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Topic: Heating Pad

sonee123
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 18632

posted

I have neuro lyme and i find it VERY helpful to have a heating pad around my neck and lower scalp.

It makes my symptoms less severe. I just thought i share.

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May God Bless you, answer your prayers, relieve you of your pain and make you stronger than what you are today. Ameen.

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feelfit
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 12770

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thanks sonee123. I get the same results from my hot rice fiiled tube sock.

Feelfit

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sonee123
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Member # 18632

posted

Feelfit,

Do you know why we feel better when heat is pressing hard on our brain? Sometimes i get so sick with my neuro symptoms...

Crawling feeling
Bee head
Loud ringing in ear
cold chills
headache
head pressure
and tingling and numbness in my head!

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May God Bless you, answer your prayers, relieve you of your pain and make you stronger than what you are today. Ameen.

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feelfit
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Don't know sonee123, wish I did. Better yet, wish that I knew which med would get rid of it.

My head symptoms are prety much the same as yours and constant now for 17 months.

Feelfit

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sonee123
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Member # 18632

posted

Are you on treatment?

Has anything helped you at all?

I just started treatment a month and half ago with two weeks off of abx. Of course too soon to tell anything!

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feelfit
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amoxicillin at high dose (4000mg) daily helped with headache and reduced head pressure somewhat. As soon as I was taken off of amoxy headache and pressure is back.

Yes I am in treatment and just started with a new doctor.

Feelfit

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sonee123
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Member # 18632

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I need a new LLMD as well. I hate mine! Told me i have lyme and got me out of his ofc in 10 minutes.

I am sorry its taking u a long time to feel better.

I hope it doesnt take me years before i can be stable again. [Frown]

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feelfit
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me too!

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carly
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Member # 14810

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sonee123,

I came across this today. I have all the symptoms you list.

(except maybe "bee head" - I don't know what that is.)

A heating pad helps me too. For awhile anyway.

Then the next day I feel totally worn out!

What's going on? Anyone?

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sonee123
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Member # 18632

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I am not sure Carly. However the heating pad is like a life saver for me. I can feel the WORST and lay my head on it and i feel somewhat stablizied. I am not sure how the heat pad is helping me either....

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carly
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I'm bumping this up again for possible theories.

Is the heat irritating the bugs and making them go someplace else?

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5dana8
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Member # 7935

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Guess everyone's so different but heat does help me so much too. Use it everyday & couldn't survive without it.

I like the heating pad with the moist heat- it seem to penetrate more, specially with my lower back pain

carly - not sure bout the heat irritating the bugs. Was told by a LLMD a few years ago that icing makes them thrive ( ketes love a cold evironment )

Not medical advise....just my 2 cents :+)

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5dana8

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