i feel like i dont know who i am, when i speak it feels weird like who is that speaking, i feel like someone else is operating my body, i cant feel my face.. Have anyone ever experience this?
Posted by lymegal23 (Member # 28573) on :
Those symptoms are extremley common with lyme. Its very strange I know. and its upsetting and scary. But it will get better with treatment!
Hang in there hunni. Just remind yourself that youre ill. and thats why you feel that way. try to remind yourself of who you are.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
When I first came down sick, I kept telling myself that my name was Jose Jimenez.
He had a show many years ago.
So yes in answer to your question.
I also usually don't have a clue what I just said when I talk either. Strange
I have heard the term disconnect. That fits
Posted by Nicole2011 (Member # 30672) on :
I take Seroquel also for anxiety & im worried that might be adding to the way i feel
Posted by lymegal23 (Member # 28573) on :
The Seroquel might be adding to that out of it feeling. but it depends right now which symptom you find the least tolerable. feeling out of it with brain fog or having bad anxiety. I had both symptoms too but I decided my anxiety was the worse of the to. My panic attacks were bad. id just get all anxiety ridden and feel like I was going to lose it it was SCARY. so i took ZANEX.
i dont have to take any zanex anymore bcuz the lyme treatment seems to be taking good care of the anxiety, i dont have it anymore
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
You will get yourself back with treatment. I use to feel like this was a piece of cellophane over my body. I was here in body, but not in spirit. For me those felines have greatly subsided, but I know how isolating it feels. I would carry a picture of myself around with me just to remind myself of who I really am. Be strong and you will get great support on this site. climber
Posted by lyme in Putnam (Member # 11561) on :
HELP. Tired of living like this with this. Doing all I'm supposed to do, pushing, but I don't know me. I miss my conviction, connection to life. I'm told we have to keep on goin, but its so hard. You just started treatment, give it time. I dont;' believe who I am because its been so long since I've felt like me.
Posted by Nicole2011 (Member # 30672) on :
Wow im sorry to hear that, stay strong! But that kind of made me feel worse i was looking for support but thanks
Posted by lyme in Putnam (Member # 11561) on :
Your new to treatment, you'll be fine. I had remission a few times,this will be a bad memory. You'll be fine.
Posted by arkiehinny (Member # 26546) on :
Just continue to remind yourself that these sensations are only symptoms, they aren't real.
Posted by H8NLyme (Member # 29487) on :
Nicole 2011 "feel like someone else is operating my body". I know what you mean. I got to the point where I felt like I was operating my body from a remote location and watching it on a video. I am pretty sure my sentences were getting mixed up when I spoke because people would look at me like I was nuts. I am also pretty sure that I was far worse than I thought I was. The memory and ability to think are the point of reference for everything else. It's like trying to measure something with a yardstick that is shrinking. I have been on antibiotics for 7 weeks now. It took maybe 3 to 4 weeks to really start coming out of the fog. I was driving through town and noticed the traffic light change about 3 blocks away and realized I had not been aware of anything that distant in over 4 months. At it's worst my world had become a bubble of about 5 feet in diameter. Good luck.
Posted by Nicole2011 (Member # 30672) on :
So the brain fog eventually goes away?
Posted by H8NLyme (Member # 29487) on :
Compared to my pre-Lyme self, my mind is now functioning at about 70% but I am still on antibiotics. I don't know if I can expect a relapse once off the drugs.
Posted by Nicole2011 (Member # 30672) on :