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Posted 12/27/2012 2:51 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone ever have extreme thirst out of nowhere? It's not my kidney's I just had blood work and my doctor would call right away if something was abnormal. It's very unusual for me to be this thirsty though. I also have virtually NO appetite whatsoever. I'm forcing eating but I have no desire to eat.

I feel like a big herx is coming............I'm getting some warning signs like extreme anxiety, twitching and returning weakness. I did get some breaks from symptoms on Flagyl and B-12 shots last week which is rare, but now, like usual, the positive effects are diminishing rapidly. I wish one time they'd last.
Posted 12/27/2012 4:42 AM (GMT 0)
I can't remember the last time I was hungry. It has literally been months but thirsty, oh yea. It was really bad when I first became symptomatic and now it just comes and goes.
Posted 12/27/2012 12:10 PM (GMT 0)
I have the extreme thirst out of nowhere, I had it for about 15 years (and I'm not diabetic). If there's no drink available at that very moment, it feels like I'm going crazy with thirst. I feel like climbing up the walls. There's nothing I can think of but that thirst.

I would drink more than 1 liter in just one time. Sparkling water is great to solve the thirsty feeling.

I don't know why though...

My appetite has gone down since I started treatment, and I only feel like eating starchy or sugar containing foods.

Posted 12/27/2012 1:10 PM (GMT 0)
That extreme thirst has baffled me for a long while now. It will come and go for me. Some days I struggle to get the 2 quarts of water down me, and other days, even if I drink 3 quarts of water, I still feel like I'm not getting enough water! During the summer months I can drink just over a gallon of water some days when that extreme thirst hits.

We need to remember that the full moon is once again on it's way (tomorrow) - meaning some of us will have one doozy of a herx or symptom flare before, during and/or after.
Posted 12/27/2012 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
I agree about the full moon thing. I definitely have had my worst herxes during the time when there has been a full moon. Do you know of any resources from LLMD's to explain that phenomenon Traveler? I've been wanting to bring it up with my own doctor but I want to have something to base it on before I present him with any more theories lol.

I know I've read somewhere that parasites are more active in a full moon, but I think it was a post from a patient somewhere.
Posted 12/27/2012 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
Full moon just after Christmas! exactly what the doctor ordered!
Posted 12/27/2012 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
I've had excessive thirst off and on for months.

It's actually a desperate feeling which got me to PCP. Electrolytes are fine. Since I'm older and dry mouth can happen, he suggested sucking on hard candy. I said I have plenty of salive. Difficult to floss teeth because of it and dentist and hygienist have a problem because of it. He seemed mystified by it.

I'm not on any anatibiotics riht now.

I'll try the mineral watr.

Does anyone know why this happens to us with electrolytes testing ok?

 

Posted 12/27/2012 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
For starters, the full moon is well known for having an effect on the tides of the oceans -think fluids in the body as well. So one thing that can happen is an extra amount of pressure on our fluids as well. Since we are already bloated or otherwise have excess fluids, it makes sense as to why we feel this as well.

www.anapsid.org/lyme/symptoms/ has the original "Master Symptom List" for Lyme disease, and it states:
Electromagnetic (EM) sensitivity (electrical storms, full moon, affect function of electrical devices)
You can find this if you scroll down to "other" on the symptom list.

Here is an interesting site that goes over these two different issues:
www.tiredoflyme.com/full-moons-and-lyme-disease.html#.UNyO8hjs7Rc

This is going soooo slow with me having computer and phone line issues!!! ACK!

It seems that there is a lot of conflicting studies, but none of them have been done on the intensity of symptoms increasing during a full moon, only if they start/stop during a full moon.

Giving up on the search for now - gotta go run a few errands, but I'll be back! smhair Giggle!
Posted 2/9/2016 10:25 PM (GMT 0)
Even though this is an old post - nice to come here and get info about this extreme thirst - it seems to be associated with integrating cat's claw ...
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