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lymeshmyme
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Does stress make Lyme worse?
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I would think, it definitely affects your immune system.

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It has been my personal experience that it DOES make it worse. Much worse.
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Absolutely !!, no doubt about it.
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No question...definitely.
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lymeshmyme
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Okay. I was thinking it must since I felt worse yesterday and yesterday was emotionally stressful.
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When I get stressed, like crying or arguing especially, within minutes most of my symptoms intensify and sometimes I have to lay down for hours afterwards. What makes it worse is that I have anger and anxiety issues that I can't control so it makes a vicious cycle.
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Yes, yes, yes, did I mention (YES stress definitely makes everything worse!!!

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yes indeed! AND I believe stress may have been the reason my Lyme symptoms appeared in the first place.
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This book is specific to lyme and other chronic stealth infections.

The author discusses the endocrine connection and effects of STRESS on a person with such infections. You can read customer reviews and look inside the book at this link to its page at Amazon.

http://tinyurl.com/6xse7l

The Potbelly Syndrome: How Common Germs Cause Obesity, Diabetes, And Heart Disease (Paperback) - 2005

by Russell Farris and Per Marin, MD, PhD

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Remember that lyme really messes up the HPA axis (Hypothalamus/pituitary/adrenal network). The pituitary has much to do with weight/growth. Mess up any part of the endocrine system and other parts suffer, too.

http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/B_guidelines_12_17_08.pdf

See page 4 where Dr. Burrascano describes a bit about the considerations of the dysfunction with the HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY AXIS

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lymeshmyme
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Thank you for those links. I've really noticed the weight just piling on and I didn't know why...knowing it is most likely related to Lyme makes me feel a little better. I have a lot of reading to do about this disease and how to overcome it!
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