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Posted by amodernjune (Member # 32950) on :

My first round all I did was sleep. Like to the point my
husband was coming home from work to make sure I was still
breathing

If you've seen the remake of Arthur then you'll understand the next part. I would joke when he would wake me and say, "I have two library books that need returning."

Now I can't sleep at all, and the heat flashes are horrific. i haven't had these since my total hyst back in 2009. I'm on my second round of treatment.

I've been through so many ups and downs since my dx in July 2011.

I am having to learn to take it day to day. So hard for someone like myself who has always been such a meticulous planner.

Oh, and the food cravings are off the charts! I can't seem to eat enough carbs. SOOOOO BAD!!!!!! The "I can't remember" is coming in handy though. Most of the time I really cannot remember, but it sure is a nice tool to use when your ear is being talked off and then someone says, "Remember, I told you......." Ummm not I don't, I'm sorry.
So, here I am, rambling, because I have no attention span, I'm wide awake, and I have by now forgotten my point.

[ 10-15-2011, 03:00 AM: Message edited by: Dogsandcats ]

Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :

just wait two days ,as they say, it will change....

. my doc thought i had a bit of PTSD,,, that's some of it..

.but as these co-infections emerge ,die-off or just stand, there and thumb their noses at you, you try to get help.

..sometimes a ambien ,which seems stupid when you just spent 87% of the last three days in bed, sleeping, or trying to get to sleep so you don't have to feel the rest of the crap/or here it... [Mad]

Posted by amodernjune (Member # 32950) on :

Yes, Lyme is very much like the Texas weather. One day hot, next day cold. Feast or famine.

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Are you taking strong probiotics?? That should help the carb cravings.. also consider taking Nystatin during abx treatment to prevent candida/yeast.

Which abx are you on? Some are more likely to cause insomnia.

I was always "wired" so I feel for you!! I still have to take trazodone and Ambien to sleep.

Posted by amodernjune (Member # 32950) on :

I'm on zyth right now. I think I'm entering my first herx this round too.
Lots of sweating, twitches, and bones popping.
I deff need help with the carbs.
Doxy made me so sick I lost weight. Now I'm gaining!
I never cared for rice much. Now we have an intimate relationship with one another.

Posted by Dogsandcats (Member # 28544) on :

while on a new IV the only thing that sounds good to me, after it has run, is Clemmy's Sugar Free, Gluten Free Almond Ice Cream....

Lots of carbs, but I am stuck on the food issue and do the best I can.

Posted by amodernjune (Member # 32950) on :

I've done really good today. I'm sure I'll have headaches the next few days from withdrawls. I was explaining to my daughter all the foods I'm trying to cut out and she said, But mom, that's all the good stuff!" She didn't need to remind me.