Weight loss. Scared.

It could be.

Prior to my diagnosis...when my first lyme symptoms started (I didn't know what was wrong with me) - I lost 14 lbs in a few weeks. It just melted off of me.
And my muscles were all soft.

I never tested hyperthyroid...so for me that wasn't the reason.

In your case, yes it could be...or it could be the infections...or a combo of both.

mpost - many people have the opposite happen - weight gain.

Not sure why it's either/or.

You mentioned damaged gut...something was certainly wrong with my digestive system.
I had pieces of undigested food coming out.

dacarte - do you still go through periods of weight loss?

Girlie said...
dacarte - do you still go through periods of weight loss?

Why? Do you?

I have gone through periods of weight loss too. If you are losing weight from being hyper you are pretty much pooping your weight off. Hyperthyroid causes major diarrhea and also lots of sweating. But with hashimotos that period is self limiting.
With Lyme weight loss happens too. I dropped rather a lot of weight without trying these past few months. Very different from my hyperthyroid weight loss.

Ashleyann82587 said...
I'm down to 109. I was 115 1 1/2 weeks ago. Very scary. The RN at my LLND said eat a lot! I had thyroid levels checked again today.

Eating a lot works. But it has to be ALOT.

How tall are you?

I eat twice as much (literally) as I need to maintain weight for someone of my height and gender, which is approximately 2000-2500 calories. So I consume 4500+ calories.

This not only stops the wasting and but adds mass back as well.

I've probably gained 20 pounds in 3 months (which doesn't mean there isn't still problem areas where lyme is hitting the body the hardest). I should have gained more than that after 3 months but it shows how much of a starting deficit people with lyme are when consuming food/nutrients.

People with lyme often say "I eating so much but can't gain" What they mean is they are eating 30% more, or 50% more. You have to eat 100%+ more. Literally doubling calories if not more and do it everyday.

Whether it's lyme breaking down and scavenging nutrients, to digestive mal-absorption, or the body going into fat reserves as fuel to fight off the lyme and co, whatever the case you have to give your body all of the calories and nutrients for all those reason and then still have an adequate amount left for yourself.

A lot of people with lyme don't do this and they either continue to lose or they stop the loss but cannot gain it back.

Which is a tough thing to do. It takes a lot of joy out of eating. Stuffing your face starts becoming a task or a job

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Ashleyann82587 said...
What about peanut butter? Will that help? What do you'd recommend for food/snacks.
The DR I work for..( which I had been out over a week bc I feel like crap) saw me today and was like whoa. You are pale, you've lost a lot of weight! :/

No one food items is going to "help". You have to double your caloric and protein intake.

So just take whatever you would normally eat and make two plates of it and eat both (and finish all of it).

Ashleyann82587 said...

Can you guys tell me, does boreilla cause anxiety waves,muscle wasting, insomnia?

Yes. I've experienced/experiencing all 3.

Ashleyann82587 you are on the low end of the BMI chart but no scary low.

You should eat all the time and good nutritious foods. Make sure you get some protein -

avocados,
tempeh.
lentils.
beans (black beans, lima beans, pinto beans, chickpeas)
nuts (almonds, peanuts, pistachios, cashews)
nut butter (almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter)
brown rice.
oats.
quinoa.
Here are some good fats:
Algal Oil.
Avocado Oil.
Coconut Butter.
Coconut Oil.
Grapeseed Oil.

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Aww, you are so welcome. Just try and not stress about it.

I was one that gained when I got lyme. My metabolism went out the window with lyme. My get up and go, well it went. I slept one heck of a lot and did absolutely nothing - I gained.

When you heal, you get back to normal. So don't worry.

Hugs, my friend.

It is a game of seek and find when it comes to what will work for each of us.

I had great success with Kava tea. I could only drink one cup or I would wake up in the middle of the night having to go the bathroom. Tea acts as a diuretic on me really well. But it soothed me enough to get sleep. I also did Benadryl on those really tough nights.

Kava did nothing for my husband. He ended up trying everything. Finally he relented and tried Benadryl as I first suggested to him. It worked. Children's liquid (he hated the cherry taste) and just a cap full as if for a child dose. Just enough for him to sleep.

But boy did hubby try tons of stuff. We had a huge drawer full of sleep supplements and tinctures.

I wish we had a dispensary so each of us could just try something and not have to buy the whole bottle.

Ashleyann82587 said...


Can you guys tell me, does boreilla cause anxiety waves,muscle wasting, insomnia? These are my concerns, besides the weight issue.

I had anxiety mixed in with bouts of depression...it was horrible. At one point I felt like I was losing my mind...very scared.
My first symptom was April, 2013. Within weeks (by beginning of June?) i had lost 14 lbs. I wasn't overweight to begin with. I lost muscle...and what was left was all soft...like jello.
I had undigested food 'coming out' of me (bowel movements) and I couldn't gain weight no matter how much or what I ate.
I started treatment in July , 2014 and finally a few months after that I gained 2 lbs....and then after that I went up to my previous weight.