HEATHERKISS
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I used to get alot of panic attacks which have subsided w/ treatment.
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kelmo
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Wouldn't non LLMD's love THAT excuse?
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Marz
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In my case, I don't look sick and manage to hold a full-time job. I try to ACT perky, when I really feel fatigued and achy.
If I do mention my symptoms, even to friends, I feel they think I'm just a hypochondriac.
I use weekends to try to recoup and if I turn down invitations, I can tell people think I'm just babying myself.
At work, I will laugh at myself rather than make an excuse when my memory malfunctions and it's obvious to my coworkers. Inside, I'm mortified and frustrated because no one would understand if I explained anyway.
Most people know someone with LD and they are very sick so I don't think they believe me.
One of my friends once said to me that she thinks I'm more tuned in to my body than most people. Or, as your doctor said hyperattentive. But,pain is hard to ignore.
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hmmm, that's an interesting question! I have panic attacks and I never did before the Lyme. And, I do tend to panic when something new starts going on....
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I completely understand what you're saying. Before I was diagnosed with Lyme I thought I had several different diseases. I had so many wierd symptoms!
I still have problems with Anxiety and depression. I think I get so down because I feel so bad. It's hard!
And I still wonder if I have other things going on too, in addition to Lyme. Like if I developed another disease, how would I know because Lyme has so many different symptoms.
Very frustrating.
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I'm no hypochondriac...I am really sick...it is called Lyme disease and nearly destroyed my life and that of my son.
If someone called me that they'd get quite an earful.
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kelmo
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How I meant that question about the "non LLMD's loving that excuse" is because at my daughter's last visit to her PCP, he turned to her and said, "when do you see your psychiatrist"? She was in obvious pain, bloated, etc., and was begging him to help her. He turned it back to her that she was crazy.
All other specialists we went to could find nothing "wrong" with her. So, it must've just been the depression and anxiety psychosomatic problems.
So, if that's what you meant by hypochondria, I was just saying that they would love to use that as an excuse so they can take the responsibility off their lack of knowledge.
This is an incideous disease that really needs attention. It's crippling too many people, and there's no excuse for it to get that far. The medical profession should be horsewhipped for not seeking the true cure of their patients when it's there for the asking.
The other day, my daughter said that if she continued to feel the way she did a few months ago, she couldn't go on for five years or more the way that some of you have functioned. She truly was losing hope, and I may have lost her.
You really have to take your own cure into your own hands. I read what many of you post, and with all the brain issues, you have educated yourself far beyond what many physicians take the time to learn. You are incredible people and are a blessing to others.
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I had a neuro look at me in the beginning and tell me I definetly don't have Lyme (which I did) but then she said that she wasn't and infectious disease doctor and that I had mono.
Here is my point-If your a neurologist shouldn't you be knowledgable about an infectious disease that causes neurological symptoms? What are they teaching in medical school these days.
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We all have or issue and we all try to hide this disease from other at some point in time.
If you have certain bands that are + on a WB, that only Bb can be there, guess what....
If you have certain bands that are + on a WB, that only Bb can be there, guess what.... You have Lyme!
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Who are you talking to???
When I found out I had Lyme I decided I didn't much believe in hypochondria anymore. I figured there were TONS of people out there with undiagnosed Lyme who were being ignored by their drs.
I wasn't ignored, but the drs couldn't label me with anything but Fibromyalgia and Interstitial Cystitis.
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TerryK
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It depends on your definition of hypocondria but if you are using the common definition then I'd have to say NO!! Actually, we may be preoccupied with physical health but with good reason.
It seems to me that often, if the medical profession cannot prove that an illness exists via objective medical evidence then the label of hypochondria is used.
How egotistical and lacking in logic!! Egotistical in that they think they know enough about the human body and all the illnesses that exist that they feel justified in labeling a patient as a hypochondriac rather than considering that there may be a physical cause that hasn't been discovered yet or that they themselves don't know about AND illogical in that they are forgetting the history of medicine.
How many times have we seen medical assumptions promulgated as fact to later find out that they were wrong? For example, for many years ulcers were considered to be caused by stress and often blamed on the patient for allowing themselves to cause an illness by their mental state. Now we know that a great majority of ulcers are caused by a bacteria, h. pylori.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondria "Hypochondria was originally a term used for unidentifiable stomach pains that were a common concern in the ancient world. It was thought by ancient Greek physicians that such pains were caused by movement of the spleen, an organ located in the hypochondrium (the part of the abdomen located under (hypo) the ribs (chond). During the 19th century the term evolved to be the male counterpart to hysteria."
It seems likely that those stomach pains were actually caused by a valid physical illness.
It is discouraging that the medical profession will not learn from their mistakes. Just because they cannot prove an illness exists with current lab techniques does not necessarily mean that the illness is not physical in origin. They are doomed to continue making the same mistakes if they will not look at history and learn from it. Terry
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mlkeen
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Rob - I think you are having a lyme moment. Welcome to the club! This too shall pass.
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Speaking for myself, I don't think it's a symptom of lyme. I think it's a label they give us because they can't find anything wrong.
Ducks like tests. They treat by tests. So, if the tests don't show anything we get the hypochondria label because "nothing is wrong".
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Hi, This word not ticks me off. After working with patients at pain clinic for yrs. FMers, or Lymies, with co-infections.
How many times they were told this might almost start believing it yourself.
Neurologist some of the worse that we need the most on our side, this being neuro-endocrine effected problem. Docs on TV have come out & said that???
I say to them how could have 100`s of patients coming in with same story???? Do not know each other, all ages, doc hoping, became to believe this after so many times being told from friends,fam., or med field.
I almost started to think it, until all these patients had same story from young on many trying to live normal life, but could not due to real illness.
Yes, does my friend say I have this I say yep, I suffer also.
Does that make us hypochondriacs? No, no diff. than 3 heart patients all coming in saying they have chest pain,shortness of breath, agree to each other I have that too...
It amazes me neuro-docs out of all/BTW/ I agree what are they teaching them???
Knowing we still have sooooo much to learn about the brain where we know Lyme hides & plays around with. Heck neurotransmitters has been just short time they knew about. Now say we probably have over 100.
I feel the anxiety,panic attacks, are just part of the neuro that is effected. Since many clear after good treatment.
Also many with out type illness, have had long term stress somewhere in their lives, why Lyme was able to wiggle way in when at a low.
It attacks our senses, spacial orientation is high, which can send some into panic attack. Much more aware of surroundings that other are able to block out.
I know as I become sicker, spacial orientation get worse, driving, lights at places like Home Depot,Walmart etc. Out senses are on over load. Probably back to the neurotransmitters.
If I was a neurologist or neuro endocrinologist, I would be extremely interested in us.
Think has more we begin to believe what may have been told us for so long. Soooo, many do not believe us. That we can have this many things wrong. Guess what, we can as we all too well know... Kerry
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