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Posted 10/26/2018 4:39 AM (GMT 0)
How are people here dealing with anxiety that comes with lyme?

My doctor prescribes me Buspirone. Does anyone else take that? It's a very low dose and I think it maybe takes care of 10% of my anxiety. It does take the edge off.

Does anyone else use this? Is there anything else that helps?
Posted 10/26/2018 4:48 AM (GMT 0)

gfields said...
How are people here dealing with anxiety that comes with lyme?

My doctor prescribes me Buspirone. Does anyone else take that? It's a very low dose and I think it maybe takes care of 10% of my anxiety. It does take the edge off.

Does anyone else use this? Is there anything else that helps?

When I had bad anxiety - I just rode it out. Horrible days/nights.

Thought I was losing my mind.

It did improve quite a bit on its own prior to treatment.

Treatment has pretty much eliminated it - except in the morning I wake up with it sometimes, and a bit of sweating - lasts a few minutes only.
Posted 10/26/2018 11:39 AM (GMT 0)
I use lavender essential oil (to smell -- diffused or on an aromatherapy necklace or even just on a paper towel) and take l-theanine (Gabatrex) when it's really bad. If I forget to take my vitamins B and D too long, it gets worse. Also magnesium at night.
Posted 10/26/2018 12:08 PM (GMT 0)
L-theanine has always been my go-to. Its not a sledgehammer but it takes a little edge off. You can also try valerian or even chamomile tea.

I know how bad it can get. There is also a full moin from hell this week so that may be playing a role. It is for me
Posted 10/26/2018 2:18 PM (GMT 0)
Since anxiety and over stimulated adrenal symptoms overlap, Holy Basil caplets can work for both, while not making you fall asleep like some other herbs such as Valerian, hops ect. .

The mineral supplement Lithium Orotate (different than the potent Rx version) also works for anxiety.

There is a homeopathic by Hylands for kids called Calm 'n Restful, I used that too pretty common item in retail stores.
Posted 10/26/2018 6:03 PM (GMT 0)
I've never had extreme anxiety like some others do, but I find Chinese skullcap helpful.
Posted 10/30/2018 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
Pretty much nothing helped me but to wait it out, until I started Chinese medicine. Gan Mai Da Zao Tang concoction has been amazing for me - but only a certain brand (Evergreen) seems to have the ratio of ingredients that works well for me. I've tried others and it's just not the same.
Right now, I'm going through stress and depression, and even this doesn't help. Qi Gang exercises were a great discovery.
Still, there are times when my stress and panic are through the roof, and absolutely nothing helps, but to cry through it. I just acknowledge it, reach out to people for support, try to read and listen to music, and tell myself I've survived before, this too shall pass.
Posted 10/31/2018 12:02 PM (GMT 0)

BabsBunny said...

Still, there are times when my stress and panic are through the roof, and absolutely nothing helps, but to cry through it. I just acknowledge it, reach out to people for support, try to read and listen to music, and tell myself I've survived before, this too shall pass.

This is a big isssue for me, too. Recently, after 7.5 years my last good friend just left and she left in a terrible way. We were extremely close and as soon as she got a boyfriend she became a different person that id never seen. My confusion and desperarion to have an explanation led me to press harder and her to get shadier and shadier until she just completely ghosted me. Can't stand even hearing from me. I cared a whole lot about that girl (im a guy) and there has been nothing i feel i can do now but be devestated.
My underlying levels of anxiety combined with the spaciness has made comprehending this near impossible and she was always the one i would reach out to. This is a "feel it and cry through it" situation.

Lyme blows
Posted 10/31/2018 12:36 PM (GMT 0)
Try writing it out - journaling.
i'm not saying i have found the answer, because i still have anxiety, but journaling has helped subside and i have not had an anxiety attack in a long time.

Feel it out! write it out!

sending you so much love and hope you feel better!
Posted 10/31/2018 1:25 PM (GMT 0)
I also got the recommendation to keep a journal.
Good to use it to notice what affects symtoms but also to just writing stuff out.

I started with it today but I think it will help some.
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