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17 y/o daughter on second round of doxy. She's experiencing more memory loss and it's making us both very nervous. Dyslexia is present along with headaches and light sensitivity. Any ideas? Blessings
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This sounds like common neurolyme symptoms.
Amost everyone here will complain of lack of short term memory or problems to speak. If they are sick for years, then the memory problem goes to middle term and long term memory too...
We miss which words to speak, the brain is not correctly wired, that is the general feeling with neuro lyme. At least, for me.
It could be herxes too. Light sensitivity could be a lot of things too, for me was babesial infection...
Headaches, could be infection in the brain or anything else like herxes. Is she on binders or just taking doxy?
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Co-infections cause mental/emotional problems too so you need to make sure she is properly evaluated and treated. Memory problems are one of the most common complaints.
So you cannot improve the symptoms until you address exactly what is causing it.
When you are treating everything you can use supplements to help restore memory. Acetyl L Carnitine, coconut oil, huperazine and high doses of niacinamide are used to help people with dementia.
If your daughter has an undiagnosed allergy to dairy or glutten, the inflammation will cause memory loss and confusion. Some LLMDs stress all their patients avoid glutten and dairy because they believe most lyme patients are sensitive.
I was told by a LLMD that bartonella can cause forgetting nouns which is related to dyslexia. Both babesia and bartonella can cause headaches and light sensitivity.
It is rare to only be infected with borrelia.
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Lorrinda, my son has this memory problem... he can't read a book anymore and if he does read, he doesn't remember what he has read. It should get better with treatment.
I hope your daughter is seeing an LLMD and not a primary care physician(PCP)? I see you have posted 3 times in seeking a doctor. If you are willing to drive to Albany... my son has a pediatrician LLMD who may or may not see a 17 year old. It is definitely worth a try. She is awesome. Send me a PM if you want her info.
Warning: Do not allow steroids under any circumstances! My son's condition got 10x worse because a PCP prescribed prednisone for what is written in the file as 'normal gout.' They see swelling and treat the symptom.
Memory problems turned into full body convulsions, soreness turned to unable to walk.
Since I have requested medical records and seen 'normal gout' written in the chart... I have thought, since when is gout normal in a child, or for that matter in any person?
As a mother, it is normal to want to relieve pain and reduce swelling, so when they told me this is what prednisone would do, I believed them. I was wrong and so was that doctor. Absolutely no steroids! They are immunosuppresants - they suppress the immune system!
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