Lyme and paranoia

Borrowed thought from elsewhere that struck home with me. Anyone have different degrees of paranoia with the Lyme and or co's?

I consider mine mild, but it got to the point where I don't trust anyone close to me, especially motives but also in deeds.

If someone had suggested I was paranoid, I'd deny it, but it does seem like that everyone I had contact with I end up feeling like they're using me, or out to get me in some way, or just flat out don't like me. Sounds pretty paranoid said like that.

Oh boy, have I ever had issues with paranoia! Between the time that abx had failed me and I finally found someone that would help me with herbal treatments was the worst time for me.

I had mostly mild paranoia off and on during the course of my illness - stuff you can reason yourself out of eventually - and I've had the moderate paranoia where I would just avoid those people that made me a little "too paranoid" - but I've also had severe paranoia, where I was completely convinced my loving, supportive, concerned husband was out to get me - he was only trying to make me feel like I could trust him so that he could "get me" , is what I couldn't get out of my head. Even though I couldn't ever explain what "get me" even meant! Of course, he was only trying to get me to eat, or drink some water, or wanting to do something else for me.

I also no longer trusted my own children, which I would actually trust with my life - and have. That's when hubby realized that this was a very serious issue, and called my daughter anyway. She and I have the most amazing relationship, so she literally dropped everything, took time off work and came up to spend 4 days with me. When she arrived, I wasn't sure I could trust her - but she wouldn't let up, she kept talking to me.

She was actually able to get me to trust her once again (boy, did she have to make some ridiculous promises!!), and was able to leave, with the promise that she would never, ever tell me something that wasn't true, nor would she ever withhold the truth from me - something that I used to promise my kids when they were growing up.

It took a while for the paranoia to calm back down, and I'm still not sure why hubby stuck around or why he didn't have me committed (to be totally honest), but he didn't and I"m more madly in love with him for it. He has stuck by my side through so very many challenges!!

If it permeates the Blood Brain Barrier, yes, paranoia is a very common symptom with Neurolyme. Left untreated could turn into schizophrenia and other terrible illnesses.