Is insomnia part of Bartonella?

Yes insomnia is a huge Bartonella symptom in my experience, I went from sleeping easily at least 8 hours a night daily to getting no sleep for 2 weeks straight!  I had to go on sleeping pills to actually fall asleep.  I attribute this to a Bartonella infection.  Getting on rifampin helped me tremendously with these symptoms. 

In addition, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, body inflammation, shin pain, anxiety, blood shot eyes sometimes. 

I will see my primary care on Tuesday to get the bartonella test results. I'm already on doxycycline. I also struggle with health anxiety and every time i'm anxious i can't sleep, nor eat.

Thank you folks for replying to my post.

Liverette

Keep in mind the results might be negative but you could still have the illness. My Lyme Literate Doctor says Bartonella testing is very unreliable with the majority of his patients testing false negatives. He says Bartonella is strictly a clinical diagnosis based on symptoms.

My llmd said and I have read that there are over thirty bartonella strains and only a few on the tests. Therefore the tests r very unreliable. I think I have bartonella too and had severe anxiety and insomnia both of which are gone now thank goodness.

Chapelle,

I am on doxycycline for 28 days. And i was in amoxicillin for a week prior to that. I have struggled with anxiety and insomnia from very young age, having lived through a traumatic war in Lebanon. I am now 46 and have auto immune liver disease and Hashimoto's.

I was mainly concerned about Bartonella Henselae because of my cat, since he bites me when i play (no more playing). I never go into any vegetation or hiking.

Both my brother and sister in law are pharmacists and they are insisting to check for other auto immune diseases for the random rash and saluvary gland swelling.

Thanks for replying!

Liverette

I have Ehrlichia and terrible sleep disruptions. If I sleep 4 hours I am doing well.