Depression/Anxiety/Insomnia Worse Symptoms

Hi everyone! I was diagnosed last week with LD by IgeneX and Ispotlyme testing. I don't have the test in front of me to tell you what the test exactly said other than the Ispotlyme said "positive". My worse symptoms are mind crushing depression and anxiety at times. I cannot sleep well for anything. I have tried all kinds of supplements. I started an antibiotic last week (don't remember which one right now) and I take it every three days.

For those who have suffered from anxiety, depression, and/or insomnia, did you ever get relief? This was never a problem until 2 1/2 years ago. Based on all of the symptoms and have had over the last 20 years, the doctor suspects I have had it for some time now. If anyone can give me some hope that this will get better, I really need it right now. I am tired of crying for no real good reason and feeling anxious and I don't know why. I have tried all sorts of anti-depressants and had no success. I am currently on .25mg 3 times a day of Xanax that I want off of since it doesn't do much for me either. I have been as high as 2.5mg total for the day.

I am also working to get my thyroid at an optimal level.

I am a 52 year old female. I have had hysterectomy and all sorts of hormone therapy has been tried prior to finally being tested for LD.

Thanks Traveler! My doctor seems knowledgeable about LD. I guess it is hard to tell until you have been down the road for a while. I have a friend who also has LD, but doing quite well now. I have shared with her what my doctor is doing and she says he seems to know what he is doing. I am know waiting to see what co-infections I have going on as well.

I am glad you recovered from the severe anxiety and depression. I have some physical pain that comes and goes. By far the worse pain is in my jaw. I also sweat like crazy during the night and that definitely does not help with the insomnia.

Thanks again!

Thanks Girlie! It is pretty overwhelming right now.

Welcome Sissy! Glad you found this forum! It is a very caring, knowledgeable, and supportive place!

I'm sorry you're having trouble with anxiety and depression. I can definitely relate - the crying spells are the worst! I think my coworkers are afraid of me; I have to explain to them that I'm crying for no reason lol

I found that dandelion root tincture in water helped with anxiety at certain times, as does lemon water (just make sure you are using at least one full lemon). Haven't found anything to really help with the crying spells...they come and go as they please. Someone suggested that I get my adrenal glands checked...have you? Might be a good place to start.

Keep us posted with your journey. xo

Sissy63 said...
pmm73, It sounds like you are pretty early in treatment. Have you found any improvements yet?

Yes, I am still in the early stages of treatment. I was diagnosed in August but have not found the right LLMD so that's been a problem. I was only on abx for a month and I'm at a crossroads now with what to do. Overall, the severity of joint pain has improved and I don't have any numbness or tingling like I used to but other symptoms have either developed or have just become more of a focus. (It is common for symptoms to lessen, disappear, reappear, etc)

I'm having a lot of cognitive/neuro/emotional problems so the whole mind/body disconnect is an issue. My mind feels okay today (while it was really bad the last few days) but my body is not so great. I would like to amputate my left arm because it's just sore and useless, and my hearing keeps going in and out. But I can mentally deal with it today. Seems like when my body feels okay, my mind suffers greatly. And vice versa

It is a marathon, though, not a sprint. Keep the faith. :)

Welcome Sissy63. Yes many of us have/had those symptoms. The weird thing is that symptoms are always constant (which is good). You can have a good day, then a bad, or a good couple of hours, then bam you feel like crap. It can be extremely frustrating.

Hang in there!

That seems like an odd dosing for your Cefdinir - is this just a 'starting dose' - to just get you started and the dose will either raise or you will be adding in more abx?

You will want to make sure your resveratrol is from Japanese Knotweed, not grape skins - it makes a big difference - in case you didn't already know this.

Are you doing anything for detoxing? Detoxing is a very important part of us getting through treatments. Each time a Lyme or Bartonella bacteria dies, it releases toxins that cause us to either have more symptoms, or the symptoms we already have worsen in severity. Detoxing is one way of controlling these effects.

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

You need to move those toxins out of your body.

Ok. Sometimes we need to change it up or increase depending on the issue. A couple of easy ones to add in if needed are Pinella (brain detox), burbur (body detox) and dry skin brushing. The former 2 are by nutramedix.