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Posted 10/6/2012 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
are any of u taking medicine to help with your brain,?

I never had psychaitric issues prior. and then, best way to describe it, is I felt like my brain was stuck

i felt like the guy in the Awakenings, when he reverts back to comatose, whatever it ws state, when the medicine stopped working

A dr. prescribed latuda which is geared for schizophrenia, I dont have that but it can help with anxiety

but something in the ingredient of that medicine, helped my thinking, but I had to stop due to alleric reaction.

WHen I saw a diffe. pyshcatrist she said I have symptoms that could be lymes, she said I dont have a mental problem.

She said, you must be scared, to have a medical condition, that no test thus far proves you have anything wrong with you

so asking if u guys take anything, that works to help you think, like your brain worked before you got lymes disease, in late stage

thank u

 

Posted 10/6/2012 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hi there,
I don't take any medication as such for my Lymie brain but I do believe that good nutricious food is essential--brain food.

I think that vitamins B12,E and K are especially important in feeding the brain,along with vitamin C; not only do they improve brain power, they actually protect against further deterioration.

Some people also practice Yoga. it's very good for relaxation and concentration,personally I read piles of books,I find
reading both stimulates and energizes my little grey cells( or what's left of them)
Posted 10/7/2012 2:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hi...also detox is huge. I just got tested for neurotoxins in the brain (from the lyme and co-infections) and it was way positive. You really need to find a lyme literate practioner if possible.

Brain symptoms are common with lyme. Also can be from hormone imbalance and general body toxicity. Also can be from candida overgrowth.

In fact, just doing detoxing...like enemas, colonics, saunas, can really help the brain stuff.

I hope this wasn't overwhelming. You could google something like "brain problems and lyme" and would get a lot of info.
Posted 10/7/2012 3:13 PM (GMT 0)
Actually, by 'googling' "brain problems and Lyme", a person would end up with sooo many links, all saying to do something different that it probably wouldn't really be advisable at this point. From what I have seen with the years that I have been active on this forum, those that start using several different protocols are the ones that end up having the worst issues.

It's much better to keep it simple and follow what your doc is telling you to do. The detox instructions that can be found on this site in the "New to Lyme?" thread are enough to really help your brain issues, that and to be in treatment.

If anxiety is a real issue, talk with your LLMD about it. Something like Xanax would be much better for you than a heavy antipsychotic med. And anxiety is very common for those who are living with these infections - some need help with it and some don't.

When you are in the late stage of these infections, it takes a lot of work on our part to heal, but we must put in that work! It is sooo worth it!!

I was bed bound and having seizures, couldn't remember the name of anything or anybody other than occasionally, couldn't follow written or oral instructions or patterns and the list just goes on and on .....but with lots of hard work and doing the right things (eating well, drinking lots of water, detoxing,doing my treatments), I've had amazing progress!!! You can too. Just hang in there and do the work that it takes. Like I said, it's really worth it!! :-)
Posted 10/7/2012 3:31 PM (GMT 0)
I just love u guys, thank u.

I need a fire under my butt, to keep going through this
finding how to heal

my speech has been off, hard to talk, it is all choppy and not fluent like it use to be
everyday something dif, wacky going on.
Posted 10/7/2012 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
Yep! sounds just like my experience!! LOL!! You are not alone in this, as I know I'm not alone in experiencing those things as well!

Hang in there and let us help you get through this difficult time! smilewinkgrin
Posted 10/8/2012 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Just to add my 2 cents. I believe that Rhodiola Rosea could help you focus and concentrate etcetera. For over all brain health, fish oil/omega-3.
I take 600mg of Rhodiola in the morning only.
The fish oil is measured by EPA(1100mg) daily, and DHA(720mg) daily.
I hope this helps, Dan
Posted 10/8/2012 3:19 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't been on the forum much at all lately, so not sure if Dr. Jernigan's at-home protocol has come up or if you're aware of that. He has a specific Neuro-Antitox (detoxing formula) geared toward the brain. Look up the Hansa Center for the book which guides you through the at-home protocol.
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