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Posted 4/14/2014 7:24 AM (GMT 0)
Do anyone every once in a while get some really strange thoughts that make your anxiety goes up. I hate talking about this because I promise I'm not crazy.. Like I starting thinking why am I actually born who I am, and I start thinking into it deeper. It most healthy people, they think about it, but move on easily. In lyme its like its upped my ocd, and I get stuck on these really annoying that make me sad.

- Basically the anxiety sucks. Once you get on that one thought, you can get off of it, and its like lyme keep shoving it back in your face
I hate it sad
Posted 4/14/2014 11:19 AM (GMT 0)
exactly how I felt back in November - I am grateful that the severe anxiety with me only lasted 4 weeks - but it sure as heck was real. I went from one problem to the next, with each problem completely and totally taking up all of the "space" in my mind. It was complete obsession. I felt so ridiculous. If it is the lyme, it will pass as you heal, I promise!!
Posted 4/14/2014 11:50 AM (GMT 0)
Have your doc check your serotonin and dopamine levels. You may have a genetically weak D2 dopamine receptor.
Posted 4/14/2014 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
I did they were really bad esspecially when I first got infected. I just went on anti-depressants and they helped out pretty good and relieved this issue. Now that the Lyme is gone down to minimal amounts in me now, I plan on tapering off on the anti-depressants.
Posted 4/14/2014 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
yes, i find myself thinking deeply about almost everything.  even when i am relaxing, or doing something fun, the thoughts are ALWAYS there.  i always analyze people around me, and wonder if they've ever been in the woods, or if they've been bit by a tic & didn't know it, like me.  and then I think, well, if a tic didnt get them, something else will, like heart disease, strokes, aneursyms,  etc.  now that i am rereading this, i really do think i am crazy, thanks, LOL. 
Posted 4/14/2014 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
The lyme anxiety is awful!! But, my LLMD suggests that it is actually a herx. When I get that way for no reason, or " out of the blue" it is usually because I'm taking a high dose of a new abx and have to quit for a day or two and start back again. Do you notice these intense feelings when starting a new medication? If not, I think it is just a part of our disease. It effects us all neurologically. I have cared for MS patients as well as others with head injuries and they go through a lot of the same things. Lymies know though, that this is light at the end of our tunnel, so hang in there!! tongue
Posted 4/14/2014 5:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hi John!

There are no embarrassing questions here!! smilewinkgrin

I had long periods of ocd before I started treatment (years before I got diagnosed). Have you ever seen 'As good as it gets' with Jack Nicholson? I have periods that, when I go out, I return 3 times to check all the plugs in the house. I had moments that I washed my hands 3 times. Then it just stops for long periods of time, then it would come back. It came together with increased anxiety.
I am no longer embarrassed about this. I can see now that it often was in times of increased neurosymptoms. I know I am not crazy.

I feel that meditation has helped me a lot, and being conscious about what LD and co can do with me. I can connect the 2, and it shortens those episodes considerably.

MarieLS
Posted 4/14/2014 6:49 PM (GMT 0)
Actually I think the high anxiety is actually because of herxes in the brain! This happened to me on both times when I first introduced the minocycline, and again when I first introduced the tinidazole... Even though I was on anti-depressants! So ya I think it was a herx. The anti-depressants didn't help here.
Posted 4/14/2014 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
wow, I am not alone. I am having tons of anxiety and insomnia. It got worse when I started the minocycline mepron and rifampin. I feel terrible on these meds. I also have obsessive thinking on stuff I really dont' want to think about.
Posted 4/14/2014 9:27 PM (GMT 0)
Well, my thinking turns into a tape loop, and gets jumpy and rapid.

I get bizarre visualizations (in my mind; not outside of me), so I guess they're not technically hallucinations.

I do have feelings of unreality (is that a word?) as well--just the sense that none of this is real.

I always had a vivid imagination (I am a poet), and in the 70s, was completely unable to do recreational drugs, but it got much worse after Lyme.

Margaret
Posted 4/18/2014 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my goodness, Im so glad you posted this. I am having A LOT of trouble with this, just with my day to day routine! I have alot of 'crazy' thoughts. my conscious self can recognize that their pretty crazy, but I dont know why i think of such things! It makes my anxiety increase alot more because I cant get rid of them, if that makes sense.. I know its caused by the Lyme because it goes along with my other neurological symptoms.
Posted 4/18/2014 3:17 AM (GMT 0)
Wow, I never realized that Lyme goes hand in hand with anxiety! I started with anxiety issues years ago, out of the blue, and now I just read it's related to this crazy Lyme disease. I had a feeling it was. I guess I'm just a bit slow on the uptake lately. Can I blame it on the meds or the Lyme brain, or both???
Posted 4/18/2014 3:17 AM (GMT 0)
The horrible thoughts go away with treatment, but to be honest if you hit it with certain key drugs it actually intensifies the symptoms. I think it is a kind of "emotional herx" and it is horrible.
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