Does lyme cause depression/ anxiety or are these two separate issues and have to be treated separately ?
It just dawned on me maybe I am clinically depressed with anxiety and need to be treating if this is gone I know my lyme symptoms would be far less or think they would.
Oh I stay so confused and my doctor is clueless because I am so complicated as she puts it.
Posted by Catgirl (Member # 31149) on :
Yes, lyme definitely causes depression/anxiety. So does bart. Maybe it's time to find a better doc. I would go for the best doc you can afford (an ILADS doc). Sometimes getting a fresh new perspective with an ILADS doc makes all the difference.
Try this link. Dr. Fallon at Columbia U is a psychiatrist who used to specialize in hypochondria. Now he's done research proving that Lyme causes depression.
Well...I looked up Brian Fallon because what I just posted didn't sound quite right. He is an MD at Columbia who teaches in the psychiatry department. Maybe that doesn't make him a psychiatrist, I don't know, but anyway he does fabulous and interesting research.
Posted by kgg (Member # 5867) on :
Yes. He is a psychiatrist.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Toxins in a human body have severe effects. Depression is often just one of many ramifications.
Lyme is one of the most neurotoxic infections known to mankind. Other tick-borne infections can be devasting in many ways, too, including the toxic load - but also "unravel" our very nerve fibers, so to speak. All systems, all organs are on "red-alert" so, naturally, mood is going to be affected, too.
It's sad, of course, but it does make sense. Yet, along the way, there are many things that can help.
Bottom line:
1. somehow, infection(s) must be assertively addressed
2. along with key support measures - to offset the serious neurotoxicity (and inflammation) of infection that causes the depression in so many ways.
Liver, adrenal & myelin (nerve tissue) support are a good place to begin with the support measures. Getting enough protein can be a turn-a-round, too.
Gotu Kola is one herb that has many functions. That has always helped to lift my mood, without being stimulating or sedating. Within a day or two, this just makes me feel better, it's so nourishing and balancing. -
[ 07-15-2013, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: Keebler ]
Posted by phyl6648 (Member # 28522) on :
Since treating my sinus infection my anxiety and depression is gone. Hope it stays away. ENT said sinus/ear pressure cause Pressure on brain and in some will cause anxiety/depression.
Not sure if this is true but for now seems good!!! to not feel so mental..