PANIC ATTACK from LYME

I had many panic attacks. At these times I was sweating, my body became extreme weak, I couldn't handle warm weather. I had to open the window at winter time, but -10C was not enough cold for me. I felt I will go crazy. And at my last panic attack (5 months ago) all my body became numb, I'm still numb since that. I have alwasy fever, and when I have panic attack my fever goes up. Also, I've been living in derealization for 2.5 years.

I would like to ask you how is your panic attack caused by Lyme.

My doctor and also doctors at ER always told my it is from stress and that's all.

Hi Hope,

I'm so sorry you have to experience these horrible attacks. My 16 year old daughter has had them right along with the lyme infection, but she also had ehrlichiosis, has babesia and bartonella. She had a panic attack on 1/3/09 where she was into it 45 minutes and then started to hallucinate. She thought she was dying at that point (tells us afterwards). She saw a bright white light and felt someone was trying to bring her to "the other side". She couldn't communicate with us at all. I called 911 and she was given oxygen and within the next hour she came back to us. It took a total of two hours to get her back to normal. Then, a week ago the same thing happened, but this time when the emergency unit came out she didn't like the oxygen mask on her face. This one took about an hour and a half to go through.

We just went to a lyme neurologist and were told that because she was on so many anti-malarial meds for the babesia that they are prone to produce hallucinations. We have since stopped those meds for now. She also runs a low fever (about 99.9). We have to open the window where she is next to when she has the panic attacks, too. If it is too warm in the house it doesn't help her during the attack. Sometimes she can't talk when she comes out of them. It takes a good couple of hours before she can speak.

I don't know if you have any co-infections along with the lyme, but in any event these panic/anxiety attacks are very scary and leave you weak and in more pain when they are over. I hope this helps you. Please feel free to write back if you have more questions. I hope you are feeling better soon.

Lisa

hey darlin,
have you been tested for bart too?
tap on me. I have some meds to refer to you for helping the panic attacks stop. no not zanax.
I got to where I was having them almost daily. I mean really. One can only have some many EKGs and then you just get bored with the whole thing...yeah yeah yeah, I know, I did not have a heart attack. Ok..let me out of the ambulance already.
They are the worst. But I they do stop when you get better. In the mean time I have some meds that work too.
M

nefferdun,

Did you have this disconnected feeling 24/7? Was it derealization (feeling like you are in a dream, strange vision like you are swimming kind of, things are a bit delayed, patterns bother you), And did you have it without anxiety (for the most part)? This has been my biggest symptom since day 1 and I have had it nonstop for 4 months. I am worried about it

Thank you so much!

Hi Lemons,
This is a really old thread. Nefferdun hasn't been on the forum for quite a while now. There's always a chance that this member will still respond, but if you really need an answer, I would suggest that you either use our search function to search for more threads to read to gather information, or start a new thread asking your questions there.

The numb feeling that you speak of makes me think back to when I had a lot of issues with anxiety, and it was pretty much due to my adrenals being shot. With treatment for my tick-borne infections and supplementation for my adrenals, I haven't had any serious anxiety attacks in quite a while, fortunately. They can get quite severe.

Derealization and Depersonalization are very real issues for some with these infections. They usually do go away with treatment though.