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jackie81
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Does anybody elses head just buzz so much that its so loud and so annoying and it feels like its full of 10 million buzzing bees? The pressure is INSANE

Is this lyme? or bart or what?

My eyes have problems focusing and I just feel so dumb and like I cant think.

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I have a crazy head buzz but unlike you, mine has no actual noise associated with it. I dont know what it is...Bart? Ive had it last for months at a time. The last time I had it was before I started treatment 2.5 years ago.
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Pressure, pressure, pressure, unrelenting, never subsiding pressure, all the time, every day for many years. Pain too, from severe to tolerable, but the pressure makes it feel like my poor brain is being squeezed for all it's worth and my eyes and ears will pop out, feel unbalanced, woozy and just plain seriously sick. Also have brain "zaps" at times (really scary) and the feeling like I'm "plugged in" to electricity, that buzzing or humming feeling.

So sorry you're experiencing this too. I have other symptoms, some severe, pain, etc., but this is the thing that has stolen my life. I have no answers but wanted to let you know you're not alone. Praying you find some kind of relief.

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jackie81
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joahsark--have you ever been IV? I am wondeing if maybe that will help take it away.. or do you have co-infections?
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Keebler
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Ringing, hissing, roaring, pulsating sounds or sensations in the ears:

www.ata.org

AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION

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For those who are sensitive or pained by even normal or soft sounds (sounds not even at noise level):

www.hyperacusis.net

HYPERACUSIS NETWORK

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http://www.vestibular.org/vestibular-disorders/symptoms.php

VESTIBULAR SYMPTOMS

[most of these go along with lyme/TBD and with deficiencies of magnesium, especially]

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More specifically, for LYME patients:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=065801

Topic: TINNITUS: Ringing Between The Ears; Vestibular, Balance, Hearing with compiled links - including HYPERACUSIS

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Certain drugs and OTC products (even aspirin) can cause tinnitus, or contribute to the total body stressors for tinnitus.

There are at least 743 drugs that are known to be ototoxic. Here are just 84 of them:

http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/articles/ototoxicupheaval.htm

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http://tinyurl.com/yhdw78n (through Amazon)

You can look inside this book and read customer reviews here:

Ototoxic Drugs Exposed: Prescription Drugs and Other Chemicals That Can (and Do) Damage Our Ears

- by Neil G. Bauman

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Cells phones and iPods can also cause tinnitus.

From BookTV. Dr. Davis told of a young woman who had an ongoing severe headache and it turned out to be caused by her cell phone.

The lecture had some amazing images (MRI or CT scan, or similar). The proof is in the images - the heat/radiation really invades the blood brain barrier, and targets soft tissue of the head.

You can watch that here:
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http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296071-1

Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family

Dr. Devra Davis

Video - One hour, four minute (recorded on Sept. 23, 2010)

Her website: http://www.environmentalhealthtrust.org/
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1. Treat infection(s)

2. Ask your LLMD if this is infection / herx / deficiency related -- or if it could be from another cause. Not everything is lyme/TBD. Your LLMD may want you to consult a neurotologist. One who is LL would be best.

3. Support body with nutrition, key supplements (especially magnesium and fish oil) - and a healing environment and routine

4. Acupuncture and body work can help (see links in the thread below)

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http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/2/13964?

Topic: How to find a LL ND (naturopathic doctor), acupuncturist, etc.

Includes how to find an ILADS-educated LL ND, an Acupuncturist, a doctor of Oriental Medicine (O.M.D.), or a doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine (D.Ay.), certified herbalists or nutritionists, etc.

Includes many articles and books on complementary / integrative methods - & RIFE links.

BODY WORK links are also included.
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elizzza811
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I hear a relentless wooshing sound in my right ear, almost constantly. And a ringing in my left which is more intermittent. Actually, I'm sitting here right now listening and I hear a buzzing that I've probably just grown used to.

You might want to look into 'microwave hearing'. Here's a thread on it...

http://www.mast-victims.org/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=285

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Lymetoo
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Sounds like bart... but also consider yeast. I know my head feels like it's in a vise when the yeast gets out of control.

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jackie81
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Does anyone have a check list for bart symptoms?
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I also think it's definitely bart... the feeling comes actually from the cranial nerves not from the brain...
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Well...I totally hear you. When I was at my worst in March I felt like my entire head buzzed. It started with tinnitus in both ears, but then grew into a constant buzzing in my head. I remember getting up some mornings and feeling like I was connected to an electrical grid.

There was a thread around here from a doctor who was describing what typical lymies go through...and he references patients describing "a buzzing in their head" (not ears).

I had it. I am happy to annouce that the head buzzing is pretty much gone today, as is the head pressure. I'm left with only mild tinnitus and this week is the best it's been in 6 months (knocking on wood.) I still get occasional ear "zaps" where 1 ear or the other gets a sudden, yet brief (1-5 second) loud spike in tinnitus before returning to "normal".

I don't know if it was lyme or bart for me. I've treated both. I suspect Bart. I have treated Bart for 5 weeks total (2 on Levaquin and 3 on Rifampin) but had to stop last week due to high liver counts. I get retested on Monday and hope to restart with new drugs next week.

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5/10 dx'd, after 3 months numerous test and doctors

IgM Igenex +/CDC +
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