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Posted 12/14/2011 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
Along with the em's, alcohol intolerance should have recognized as a red flag.. I had horrible anxiiety at the beginning of this journey, I thought I'd have a drink. I about died, my heart rate went to 180. Even though now I am better,( everything is relative), I am scared to death to drink. And I was a very happy, happy hour person every day before dinner until I fell sick.
Posted 12/14/2011 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Roses,

Tell me, did you try more than once to take a drink to see what happened, or were you scared off by the first experience? Was the side effect confined to only the HR, or were there others? I tried a drink last night to see if anything has changed. Still the same. Same muscle soreness throught my abdomen and my shoulders. Other than Hodgkin's the only thing I have found on the net is a kind of alcohol induced angina, it is rare, but apparently exisits. This whole ordeal has shown me that the "Dr. House" program is entirely fictitious. There are very few doctors who can diagnose outside of very broad testing parameters. I think it's finally become too much for me.

Regards, Brenden.
Posted 12/14/2011 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
Brenden,
There are many of those that have been diagnosed with Lyme and/or other tick-borne infections that have found that they can no longer tolerate alcohol. Like many other things, it seems to be corrected once that person reaches a certain point in treatment or they are able to put their infections into remission.

As an example, my fingers were beginning to get quite twisted and bent, now however they are straightening out!! Although I still pay a high price for drinking any alcohol.
Posted 12/14/2011 11:03 PM (GMT 0)
Bear in mind my memory is not my strongest point but I am quite sure I exprienced a hangover that would occur had I drank oh 7 rum and cokes on an empty stomach probably with some other stuff thrown in.

So then after the stupid infection, a small amount of alcohol produced a full-fledged hangover, i.e. on the couch totally useless, HP, pain, restless, puki

It's the total opposite with carbs. I crave carbs ( guard your food should we meet.) Whatever is in me gets something from carbs it LIKES; especially bread. The alcohol must bother the darling little things in me so they let me know in no uncertain terms they are not happy when I drink.

In biology we talked about symbiotic relationships, I can find only one advantage for me, the host. The relationship seems to greatly favor the bugs.

Nothing has changed I can't drink but maybe now it's an unconscious thing, I don't know. It is poison to me.
Posted 8/4/2012 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
1. Does western blot only show new lyme or will it pick up on a re-occurrence of lyme?
2. I normally drink 1-2 1/2 glasses of wine. Some weeks i might drink on 3 or 4 nights, other times I could go for weeks without a drink.
... occasionally I will have less than 1 glass of wine (or other alcohol) and get violently ill (911 has been called).
I had lyme 12 years ago, it had progressed and I was on antibiotics for a year. I suspect it's reoccurred.
3. Does anyone know how long you should be on antibiotics for a reoccurrence?
4. I have a red dot in the middle of my forehead just above the eyebrow line. I had this years ago around the time I had lyme, it went away, now, with the other lyme symptoms it's back...is this a coincidence or has anyone else experienced this with lyme?
Posted 8/5/2012 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Karen,

Welcome to the forum!

The tests are not very accurate, particularly with a long-held infection.

You would be well-advised to find a Lyme Literate Doctor to get good and thorough treatment.

There is no set treatment length for any infection. You should be treated beyond the resolution of all symptoms.
Posted 1/2/2014 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi,
I'm completely new here and have yet to be tested for Lyme. I found this thread on a Internet search. New Year's Eve I drank one glass of wine, while at home with my husband. I became completely smashed. I have never been drunk before, so I didn't know what was happening to me. I felt like I was going to puke, my arms were tingling and felt useless. Pretty soon I had a horrible headache and I couldn't lift my head off the bed. My husband had to help me get ready for bed. That became a comedy, as I was bawling about not being able to stand up and how bad my head hurt and he was laughing because he has never seen me drunk before. He drank 2 glasses and was fine, so I know it wasn't the wine. It was such a serious reaction, it got me wondering what is up with my body?
I recently went off sugar/Splenda/Nutrisweet for my chronic pain. It improved my pain level significantly. After this, I think alcohol is on my no list too.
Posted 1/2/2014 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
Same here. It was one of the first things that I noticed was wrong with me too. I had always been able to have a beer or 6 while hanging out with friends, one night out of the blue after just 1/2 a beer, my heart was racing, my head was pounding and I was so dizzy I couldn't bare it. Tried again a few weeks later same thing, so I just gave it up, not knowing it had anything at all to do with Lyme.

My ND who essentially diagnosed Lyme, asked me about my alcohol tolerance after I gave the slew of other symptoms, and she said alcohol intolerance with Lyme is huge, and a definite no no.
Posted 1/3/2014 6:07 AM (GMT 0)
I was just wondering about the alcohol in tinctures? Could that be a problem?

Margaret
Posted 1/3/2014 4:49 PM (GMT 0)
No, tinctures are only taken in drops - not by the glassful and even though we take them several times a day sometimes, it's still such a very small amount.

The only people who will have issues with the alcohol content in tinctures are those that are extremely sensitive for some reason.
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