Any info. on possible association between the two?
Why does it take a llmd to get to the bottom of things?
I've been telling my regular doc. for months about excessive thirst and peeing and heart palpitations when I have a full bladder (along with my Lyme symptoms).
Now this is making a litle sense.
Posted by heiwalove (Member # 6467) on :
hi,
though i haven't been official diagnosed with DI, i have all the symptoms of it, and yes, it's caused by my lyme/coinfections.
also, i've read that mold biotoxins can cause this symptom - check out the book 'mold warriors' by dr. shoemaker.
Posted by justwondering (Member # 12813) on :
I have never been diagnosed with this but I have often wondered if I have it.
Even when I gave birth to my second child and was in the hospital (with undiagnosed lyme and co's) the nurses were SHOCKED at how my catheter bag just kept filling and filling
even though I had drank hardly anything during those days
wonder what that means....hmmmm
It is so hard to know what symptoms are just all from lyme and/or co's or are actually separate illnesses
Posted by Gabrielle (Member # 5329) on :
In one of her essays, one of our German LLMDs mentions Diabetes insipidus as being Lyme induced.
I also wondered if I have it but I only have the peeing a lot thing and not the thirst thing.
Gabrielle
Posted by hcconn22 (Member # 5263) on :
Wife drinks and pee's like a fish, all day and all night. had to put a 5 gal water cooler next to her bed.
Taking to get tested for diabiates this week. Dont know if it's related to lyme or if due to poor eating habits as chocolate is an quick high if your feeling down. Wifey eats waaaay too much sugar, but is not obease.
Posted by NHgirl (Member # 13585) on :
Thanks for the replies! I think our next step will be to see if there is something going on in the Pituitary gland that might be causing the low ADH. Well, at least I know WHY I am so thirsty and drinking and peeing all the time.
LLMD will discuss this with me at next appt. Feb. 5. Thanks for the input!
Posted by heiwalove (Member # 6467) on :
i, too, just have the peeing out clear pee all the time, not the excessive thirst. interesting.
Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
Are you on any medications that cause dry mouth? If yes, drinking doesn't actually rid you of dry mouth. If you drink enough because of it, water will go right through you.
If I don't drink a lot of water when I take my Zanaflex, I get dry mouth that just won't go away.
Posted by Faith6 (Member # 14072) on :
I am a type 2 diabetic. When I went gluten/dairy/sugar free in Nov. my blood sugars went down dramatically!!! They were usually 150 - 200. Now they are down to 90 - 110. They went down before any treatment for babs started so I'm pretty sure it's the food allergies that made the difference. I realize that these are the foods that also have the carbs in them. My LLMD said I would really have to watch the rice since it is a simple carb, but I haven't had any trouble with it. I have a physical this week so it will be interesting to see what my regular doctor thinks.
Posted by Faith6 (Member # 14072) on :
Oh, another thing. I think I read that fibro also causes thirst.
Posted by heiwalove (Member # 6467) on :
just a note, diabetes insipidus and 'regular' sugar diabetes are two completely different conditions. not related in the slightest, except in name, and the only reason the names are similar is because the two illnesses cause similar symptoms.
diabetes insipidus (or 'water diabetes') has to do with low ADH levels, or alternately, the kidney's inability to recognize normal levels of ADH.
Posted by stella marie (Member # 7216) on :
NHgirl,
After 6 mos. of onset of lyme symtoms (w/ one week of oral steriods, big no no ), I could not drink enough water and literaly would spill it down the front of me because I couldn't get it in fast enough at times. It came out just as fast and I was losing weight.
In that time I had HBP 110/160 heart racing, irregular heartbeat ect.
Because of the heart issues I was put on a small dose of toprol xl.
Within a week all the thirst symptoms dissapeared and never came back.
After 2 1/2 yeras of lyme and co-infection tx, I was able to get off the toprol and it has not returned.
Still on a low dose of abx.
What was it that caused all the symptoms?? Who knows??
Good Luck
Posted by CaliforniaLyme (Member # 7136) on :
BABESIOSIS can change acid base balances and can cause acidosis as happens in diabetes.