With Lyme if you get nervous is it amplified?

Seems like whenever I have a situation at work or outside of work like meeting a new person or going to an event where I will have to socialize in groups I get insanely nervous to where I would almost need to take some type of medication to calm me down. Prior to lyme I was a nervous person but not to where I would avoid situations I would be nervous then get over it once there... but it seems like with Lyme it's extreme now to where I will avoid anything "new" because I know my body will get into that "take my over the edge" type feeling. Does anyone else experience this? Right now I'm suppose to go meet a friend so I'm trying to drink tea-this friend happens to be a guy I like, so naturally I'm nervous.

I hate how Lyme confines me to my house so I push myself to be social. He understands I have Lyme so it won't be too bad but this is awful when it happens at work I feel like I will pass out.

I definitely have this. I was the same too, where I all ready had nervousness before lyme. I have generalized anxiety disorder so panic attacks were a fairly regular occurrence before infection, but not as severe and lingering as it is now.
Like Traveler said, I think to be on the safe side you should go ahead and have your adrenals tested! With me personally, I think the increased anxiety is because of the nervousness I had before, and then when you get that stress response with lyme disease, the lyme kind of goes nuts. When I get really stressed, it can linger for weeks with other sickness symptoms, usually a lot of fatigue.
Try breathing exercises and thought challenging. Doing long, slow breaths into your diaphragm can help reduce anxiety, and its an inconspicuous way to try and calm yourself when you are in the middle of uncomfortable situations. Additionally, as uncomfortable as it can be to say it, I've found that simply telling people with you that you're having anxiety can help heaps. A lot of people will understand that you have nervousness that you can't control, and often you just have to tell them that it makes you feel better if they know so you don't feel as though they think you're being "weird" or something for "no reason". When I went to a music festival last year I was having a big panic attack in the middle of the giant crowd, and my boyfriend let the people around us know and they helped to make sure I had some space and no one bumped into me until I calmed down. Strength in numbers! You'd be surprised how many people are willing to help, as long as they know how to! Identify for yourself what would make you feel better, and let people know! :)
Thought challenging is good too, basically with that you need to just take a moment to think to yourself the logic of the situation. It's also called mindfulness, where you ask yourself a series of questions such as "am I safe here", "is there any real conflict", "if there is conflict, is it resolvable or will it die down on it's own" and so on. Reminding yourself that you are safe and you have choices and control over the situation, whatever they may be, can help heaps. :)