Suggestions for coping with depression/rage?

sorry if I cannot be more of a help, other than to say "I understand" . . .

I believe most, if not all my emotional issues are the result of inflammation of the nerves near my jaw and neck ...

I don't have issues w/ brain fog or a difficult time with word retrieval, but the anti-social, discconection and irritability issues can be awful ... and although it is difficult to describe, I can trace these emotional problems directly back to physical inflammation ...

Have you tried IR Sauna or acupuncture ? .... how about a musical instrument - do you play ?

Another potentially big part of this could be issues with B vitamins and minerals such as zinc and copper - can you tolerate taking B12 ?

If you are questioning yourself, it's likely that it's the Lyme/Bart rage (they can each produce this), so please be as kind as you can to those around you. I could actually feel the rage coming on after several times of it happening (an unjust anger that would just swell uncontrollably), so I knew I needed to get away from any innocent bystanders - like my poor husband! Poor guy - it used to really disturb him when I would go through a period of that rage, because once it was over, I would walk back in the door, give him a kiss and go on about my day!

Depending on how 'violent' the outbursts are, you could do as I did and find an activity that is very physical - I used to split firewood or -if that was all done (LOL!) I would just grab a large branch and beat the living daylights out of a tree.

For me, as the rage outbursts were ending and getting less intense, I found that I only needed to separate myself from others for a bit to settle myself once again.

Oh good!! At least you don't have that to deal with!

You may just need to take a few moments and remember that this is the disease - not you. A few deep breaths, and nice cup or glass of some herbal tea might help too. I like Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer on days like that, or if my shoulders/neck is tight.