Starfall1969
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Been treating for lyme and ehrlichia since March 2009.
Feeling better overall, although I have visual sx that liner and seem to get worse at times--plan to address that when hubby's health insurance kicks in.
So I have just been dealing with what I guess is mild lyme rage--flying off the handle at little things, losing my temper with my kids (they are quite bratty), that kind of thing--and depression--just can't get motivated to do much, getting weepy over stupid things.
I have to get cracking on lesson plans for 2 grammar classes I'll be teaching with a homeshool co-op in the fall, and I just can't do it. Doesn't help that I HATE the book I have to use.
I just don't know what to do. I can't take any of the antidepressants/antianxiety drugs they've given me; they just send me further off the deep end, and I REFUSE to try anything else.
I have tried Zoloft, Xanax, Lexapro and Elavil--not all at once, lol.
Why is this cropping up now, when everything else seems to be so much better?
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sparkle7
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Someone mentioned kava kava in another thread. I sort of forgot about it since there was some liver toxicity reports.
I looked over some research on it & it seems that companies were cutting corners & using the stems & leaves. We are only supposed to be taking the root. So, all the info about toxicity is not true... It was companies making the extract with the leaves & stems that were the problem.
Anyway, maybe try some...? I always found it to be helpful in the past. It's mostly for anxiety. I'm not sure if it will help with depression.
Sometimes, you just have to take one small step at a time. Do a little bit & eventually you may be able to accomplish something. I know, I used to be a go-getter before I became ill.
It's not easy to try to get back into the swing of things. Try not to be so hard on yourself & maybe you won't be so hard on others getting on your nerves...?
It could be hormones, too...? Just some thoughts. I'm not a doctor of anything.
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BoxerMom
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I solved my depression and got off Zoloft by correcting my extreme Magnesium deficiency. There were some medical journal abstracts recently on low brain magnesium levels in treatment-resistant depression.
I took around 1200-1500 mg/day of powdered magnesium, and just added a topical magnesium as well.
Being off my Zoloft is a miracle. And I'm sleeping better, too.
I don't know where you are in Lyme treatment, but I'm over two years along. I'm still treating, but my pathogen load is pretty low now.
I feel for you. I was one big Lyme rage for maybe 15 years. Everything annoyed me. Then, when I started treatment, I hit the apathy and suicide phase. I couldn't do anything but be miserable.
This will pass. Keep pluggin' along. Take care of yourself.
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