have been falling some

I fell once last month, and broke my toe.

Then, yesterday morning, my knees buckled under me, and I started to fall, but caught myself on the bed, walked a few steps, the same thing happened, and I caught myself again.

It's always the same; it's when I get out of bed in the early a.m. to go to the bathroom.

I very rarely take pain meds, but the falls may have coincided; I'm not really certain. On Saturday night, I did take a little sliver of Tylenol with codeine, but I took less than a quarter.

Don't remember if I had taken anything the night before the broken toe episode.

I fell getting out of bed years ago, no pain meds the night before.

Yesterday (Sunday), after I got out of bed the second time, I was fine, had people over to my house, and even danced a little, so it doesn't really make sense.

I do have balance issue, but that doesn't seem to be the problem, bc the legs buckling under me happens out of nowhere.

Margaret

Any suggestions?

Margaret

Thanks. Just wondering Denise, did you have any warning before you were about the fall? Do you know why you were falling?

M

Hi Teragram,

In my case, no, I had no idea why I was falling and no, I had no warning, I would just fall down (it was really scary)... Before I contracted lyme I never had a problem walking or with my legs, it was when I became sick. Besides not being able to walk, I had extreme pain in both my legs.

It was only when I started Dr. Jernigan's protocol (from this book) that I could walk again without falling down and all the pain went away. When I was on his protocol I didn't take anything else except his botanicals plus I detoxed a lot... So I can only guess that it was toxins that was causing my pain and the inability to walk without crutches...

Denise

Deeja, It's exactly the same with me.

M

Yes, the falling part was really scary for me... Back in the years when I affected by lyme I was living in my house in New York which had a basement (where the washing machine and dryer were located) and I would start down those stairs (about 12 steep steps) and next thing I knew I was laying on the floor in the basement. I lived alone and was lucky that I didn't crack my skull or break anything from those falls...

I think someone up high was watching over me...

Denise

I still think it's adrenal related due to the drop in BP when you stand up. Have you ever had your adrenal function tested?

Maybe it's adrenal related and something else on top of it. You're a puzzle like my daughter. ;) She keeps the doctors on their toes. I do hope you get some answers. You've had too many things to deal with.

You could have someone do the blood pressure check on you. You lay down and get relaxed and have your blood pressure checked and leave the cuff on after that. Then stand up and have it taken again right away. It should go up. If it drops, then you can get dizzy and it shows your adrenals are off. Then they could test you to see how far off they are and there are herbal treatments for it. Mine is a mix of herbals and nutrients specific for adrenals. You may have other issues preceding that or with it. I just hope you find out what is going on. Good luck!

I don't know much about POTS, so I don't think I mentioned it. My adrenal supplement has my doctor's label on it, so it's only available to his patients. It has vitamin C and some B vitamins, eleuthero, American ginseng, ashwaganda, rhodiola licorice, and N-Acetal L-tyrosine. I don't know if I spelled them all correctly since I was having a hard time reading it, but it gives you an idea of some commonly used things for adrenals. I just need to remember to take it every day!

PS, I was just wondering though, if any of this could be neurological, or if it is indeed the POTS. As I said, I don't feel faint when it happens. It's just my legs that buckle (as opposed to me, ha ha).

However, I still think you're absolutely right about the adrenals Garden.

M

Ohhhh! Well, I guess I could try Cowden, or Jernigan or something for the adrenals.

I do think I have a problem with adrenals or my NDs or doctors wouldn't keep talking about it.

Hey there's the subject for a new post: Which adrenal formula do you swear by?

Is your doc's formula sold online? I think I know the answer.

I like Cowden's approach to a lot of things, but not to everything. I will have to go look at his, "recipe."

I do get dizzy standing up from chairs. I don't know what's up with the bed thing. It could be POTS, it could be neurological, and maybe we'll never know!

Interestingly, my new ob-gyn said that my occasional urinary incontinence :( is neurological, and she completely agreed with the fact that it could be triggered by Lyme. She even said, "Lyme is very bad news." Wow. A few docs are coming around.

Regardless, who knows. M