anxiety and panic

I'm so sorry, my best advice at this moment is to stick with it. Even if your summer is prohibitive due to this think of getting well and how many more summers you'll have to enjoy with your family without symptoms. Hugs to you I know it hard, believe I really do know.

Thanks . .  . Does anyone have any idea in how long I may expect to be over this awful anxiety and panic?

Also, I told my doc people had said it was not a good idea to pulse rifampin but he said that is false. Like I have said I really trust this doctor- I am so glad I have a great doctor. I absolutely think he knows his stuff better than anyone. So I will do what he says.

But he wasn't able to give me a time frame for how long till this clears. ( which I understand it is unpredictable). He just said- do the modified protocol and see me in a month.

 

Just curious if anyone has an opinion on this: how do I know if my anxiety and panic are lyme based or just something else entirely???

My session with my doctor was so rushed today- he seemed to have back to back 1/2 hr appointments- so I did not get a clear answer on this. I sort of asked him and he just said anxiety and panic are a very common symptom for lyme and many co- infections.

But I wonder sometimes. I mean, I do know that I started to get them a few months after I saw the tick bite and small rash on my leg. And I do know I tested positive for lyme on the igenex and infectolab test. so it is not like I am just guessing at it.

But if I am assessing my symptoms and I still have the panic, and so the doc says I am only 30% improved so far- but what if the anxiety and panic are not lyme or co symptoms but something else?

How do I figure that out?

Because, like for example right now- when I was out earlier today I was feeling all anxiety- and now I am home and I feel 90% normal- and I didn't take naything. I just feel better when I am home. So it is almost a form of agoraphobia. But it is extreme and I never had anything like this in my life before.

Me too !
You know it's related if your anxiety started after the lyme ..
If you always had anxiety it would be different
I also feel it's like a bodily thing not necessarily a mental thing
If that makes any sense

Your brain chemistry is out of whack due to high toxin load. Try Serene by Neuroscience, Serenity by dr Sponaugle, or Holy Basil by New Chapter. They are all natural and truly help.

Try this:

http://alignlife.com/articles/depression/breathing-exercises-stop-panic-attacks-anxiety

You can do this while driving or standing in line at the grocery store. You don't have to be sitting. Just be aware of the feelings of your breath and aware, although detached, from your surroundings.

Centering yourself in the moment or "Now" and appreciating what you see there is important for decreasing anxiety, and has actually been found to boost immune response:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12883106
http://contemplativemind.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/why-mindfulness-can-help-the-immune-system/
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/meditate-you-have-medicate

Thinking about what happened 5 minutes or some time ago causes depression. Those moments have passed and are no longer real. Thinking about what will happen 5 minutes or some time from now increases anxiety. Those moments are not here yet and may turn out differently because of choices you make in the "Now". Try to stay in the "Now" and look for the good. Look for the beauty. It's there:

http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=3008

Both my daughter and I found anxiety/panic attacks to be the direct result of bartonella infection. As soon as her treatment started the attacks resolved. They can also be the result of a bartonella herx reaction, 11 days seems about right for that.

yup. I am definitely herxing. Like I said, I was feeling less anxious before the rifampin. And then of course it comes and goes. It is so much better when I am alone and home. So my doc said to do 4 days on and 3 days off the rifampin. I will do my three days off in two days. He said it is not true that the body builds up resistance in a couple days and that pulsing rifampin is fine. I was concerned as I had read online not to pulse rifampin- but he is a good doctor and he said that is false info and that if I pulse the rifampin it will help with the intense dies off. so that is what I will do. What a journey. I am thinking how happy I could be if and when this is all over and I can have my life back. A friend just invited our family to spend time this summer at his beach house and that would be so fun but I was like- well, I have to see if my panic attacks subside first.