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I think it sounds bizarre, but here is what happened.
Yesterday, after finishing my brkfst of bacon and eggs, my heart started flutter, I got sweaty palms, and I had tingling in face and fingers/arms. The day previous the same thing had happened. I couldn't figure it out!
Then I remembered that I had an omelet w/bacon and avacado the morning of my worst HORRIBLE panic attack ever.
I had been on Biaxin a week w/strange sx that week. So,needless to say, I stopped Biaxin that day.
Is it possible that my subconsious remembered that day and it is now bothering me.
Seriously, this seems to weird. Any thoughts or similar experiences with food or situations?
glm1111
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A lot of these infections including borrelia and parasites are habitating in the small intestine. Bacon contains sodium nitrate and you might be having an adverse reaction to that.
Anxiety can be a symptom of parasites. Check out the symptom list at
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disturbedme
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I have no idea, but I too have felt worse after or during eating... not all the time, but there have been a few times where it's happened. Don't know if it's a herx or anxiety.
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nenet
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Many people can develop food sensitivities after experiencing chronic inflammation from infection (as in Lyme Disease). Food sensitivity causes common symptoms like anxiety, adrenaline rushes, dizziness, throat tightening or swelling, trouble swallowing, headaches, stomach or GI upset, acid reflux or GERD, stomach ulcers, swollen and/or painful joints, insomnia, mood swings, brain fog, neurological issues, and even heart palpitations.
I would consider beginning an elimination diet to determine if you have developed a sensitivity, intolerance, or allergy to eggs or other foods. Food intolerance cannot be detected in tests, you can only discover them via eliminating them from your diet for several weeks to a few months, and then adding the eliminated foods slowly, one by one, back into your diet. Then document carefully your response (or lack thereof) to the food.
It can take several days or even weeks to notice a response to a reintroduced food, or it can be an immediate response. When I tested out my food sensitivities, I waited 2 weeks between new food reintroductions. It can take several months to recover from eating a food or additive that you are sensitive to, so please keep that in mind when documenting response as well.
Once you have been through effective treatment for Lyme and coinfections, and removed the inflammatory state, it may occur that your sensitivities and intolerance have also disappeared. Some people find they are able to eat some foods again.
However, in Lyme, one should avoid cetain foods even when in remission, because they can create an environment that is conducive to Lyme relapse. Foods like high-processed flours, sugar, artificial ingredients, and synthetic sweeteners should be avoided always.
Some common sensitivity culprits:
dairy (can be from either lactose or casein or both)
eggs
tree nuts
peanuts
gluten (only celiac disease will show up on tests, if you have a sensitivity, it will not show up)
soy
alcohol
sugar
nightshade plants (potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplants, red peppers, jalapenos, chili peppers, cayenne, paprika)
aspartame, Nutra Sweet, Splenda, etc.
MSG, and other flavorings (MSG has many different names when listed in food ingredients - best to research them all online before making purchases)
Nitrates/Nitrites and other preservatives/flavorings (common in processed or frozen meat products, like bacon, hot dogs, etc., and other foods you would never expect)
Food colorings
there are more possibilites, but this is just to give an idea.
Keebler
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No symptom sounds bizarre where lyme is concerned. So, don't even "go there" about the subconscious. Lyme's toxins change the way a body functions. From that, all bets are off.
As both Gael and nenet mentioned, nitrites can trigger attacks. I think that could be the key here since it's happened TWICE after bacon. And, if your avocado was cut and packaged, it might also have nitrites sprinkled on to prevent browning.
If the bacon was just regular bacon, the nitrites in it can set off an anxiety attack.
If you have an organic foods store near you, they may carry nitrate-free bacon and ham.
Be sure to avoid prepared salads in restaurants (salad bars, etc.) as nitrites are all over those. Cut fruit, too. You'll need to do some research on nitrates so you can avoid that. Some do occur naturally in foods (red grapes, etc.) but the additive type can send me to the moon in a flash.
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Magnesium and fish oil should help to relieve some of the effects of a panic attach (and there is a homeopathic but I can't recall the name).
Still, it's best to avoid nitrates all together, except as those that naturally occur in food.
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Also, if you can get eggs from organically fed, free-range chickens, you will be doing your body a world of good by avoiding all sorts of residue that can be in eggs. It's also a good idea to wash the egg with soap before breaking it open.
This may sound like to much, but I've had seizures from foods that had chemicals or additives. It can be a very harsh shock to the body if all systems are off kilter, as with lyme.
I do assume that you have absolutely ZERO aspartame (Nutrasweet/Equal) in your diet - check even gum, mints, mouthwash - cough syrup and mouth rinse. Even a trace can trigger panic (or, for me, seizures).
Also, MSG can trigger panic attacks. Google MSG for all the dozens of names it can hide behind.
Keebler
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Also, while it may seems like food triggered this, if you are low in magnesium, that may be the underlying reason. Vitamin D may also be of help as it is needed to absorb magnesium.
You can search Burranscano's link below for both - and for other things like B-vitamins that can help strengthen your nervous system during treatment.
In case the fat from the bacon may have been too much for your cardiac system or your liver (and if either are overwhelmed, panic can happen), you might go toward leaner meats for a while like, perhaps, turkey sausage.
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