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the neuro stuff has gotten worse these last few weeks.
things that were improving are back, with a vengance. the word probs, speech, head pressure, tremors. and pain is up another notch (and am on some heavy hitter !!!)
so- now larger muscles are soooo stiff and sore when i get up after sitting, laying down,etc. and more small joint pain now and that is new.
eyes are doing this left/right/left thing more often. then it stops. hearing sensitive again. feeling these little electrical shocks when your move- will happen day or 2 here/there...that one is awful!!!
i am dropping things, getting crazy tired. fatigue is new one for me. all this last year never had fatigue like this. like cant sleep enough. get hot,sweaty with smallest activity (vacumm for pete sake). afternoon temps
pain dr thinks dopamine may help. to her, i sound like a parkinson pt in early stages where the dx is usually missed.
i know lyme is great imitator. got that. neuro has been giving supportive tx's like would see in MS without the IVIG, other meds.
anyone else here try dopamine? effect??
any way to increase dopamine on your own??
labs have moved some, will post that in diff question
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The only way I'm aware of to increase dopamine is with Wellbutrin. Well, actually methamphetamine does too, but I don't think you want to go that way.
(Of course, dopamine can be increased through various natural ways, but it's only temporary).
Your newest symptoms of fatigue, insomnia, and unusual sweating are classic babs.
Good luck
James
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Have your neuro transmitters tested thru neuro science first. They can be balanced with supplements and rarely is it only one neuro transmitter that is out of balance.
They all work together and the results are not temporary but you must be monitored and retest to monitor progress or lack thereof and adjust supplements as needed. As long as you are battling neuro lyme expect that your neuro transmitters will be out of whack and will need constant monitoring.
What you are describing is very typical of neuro lyme.
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the neuro science is what i was looking into for my son for ADHD instead of adderall.
hhmmmm, might have to try to get biggest bang for my buck when take my son in for consult and ask chiro about me as well??
saw LLMD this week and she think herx on top of still active infection.
have been tx for babs. and finishing bart- matter of fact LLMD did not say if i am done with bart for now or not?? tech said to have pharm. call in refills needed= they got too busy to write scripts out that day. guess i will see.
after one yr still have 2/3 IgM bands and not gained on IgG either. only got rid of 1 igM band. and CD-57 same as yr ago too......very, very fustrating.
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i get 'episodes" of tight muscles, internal tremors, speech problems and head pressure... so before i was dxed with the lyme..and i didn't have MS...i let my fingers do the dxing A LOT...i thought i had parkinsons..so i found the best PD center (that was when we lived in Az.) the muhammad ali center...i saw them for over 2 years..they would say there is nothing wrong with you..PD IS detectable ONLY on EXAM! muscle rigidity and tremor and slowness of movement are the SIGNS.. my exam is STILL NORMAL. a lot of my symptoms have improved from abx then i started going down hill again after i pretty much stopped abx...now i am on zithro and getting better again.. but, anyway, at the time b/f the lyme dx...i begged the docs to let me try the dopamine to see if it helped...NO IT DIDN"T...they were right..it just made me SICK! try it..if it helps you..that is the tell tale sign of PD..if not...you are dealing with lyme and keep up with the abx. also, coq10 helps me a lot. how long have you had your symptoms? what are your other symptoms? also you could probably find Ben (from the under our skin movie) email...i do still think he is dealing with PD even after having the abx treatments. the reason i know about PD like i said is b/c i really thought that is what i had so i joined an online forum and i got all kinds of info..although the people with PD there said there is no way i had it b/c it DOESN"T come and go and abx don't help it. good luck...and i hope you don't have PD.
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