This is possible with lyme and with treatment...you will slowly come out of that nasty stuff....but please do check in with your Dr. for he/she may be able to add something to help with your lyme journey and make it a little bit more comfortable.

I know I had days when I suffled around the house with my slippers on in my robe and my kids said...MOM get a grip!!!! I was trying but the FOG was so horrible and would not and did not lift...until one day slowly I seemed much clearer and now I can not do want I need to do because reading is such a TREAT...I cannot put books ,mags..newspapers down.I once could hardly read a headline!!

Not ALL lyme patients experience this, but I have and many many otheres have.

Its not fun and eventually, with treatment, it will go away.

When you said Doxy that kind of explains things.

Doxy passes the blood brain barrier at higher doses at about 400 mg daily. It's hitting your brain and your brain is on overload.

In can cause intracranial pressure, so hopefully others will stop by & help you more than I can.

Be sure & call the Doctor when you're in doubt. I would want something like Klonopin (anticonvulsant) which I take.

In my amateur opinion it calms the brain down & you can start to think clearly. Start on low dose though because it can make you sleepy.

Klonopin can be taken at night to sleep, but it stays in your system a long time (long half-life) & will still be working when you wake up.

I've taken it a long time & yes it's addictive, but my brain's broken anyway, so what the heck. (I've got to have some life---with a working brain)

(Doxy also treats Erlichiosis which I don't know if you have & that may be irrelevant.)

It sounds so lame to say, but drink fluids to dilute side effects.

Try to get someone to get you some liquid Magnesium Citrate $1.12 from Wal-Mart and take minute amounts throughout the day 2 hours away from Doxy.

This stuff is so absorbable that it works immediately. Dry mineral capsules do not absorb like this at all.

We try to keep both kinds on hand for headaches, for calmness & to overcome the magnesium deficiency that Lyme creates & that ABX creates, as well.

ABX will not fix a magnesium deficiency.

I learned that Lithium, a mood stabilizer, acts to retain magnesium in the body. (Gosh, why not just take magnesium?)

Forgot to say the Mg. Citrate is found in the laxative section, so you need to take small amounts without going into diarrhea. (you don't want to lose your electrolytes)

What is small amount? L/4 teaspoon or l/2 teaspoon. I don't tend to have diarrhea so I know what I can take. Everyone is different.

Be sure & get some Vitamin B in your system to quieten the nerves.

The brain is mostly fat so try some fish oil capsules, coconut oil, whatever your favorite is. These essential fatty acids make a huge difference in brain function.

See if anything here might help you. I hate to see you suffering so------your doctor can probably help the most though.

With progressive treatment I have come out of that strange world where I was not sure if I was losing my mind. It took a long time. I only lasted on Doxy for 5 weeks. My Lyme symptoms got worse and I tested much more positive after 4 weeks of the Doxy. It's a good drug but, I think it really brings the Lyme out of hiding.

Maybe your MD can switch abx. Drink water and be sure to eat. My fear of eating made things worse. You need nourishment to get through this.

Hang in there.

Xanax sometimes helps. It wont stop the trippy feeling but it helps me not panic about it.

IV Rocephin and craniosacral therapy have also helped a lot, but its still one of my worst sx. When I herx I always think I'm gonna end up in a psych ward, but some gentle detoxing picks me up and makes me feel a bit more grounded.

I do think a lot of it is caused by the toxins the bacteria release, so try to flush them out any way possible. things like activated charcoal, chlorella, epsom salt baths, dandelion root tea, lots of water, etc may help. look into heavy metal toxicity, dental toxins, yeast, etc.

Most people and even drs dont understand it...for ex, my family thinks its "cute" that all of a sudden I am scared of the dark again, like when I was little. But its not just a childlike fear of the dark, but night terrors, severe panic and paranoia, sleep paralysis, etc...and the monsters dont go away when the light comes on.

I know people will just think I'm nuts, so I try my best to hide these sx and deal with them alone, but the whole time I feel like I'm being tortured by my own brain and its truly terrifying to go through.

SunRa,

I too am so sorry that you are suffering in this way as well, thank for letting me know Im not alone. I Soooooo hope you find the right med to take you out of this living hell.

I had hallucinations where I thought i heard snakes. I was scared of my own shadow, like I developed schizphrenia overnight.

I thought too, thought I was having acid flashbacks can I had done it before too. It is not nice, hang in there.

My neuro exp. are different now, pain, fog, vegatative states which have passed thank god. Magnesium really helped clear my head when I was having a bad trip last month for about 3 weeks when I felt like I had dementia.

Deep breathing and keep telling yourself reassuring phrases, like "peace is with me".

The mind likes to place tricks on our brain, but if you keep doing it over and over when feeling overwhelmed it will take affect.

Hope you are feeling better. I would say zanax as well, problem is can make neuro symp. worse as far as concentration goes, it did for me anyway.

When I came out, i was 80 and lost half my hair and I never felt right after that.

Was terrified my parents would lock me up in psych ward and refused to go to hospital and knew nothing about lyme at this time, but what I have learned the last year I know now what it was.

Doxy was hard on me too. I had the cranial pressure people talk about. It was tough and had to stop. I could feel my brain was squishing. Not everyone can tolerate it.

I really think it depleted my mg levels and I wasn;'t taking proper mg at the time.

HOpe you see improvements soon.

Celebrex
Bextra
Bromelain
Theanine
Goldenseal
Coptis
Lecithin
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC)
TOA-free cat's claw (also called samento or saventaro)