Loss of libido is one. Depression/anxiety is another. Many others.
If you have a rampant candida overgrowth, this lowers the immune system for some, and you cannot fight lyme very well, or other infections. All about balance with the candida.

Nystatin is what I use, and cannot say enough GREAT! things about it.
UDO's Super 8 probiotic by Flora is fabulous for me as well. 3 things I used to keep candida down.

I also use oil of oregano, 3 drops twice a day, but the nystatin is what is the most important, as well as good probiotic.
Even with a good probiotic, it does not do it alone for me, need nystatin.

I take 3 a day on an empty stomach. Each is 500,000 IU's per tablet. I cannot get the pure nystatin powder where I am, but find the tablets work well. I have read in some candida books some MD's like the tablets because they are very hard, and then gradually release throughout the intestines, and get into the lower intestines.

I have used MANY herbal preps for candida, but none have ever come close to what nystatin does for me.

I have used the SF722, and the Undecyn, both very good as well, and actually read better for some then the nystatin.

BOY! am herxing from Doxy, hope this is fine, reread it and seems ok.

FORGOT TO SAY >>> Nystatin brought back my libido, so much so, I was unhappy to have it back sometimes because I am single now, and well, , could do without it sometimes when I am not well. I did feel much better though with the libido back, made me more me, more wanting to get well, more wanting to keep pushing, knowing what I was missing in my life... I also noticed that besides the libido returnning, my depression went away, and I wa DREAMING again at night.
I cleaned my room, and have motivation.

Candida has been the cause of depression sometimes, but sometimes, just plain depression, being sick so long and missing out on lovely life.
Libido I noticed for me sometimes when candida was not out of hand, was from just not being able to join life, and being down.

Trish

In my case, abx don't seem to have any influence since the libido decided to go skydiving when the Lyme broke out in full glory...

Upon starting serious abx 2 months later, libido was unchanged.

I have a follow-on question:

How's your sensitivity to touch in the vicinity of the more interesting areas on your body?

Personally, I have clearly lost sensation on "the main player". I'm also significantly numb in my arms and legs.

Sensitivity to touch . . . hmmmmmm. It was horrid. Super sensitive to the touch . . . so bad it almost hurt?

I am male, in my 20s

My libido started to slip when I was 19.

Even though when I first got sick at 13 my libido was still there and very high through my teens.

But I was very very sick. I guess it was the surge of testosterone to get me growing that did it.

Now not much. Ephedrine used to bring back my libido and it lifted my depression but it led to mania and screaming.

Those are things that women definitelly do not like.

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TROLLS are huge time wasters whose only aim is to cause eventual KAOS on the board.

I am sure you will be all jealous to know that when my lyme become neuro it partys in the pleasure centre of my brain and woooweee for sure. I walked around with thoughts of it everyday for a year.

HeHe....gotta love it!!!

Know exactly what you mean. Take the happy twinge where you can get it.

Lymiecanuck

Maybe things will change for all to have normal lives (whatever that is).

If you read the article "when to suspect lyme disease" by John Bleiwiss (sp). He says it in there and I quote.....

"Hypersexuality and fatal attraction are part othe LD style"

Better lock your doors at night gentlemen cause lymie girls gone wild. LOL

If people think hard enough they may realise there was a time when "there husband looked a little better than usual, wives too. LOL

To be honest I have seen this come up before and I haven't seen many say like us. Most say it is gone. Mine was pretty dead too until it went more neuro.

They thought a pituatary brain tumor at first before realising lyme, and was checked and negative.

So thinking this was my problem I checked it out, and girls of all ages are hypersexual if they have this tumor. So you know it is the pituatary and the breast milk comes from this as well.

Some days I worry i may actually develop a lyme tumor there as a result of all the activity.

You've got me laughing so hard I think I peed my thong! Lymie girls gone wild! That's some pretty funny stuff you posted!

And ya know what? I think the crazy 3-minute-long belly laugh I just had is connected to the same dang neuro pleasure center.

Okay. I admit it. My husband started looking R-E-A-L good to me several days into the rocephin. I mean better than he did right after we met some 13 years ago. I had meningitis and couldn't even walk myself to the bathroom, but there I was looking at him like I'd just discovered something new. Someone I hadn't yet encountered. Like hubba, hubba, hubby!!! Whew. Poor man. Or lucky man? I dunno.

It can also get schizophrenic like. Take the hypersexuality and add the aversion to being touched, skin hypersensitivity and you have quite the night in store for you!!!!LOL

Biting Back, my libido was absolutely gone and I was hypersensitive also. So I thought I would never have fun again. Then about 2-3 weeks ago (I think I started treatment in Nov.) I noticed that I was starting to look at my husband differently. Things still don't work quite properly, but at least there's some interest now.

Lymiecanuck,
Interesting thoughts on the pituitary tumor. I had one of those when I was 18 and I don't recall being hypersexual.

Then the drs. removed the tumor and then it came back again. I've had low libido for a very long time and I thought it was because of the pituitary tumor.

I had come across some info. somewhere that discusses how lyme effects the pituitary/hypothalmus axis. Since I can't find the article I can't spout off anything interesting in that regard. But it does prompt me to put up another posting asking how many lyme patients have also had these tumors.

Drs. can't even do pelvic exams due to my hoffifying pain.

Also, can't be touched on my back, shoulders, etc. Pain is just horrible.
Betty G.

Glad you found the board welcome!!!

When I was on abx last spring, my thoughts did turn to you know what, music, singing, people, and friendships. Now off abx, have reverted to being a cut-out paper doll. I must get in to see Dr. M.

It is funny you say that, music, friendships etc. As I was craving excitement in a bad way and wanted to go out dancing all the time, and I hadn't done that in about 5 years.

I think I actually had some kind of seizure on the dance floor and just got back up and started dancing again. I am only guessing as I don't remember, but something happened.

Alchol and lyme don't mix, but i didn't know I had lyme and the ducks keep telling me there was nothing wrong.

It was like I was gving off serious PHERMONES and felt like I was in a jungle of wild cats and had to watch my step. LOL
But of course I felt oh so powerful and nothing was gonna mess with me. LOl

I think it is like another lyme phenomenom, like feeling a electrical storm, and saying I feel charged, but I can't go to the doctor and say that as I didn't get hit by lightening. But it feels like some of the electricity got me and I still feel it 2 days later.

How do you spell morgallon's disease? I read in MP about a person who mentioned bugs crawling in her, and thought about you/others on this board.

I did a search on here, but since I can't spell name, I couldn't find anything.

Good to see you again. I had this happen with biaxin a few weeks ago. Actually it is always kinda on, but stonger at times than others.

Physical stamina for sure, that's why we need understanding partner but they can be hard to find unless already married or with someone who knows that we are going though a lot.

Too bad not more lymies could meet each other who are single as they would understand each other, and people would feel more comfortable.

Either that or drive each other nuts.

When I had my avalanche of symptoms the pain was incredible from the waist down. I literally felt on fire even in that area, actually was worse.

I even had neuralagia in that area. BAD? You bet, needed a gun. Incredible unbelieivable pain, thought I would never enjoy sex again. I was crazy with the pain.It came from my spine, into hip and into pelvic region and down leg into foot.

Then it went numb. Had to look to see if I really was peeing, totally no feeling. But it came back, and sometimes it will burn with pain, but it temporary part of treatment now and it not severe.

My thery on why this area got hit so hard like that is b/c my c-section scar is extremely low as my son was crowning and had to be sectioned, so the nerves muscles were cut lower.

Like the scar goes into hair. They also hit me with a rubber mallet type tool they use to try to pop the baby back up. Stupid dangerous practise. Anyway, my whole pelvic area was bruised. And as we know lyme loves injury. I really feel as I have come a long way with this kind of pain in those areas that it will get get better with time and treatment.