I didn't recognize the way home tonight.

Oh yeah, that happens to me too... more frequently than I'd like. Did you get the feeling like you'd hit "black ice"...? Ya know, where your hands grip the steering wheel all of a sudden, the moment you realize that you don't know where you are, nor do you know why you're out driving around ??? That's what happens to me.

Not much fun, is it? :( It's something to do with the neuro effects of the lyme. Which is why lyme is so often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's and dementia. I handle it by just continuing to drive straight forward and not turn any corners... within a few minutes, I usually see something that I recognize and "the switch" in my brain flips back on, and I know where I am and where I'm going.

It's a creepy feeling though.

I agree with sknight. Just keep going and you will recognize where you are.

You are not alone in this.

Sorry to say, your experience is more common than I think people realize. Some people call it part of brain fog, others call it Lyme brain.

No matter what it's called, it's certainly disconcerting....and will get better with treatment.

Hang in.

Thanks, guys. Glad I'm not the only one who's done this. It's so scary.

I'm not even on any neurotropics right now. That would make sense if I were.

I've been treating for almost 2 years now, and I feel like I'm still getting worse.

I told my husband that I'll have this aging thing all figured out by the time I'm 80. It's really alarming to be suffering from this sort of thing at age 47.

Good luck, all of you!

Also remember that when you recognize something like this happening to you a new 'system' kicks in called anxiety which has its own terrible symptoms. It could be possible you experienced the original physiological symptoms of lyme affecting your brain. And then almost immediately a 'freak out' from anxiety which can cause the exact same feeling of 'fill-in-the-blank'. I get it a lot.
Try to accept that it happened and be confident that if it does you know what you will do (i.e. pull over until the 'feeling/wave' passes- and it will). Accept that it's lyme causing it and above all don't fear it.

Yep, count me in as one that has had many issues with this!! It was sooo darned frustrating as it started back in 1987 for me, so I had it off and on for (wow - I hadn't done the math before) for a total of 24 years with the last 11 of those years being much more constant and the last 3 of those years being super intense. I had no working memory (short or long term) those last 3 years.

And I can definitely attest that my memory and recall has improved dramatically! My memory is quite decent now - which is amazing to me.

When I would find myself turned around I would always find a place to pull over and try to get my bearings again, and if I couldn't, I would go into a store and ask for directions. Usually I was in a familiar area, but because of the infections and the effect they had on me, I just wasn't recognizing where I was for the moment. If I could get to where I was going, usually the trip home was fine. If it was the trip home that I got turned around during, all I had to do was make it home, so I never hesitated to stop and ask for directions!

I would suggest that you raise the amount of detoxing you are doing though - this is a sign that the toxins are building.

((HUGZ)) Mama V I am so sorry that happened to you. It must have been scary but you and your daughter handled it! Sounds like you are on the right track getting back to the detoxing. :) You can do it!

Yes! Kimbo62, I DO second guess my GPS! Isn't that awful? I got directions from Siri, and then I thought, Oh, geepers, Siri doesn't know where this place is!!