Could heavy on going chronic stress be causing why some of us can't get better?
Cortisol levels raise in times of stress as well as inflammation. Could that be why some never see improvement?
I read that this can be a cause of MCAS too.
Some might say uhhh duh that's a given. But have people really took the time to look into this?
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
I would think chronic stress would keep one from getting well.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I would say yes.
Posted by Mountainsky (Member # 51857) on :
Guess this disease is a life sentence for me
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
Mountainsky,
No Lyme is not a life sentence for you.
You hold down a good job and got an excellent evaluation for it.
You contribute to this website.
Just hang in there. Take one day at a time.
Blessings! Posted by LisaK (Member # 41384) on :
yes cortisol can greatly impact health. and you can get into a hyper state of fight or flight from many things in life, includig stealth organisms.
it has something to do with the parasympathetic/sympathetic nervous system too, going awry.
when you are in a constant state of 'hyper" it can cause all kinds of things.
Posted by D Bergy (Member # 9984) on :
Dr. Tenpenny gave me some good information when I wass listening to her talk about Covid 19. In passing she said something like, Lyme by itself is not that difficult to deal with. However if you add in co-infections it is very difficult to deal with.
I had wondered why it was such a struggle to get ahead of the Lyme that my wife had. I treated her for several years and had made some progress but it was hard. I found out she had Bartonella and eliminated that after some time. Then the Lyme became very easily put down. It bothered me for years why it changed so much and didn't have an explanation for it. It was a drastic difference.
In her case it was the presence of Bartonella. I still don't know why that changed everything, but I do know that it did change everything.
Dan
Posted by Mountainsky (Member # 51857) on :
Slowly learning to accept I'm not gonna get better. I've been sick most of my life don't know any difference of what it feels like to be "normal" or "better" and have been on many many herbs and abx and other meds to help with other things not just coinfections. Oh well.
Posted by LisaK (Member # 41384) on :
D Bergy that is wonderful to hear that. I need a dr to figure that out for me as well.
I think my biggest hurdle *might* be mychotoxins... but it might also be b.duncani/bart too. I have both. and so I go around and around in treatments but never get a lot better, although suddenly yesterday I was able to play many songs on the piano that I had lost ability to play for about 10 years!
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
Great for you LisaK. Bet the ability to play again was “music to your ears.”
Hope it continues. Posted by daisys (Member # 11802) on :
As of about a year ago, I've been told I no longer have symptoms of Lyme disease.
There is still inflammation, which I thought was part of LD. I get very stiff and achy. Some of it is arthritis.
Also, I'm stuck with two toxic pathway blockages, methylation and sulfuric.
Did the blockages happen from having LD, or is it the reason why it's taken so long to get any better once I got LD? Can anyone even know?
Being chronically ill causes stress. There must be a huge variety of daily stress levels with LD, depending on each one's situation.
Even while in treatment progresses, the best we can do is figure out what can be changed to keep the stress levels down.
Then hopefully, find an attitude that helps us live with what can't be changed.
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