Topic: What infection is it that causes OCD and anxious thoughts?
Maya12
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Infection or sometimes simply a 5-MTHFR gene defect.
"Google" these words: OCD anxiety 5-MTHFR
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Do you have OCD and anxious thoughts?
This is related to serotonin in the brain. SSRI's will help.
Nonprescription things that can help are magnesium and fish oil. Anxiety is a symptom of low magnesium.
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Hey guys thanks for the info and yes I have anxiety and OCD and anxious thoughts, I am going to be getting tested for the mthfr gene issue and do take rameron for these symptoms.
I am not taking any mag right now cause I'm on foxy but i do take fish oil.
I have a feeling it is Bart as it is flaring more now that I am treating Lyme and will be moving to Bart treatment in 2 months.
Also can mthfr gene issue be treated effectively enough to stop the anxious thoughts?
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Will this go away with proper treatment ?
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Yes and Yes to your answer Maya, it could be bart babs or lyme any infection can cause it.
I use to be really bad like this.
Also Lithium Orotate may help some.
But treating infections has helped alot.
You could also be herxing focus on detox
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It could be caused my SO many things, in my opinion! Best to proceed with treatment and try to address lyme, babs and bart.
I didn't think I had bart, but according to recent tests, I may. Now it makes sense where my uncontrollable anxiety and psych issues may come from, but I also have babs, so who really knows???
I have had a bottle of prozac sitting on the counter for a month. I am so scared to try it. It is low dose. I just get so scared thinking abt messing with my brain more?
I have to take xanax to get through the day, too. I hate it.
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STREP!!!! We see this in aloof autistic kinds, also those with PANDASm if u are detoxing sometimes strep will come out and cause these symptoms.
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Just wanted to add a "me too!" for magnesium and fish oil. If you have a personal or family history of addiction, you may need to add evening primrose oil for the fish oil to work properly.
Also, a lot of people on here have reported significant improvement in their anxiety once they treat for parasites. I plan to start treating parasites once I get a good detox protocol in place.
Details of the magnesium, fish oil and evening primrose oil I take:
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A lot of us whose children started out as PANDAS, which has the hallmark of OCD, anxiety, tics-
Treated for strep, over and over, without lasting gains,
and then went on to find Lyme and Bartonella.
My vote is Bartonella.
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What will get rid of Bart permanently?
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Thanks guys for all your help and insight, my gut is telling me it's Bart but I am treating for Lyme and parisites right now so I wonder if these worsening of symptoms could also be from a herx.
Can anyone tell me if a herx from parasites would cause more anxiety?
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Or what can you expect as a herx from parasites dying? Where is glm when you need her she knows so much
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Maya,
Anxiety is HIGH on the list for parasites. If you are taking antiparasitics, this IS a HERX from PARASITES. You can always check the symptom list at Humaworm or google parasite symptoms.
If you are looking for me, just send me a private message. I forget, what are you taking?
Gael
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Maya12
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Hey glm thanks for the help I wonder of I am in fact hitting the buggers cause my anxiety is a bit higher the last few days, how long can this last? The die off anxiety from parasites?
And I am also on doxy , biaxin and pulsing flagyl
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Parasites can cause anxiety and panic attacks even when you're not trying to kill them. Yes the anxiety can increase from the dieoff. If you were not having anxiety before the antiparasitics, then it's most likely not coming from the other meds.
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Mycoplasma pneumonia can also cause anxiety and OCD. Posts: 1408 | From Tx | Registered: Nov 2009
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I had really bad anxiety and OCD that GREATLY improved by treating bart. Too bad it's creeping back now that I've had a baby. Bummer.
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Hey guys what's the treatment for mycoplasma pneumo, isn't it doxy? And glm I did have anxiety before the anti parasitics but not quite this much
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Yes, bartonella is expecially bad, but flagyl causes bad depression and anxiety as well, it is side effect of this med.
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Lyme disease can cause anxiety. It is called "lyme anxiety." So, treating lyme could cause this anxiety to get worse.
I had lots of lyme anxiety prior to my diagnosis and during treatment. Good lyme treatment got rid of it. I also took anti-anxiety meds to get me through.
If lyme has caused a drop in your female hormones, that in itself can cause anxiety, just like it does in menopause. Lyme gave me a false menopause.
So, the choices are endless when a lyme patient is looking for a cause for anxiety.
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Lithium is good and bad...extremely toxic to kidneys, messes with the thyroid too.
Long term use of lithium = kidney dialysis for kidney failure.
Xanax and GABA help with anxiety if someone has that 5MTHFR defect (yet not confirmed), but not lyme...from personal experience - my son.
Epinephrine, norepinephrine and cortisol are involved.
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