I'm still healing - read for those of you with memory problems!

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to post something....so as many of you know I got really sick Oct 2012. Didn't get officially diagnosed until March 2013. Treatment with abx, herbs and homeopathy until August. Then just homeopathy for the most part which I'm almost done with.

I was sick for years without knowing it, fully functional but definitely not thriving. It is kind of sad to me because over the past 3 months or so and more in the past month old memories have been coming back to me left and right. Everyday all the time - almost a compounding effect. It is bittersweet b/c those memories were completely gone and non-existant and now...WHAM!

It makes me tear up that I had 'lost' those memories for so many years and had no idea but at the same time I am ever ever so grateful for each and every one. No matter if it is as simple as remembering surroundings of a place I was when I was ten or that time a friend and I went shopping as teens and felt like we had won the lottery b/c we walked out with trashbags full of clothes for like $40 (What more could a teen girl want?)

I just assumed all of that was gone but NOPE......its back. And I am returning to my old self too. Well my old 'new' self. :)

I wish all of you the same blessings as I have had!

Thanks so much for this post. I was driving home from work tonight and started to look back on my family life when I was younger and started to remember my grandparents and the sweet things they would say and do. I haven't thought about them in a while, and I miss them so much. I also drove by the first home I lived in when I was a little girl and was so thankful for the parents I have. I also feel it is bittersweet to start to get back your memory and start to feel better. I am also in the same boat. I started getting really sick in November of 2012 and started treatment just this September of 2013. I was sick for at least 20 years, not so ill that I couldn't carry on with my life but like you said I wasn't thriving either. It is so sad. I missed out on a lot of time and didn't accomplish a lot. I liked reading your post, I can really relate to it. Thanks opugirl.

I too have had the experience of memories returning that I had assumed were just gone - memories of my childhood, memories of my children growing up, even memories of my & my husband's wedding other parts of our lives. Every aspect of my memory was affected from what I mentioned to remembering names, how to do things, names and faces of people I had known all my life or had just met.

Now I still have lapses where I have no memories, especially those of my early childhood, but I was also quite ill for over 13 years and was on again and off again for most of my life - so I'm very grateful for what memories I have had come back!!!

Do all that you can to heal and to heal well! And then give yourself time. As many of us have found out, the body can function even though it's not at it's best health, so give the healing time to complete itself before you assume those memories won't be coming back.

Also, do things to strengthen your mind!! When I first started this activity, I had to start with "search a word" puzzles. I needed to retrain my brain to find patterns. Online games are great too - just find the ones that are simple or match your abilities and don't get discouraged!!!

Another really great 'tool' that I am currently using is Lumosity (www.lumosity.com/‎). It allows you multiple levels and you start at whatever level your brain is currently functioning!

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I am glad I am not alone. I cannot tell you how many memories are just like
" popping into my head " since I have started treatment for lyme disease. we think I have had it for almost 20 years with a deterioration in my health over the last 10 yrs. I am thankful for my memories returning even the painful ones.

My daughter took a Chinese herbal that really helped her brain. I think I posted the name once, but I can get the name again if anyone wants it.

My husband used to find all kinds of odd things in the refrigerator and freezer - and what should have gone in the silverware drawer would be in the pantry! LOL! When I was at my worst, I couldn't even follow the pattern to put shish-ka-bobs together even though my daughter was right there to tell me what to put on next. I just couldn't put the word (onion) with the item.

Keep detoxing and find those things that will help reduce your brain fog/brain symptoms. I found coconut oil and lots of antioxidants helped me a lot.