I have this heavy, saging and puffy feeling (and appearance) under my eyes just in front of the pointy cheek bones.

I sleep allright most of the time, though generally speaking this eye "problem" gets worse the less sleep I get.

However, even on days when I get plenty of sleep, this eye "problem" may still be there.

Is this due to Lyme or something else?

And what do YOU do about it?

I should add that this eye "thing" didn't start until about 3 months ago. (I've had Lyme at 1 year now though.)

And this puffiness under the eyes can also be seen visibly, though it's not obvious.

Michael

[This message has been edited by cmichaelo (edited 12 June 2005).]

They say it is caused by capillaries actually leaking blood that begins to oxidize (through a process called hemoglobin degradation)...creating a dark bluish-red pigmentation that looks distinctly like an ugly bruise.

I hope this is helpful. Also, though I cannot endorse their product (as we haven't tried it), here is the website:
www.Hylexin.com

Anyone use it? It is wicked expensive, at $95.00 for a .78 tube! Youch!

Their ad is in the June issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, after page 279. (Apparently they don't assign page numbers to ad pages.)

Their product is avail in some dept. stores and by mail order from their website.

I will say that when my daughter's allergies are flaring, it is worse. I think it can be a combo of things, allergies, insufficient sleep, etc..

It has a picture of a perfect faced girl with black makeup under her eyes. Don't know about the legitimacy of the product, but the reason behind the black circles I can buy into.

For me, I believe it is sinus inflammation, and I believe that it is the inflammation caused by Lyme.

Having said that, I used to get sinus migraine headaches which all but stopped (very rare now) in 1992 when I had sinus surgery.

But the inflammatory pressure continues and I suspect it will until I beat Lyme.

I have had lyme /babs for 15 years and never knew it.

I NEVER had puffy eyes, and I do mean never. never circles, etc.

the past 3 months or so, some circles.

and this wkd for the first time - PUFFY EYES! I about cried.

I think it's the meds, for me. plus I had a wee bit of alcohol.

so it may not be lyme, it may be your meds!

water retention?

Have you been having any weird symptoms directly ( or within the hour) after taking your medicine also?

I had just been looking at the pictures we took when my inlaws were here this week. I was really tired and in almost all of them I had one really droopy eyelid.

I've never really paid much attention to this before but I guess now I can just add this to my long list of Lyme symptoms.

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Originally posted by TheCrimeOfLyme:
This is common in adrenal exhaustion too.

Have you been having any weird symptoms directly ( or within the hour) after taking your medicine also?

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Adrenal exhaustion - what is that?

No weird symptoms after taking any meds.

This puffyness started about 3 months ago, sort of at the same time I started
1) taking Malarone,
2) started chelation,
3) stopped eating sugary stuff/pasta/rice,
4) started taking DHEA

Interesting, around the same time my body temperature started stabilizing. I used to have fluctuations between 94-97. Today, it's between 97-98.5.

Also, interestingly, around the same time I started sleeping worse than ever. I'm now taking Elavil and Ambien to make it through the night.

I don't know what's going on.

Sorry I can't be more help, but you're definitely not alone with it!

--Annie

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