme almost my whole life and have also had a hard time sleeping most of my life.
Someone on another thread said she takes B vitamins to help her sleep. I find the opposite as was stated above.
Posted by thomasx (Member # 13431) on :
My experience is that the Lyme and Company has me so exhausted that I sleep great. Go figure.
Posted by Cadames62008 (Member # 16275) on :
I think my sleep problems mostly started when I got sick. I do sleep alot better now though.
Posted by Stacyb (Member # 13084) on :
I never had sleep issues ever before my Lyme went full blown or rather my Bartonella.
Insomnia was mine and my son's first symptoms. It got real bad on tx for Bart. but now after the 2nd time treating it I have days even weeks were I can sleep with out taking herbs or Rx.
I was taking herbs and Zanax or Lunetra ect... and still had a hard time sleeping through the night when my insomnia was at it's worst.
It does get better with tx!
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
I never had sleep issues before lyme. Insomnia might have been my first symptom now that I think about it. If so, then I have had lyme longer than I thought. I became ill 3 and a half years ago, but had insomnia for a couple of years before that.
Insomnia is so miserable. I spent years just sleeping about 2 or 3 hours a night. Now with meds I sleep 5 or 6 hours.
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