I'm tired. I don't want to have to explain. I'm paying the price of being sick with barely hope that maybe, maybe the future is brighter someday...is crying like this somehow part of it?

Hot baths w/ epsom salts and botle of h2o2(not to drink, to put in tub). Soak for 30-40 min.
Dink several teaspoons (mega doses get the gall bladder & liver to start pushing out toxins) of buffered vitamin C in water (from health food store) throughout the day. Make sure you are getting Magnesium/calcium as well. Very important!!!

Crying really helps reduce the pressure in the head for some unknown reason. Probably releases tension, which allows blood flow to brain and allows brain to feel better. Some chemicals such as endorphins are also release d most likely....feel-good chemicals in brain. Body is seeking to rebalance itself.
Toxins come out through tears as well. There are lots of reasons why crying is GOOD for you when you herx!!!!

I used to be a runner and competitive swimmer before I got lymed....that was my stress release valve...never had to cry, the exercise oxygenated brain and produced natural endorphins. Now that we cannot do aerobic exercise w/o feeling like crud the next day, crying is a release valve.

IF you are herxing, this would make sense...
Have you recently started new meds???

Is it the 4 week flare-up???
Keep a calendar if you don't already: an X for bad day (like you described), a really dark X for the worst days, a - sign for bad day but a little better than X day, and a 0 for a "good" day relative to bad days.....

Hang in there! This is soooo rough....If you need to go out to the car to cry...that is what I have found does not freak out the family. bring a pillow and a good CD that speaks to your heart and blubber away. No one can hear you and you can get it out!!!

For more on crying therapy you can e-mail me offline!
saying a little prayer for you!
love,
pippy

I hope you're feeling better soon! Lyme is rough stuff!

Someone once wrote me that the tears let out the dead keets toxins.

I took comfort in that. Cry your brains out! Let those toxins go!!!

I guess I'm overwhelmed. Just when I thought it can't get worse, it does. I hate this!!

I made an appointment to see the specialist tomorrow. Let's see if he tells me he doesn't think I have Lyme...

I've backed off all the meds- taking a break cause it was just too much for me to handle.

Definitly. I have been through crying spells and my son has been more sensitive lately and I recognised it right away as a herx. I find it a quick response in him, like it was a shock to his system or something and becomes overwhelming but does not fit the situation.

My 9 yr old son rarely crys but did recently in school. He went up to the black board to do a math problem that was easy for him and suddently couldn't. He began to cry. the teacher then called on him again because she wanted him to be able to show the class that he could do it. Same thing happened. Luckily she understands about Lyme and called me at work to tell me he was herxing. She had never seen my son react this way so she was concerned.