what to do when your brain freaks out

Normally, I'm a very calm, logical, rational person. I'm not given to freaking out or being overly emotional.

Right now, the littlest things send me totally through the roof!

High pitched sounds.....like chewing, rubbing fabric, clinking.......absolutely drive me nuts!

I just had a panic attack after hearing someone chewing. Hyperventillating, body shaking, crying, pounding a pillow.....absolutely totally freaking out! Over nothing!

I can't go anywhere or do anything. The only place I'm ok, where there aren't sounds that I can't take, is in my room. Am I just supposed to lock myself in my room for the rest of my life?

Yeah,sayyadina, this is a symptom, not a way of life!

I think you are taking Buhner's protocol. You might want to step up your detox regimen.

I have been where you are, and I can honestly say this will pass with treatment. In the meantime, when you can, somehow communicate to your friends what you can and cannot do. If you tell them quietly with no drama they will either figure out how to interact with you, or be there when you come out the other side of this.

Remember this is a neurological response to the injuries the disease is causing. This is not you.

Wishing you well.

A little Klonopin is starting to sound awfully nice to me.

I weaned myself off of it years ago. I think I would just need 7 to 10 a month (or less); I could break it into four pieces and take little slivers of it.

A friend of mine used to take little "crumbs" of klonopin to keep her seizures under control.

Honestly, wouldn't that be a good way to deal with herxing?

Now I know why Ms. Misty Meadows uses brandy in HER hooch.

M

Before my Lyme diagnosis I was prescribed Valium as a muscle relaxant. I admit, I take one when I really freak out. Actually it's usually my husband bringing it and saying "here, take this"! He isn't trying to drug me up, but he recognizes that sometimes I don't realize what I need. When he brings it, I say "Oh, yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

I'm driving my husband crazy. I comment on him chewing, rubbing the fabric of his clothes, scratching, moving his feet, talking on the phone (he has a loud voice, imagine...), his cutlery on his plate, etc... . Earplugs are my dear friends. I wear them when I'm at home. I can still hear someone talking to me, but the annoying noices are muffled or gone.

You will need to up your detoxing. There's some pretty good advice above.

MarieLS