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I'm having symptoms now that are very similar to when I was getting off Paxil after 4 years usage of paxil.
Its this feeling, like your brain is drowsy. It is a feeling like you need to lay down, close your eyes, and fall into a powerful sleep. I know I'm not the only one who ever had it.
I also am experiencing minor and manageable dizziness every day when walking.
Are these both symptoms that are common in someone who has been treating lyme for as long as I have--7 weeks?
Hoosiers51
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Hope you get a chance to read this Clint.....
I think the drowsiness in the brain is just because it is so toxic right now with the dead spirochetes, that it can't keep up.
I saw another post of yours about the sadness you have been going through, and I believe that while it is normal to feel sad in situations like this, for you it seems uncharacteristic to the point that it is probably there b/c of the same reason as the drowsiness.....toxic brain from a kill-off; too much going on up there for you to possibly act or feel like your normal self.
In my opinion: Whenever someone going through treatment like this has a drastic personality change, where you barely recognize the person and their tone of voice (in writing, in this case), it is because they are Herxing in their brain. Nothing else can explain it.
The dizziness is probably a lingering symptom that will go away as you continue to treat.
Hope that helps. Allow yourself to be tired right now (when you're not working I guess!)....let yourself sleep as much as you need to so your body can recover from all this. I believe in situations like this, you can never get too much sleep.
Just stick with it.
Good luck.
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Angelica
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Do you have babesia? Could it be low iron? Low iron can cause lots of problems including dizziness.
There are many symptoms of anemia. Each individual will not experience all the symptoms and if the anemia is mild, the symptoms may not be noticeable. Some of the symptoms are:
Pale skin color, fatigue, irritability, dizziness, weakness, shortness of breath, sore tongue, brittle nails, decreased appetite (especially in children), headache - frontal.
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Clarissa
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Clint,
Angelica brings up a good question. Have you been tested for coinfections?
I know I'm being a "nag" about this issue but I truly think you would benefit in seeing an LLMD, sooner than later.
That way you would know exactly what you're dealing with and everyday wouldn't be another wretched surprise.
Do you think you could see someone soon? I'm sure you could get tons of recommendations from all of us, depending on how far you want to travel.
disturbedme
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Yes, I got that and I still do get that symptom... and I'm into a year and a half of treatment so far.
7 weeks isn't long. Lyme disease takes a long time to get to a point where you feel considerably better. It's sad, but true...
Hang in there.
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disturbedme
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Clint, I agree with everyone else here. And we've told you time and time again that you really need to see an LLMD.
Most people with lyme end up having a couple of co-infections as well. You are NOT going to clear co-infections with Doxy. That, and Doxy can only do so much for lyme as well. You really need to find an LLMD who knows what s/he's doing and who can help you. I know you want to believe your family doctor can help you, but he can't. I'm sure he knows very little, if anything, about co-infections... and lyme itself.
Not only does lyme disease take a long time to treat, so does co-infections. Some say co-infections are what makes the person sicker... and some also say that co-infections are harder to treat than lyme. So this is really not something to mess around with.
It's obvious to me and everyone else here that you really need to please, please, please see someone knowledgable in these diseases who can help you. You can't get better otherwise.
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Keebler
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Clint,
I agree with disturbedme. I've seen your posts that cry out for help. No one here can help you more than seeing a LLMD.
We can offer a few explanations and suggestions (i.e. ginger for dizziness if it is inner ear related) . . . while you may get some good explanations for this or that symptom, we really don't know.
No matter how much one explanation seems to make sense, I would not stake my life on any one comment here being correct for your symptoms. That would be a huge risk. There can be a dozen explanations for the same symptom.
While I'm impressed with the collective knowledge and level of research here it is like 8 blind men with an elephant in a room and each thinking they have the essence and entirety of it.
This book EXPLAINS SO MUCH ABOUT LYME SYMPTOMS and offers many suggestions for what can help. Seriously, reading this will lift a ton of bricks. Many "ah-ha" moments.
However, even this esteemed doctor is quick and clear that his book cannot diagnose nor offer treatment suggestions for any individual. It's a guide and a peak at a very complex set of infections.
I do hope you can find a good LLMD, or if you simply can't, then find the very best complementary protocol (that has a scientific understanding all the infections) and stick with it for the duration. Note, though, that supportive supplements are not enough alone. Not. Enough. Alone.
This book is but a piece of the foundation. You will learn such things as why doxy is never enough and answers to so much more:
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This brain fog/exhaustion that I feel, well it is the exact same thing I felt in my brain when I quit paxil a year ago. It's like, brain zaps and makes my brain feel slow and drowsy and that if I close my eyes I can fall right to sleep.
*I also quit taking lexapro after about a month 2 weeks ago, so I don't know....
Keebler
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Then let yourself sleep. Your body needs a lot of sleep to repair.
The slow brain waves sound like an encelpalopathy - very common with lyme and described in much of the literature.
I slept solid for a whole year when I first got sick (but I did not know I had lyme - just thought I had cancer that had not been detected as the pain was so severe).
With proper treatment this can be better for you and to acknowledge a realistic plan of action will help much. It's normal to feel this way right now, considering all that is going on.
Just be sure to get up and still eat good food. And still stretch and move some as best you can. Some sort of a routine so that after your meals and stretches you plan for your morning rest and afternoon nap.
Moving about some after dinner, too, will help your body establish some sort of rhythm and help you keep some muscles tone and motor skills up. I lost all of that.
So, planning to take care of yourself AS YOU ARE NOW, please know that your body really needs lots of tender, loving care.
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