Garzie said...
Another incredibly helpful post from the Dude 🖖
the only thing i wanted to add - and this may well be something you have considered already, given your own experience with TBD
and i know these days so many young people have extensive and poorly understood mental health issues - at prevalence out of all proportion to when we were growing up for reasons no-one really seems to understand
so it really could be due to any number of causes
but reading
Sara said...
She reacts with uncontrollable rage - roaring and thrashing. ...
this really shouts bartonella at me:
i lived with someone going through this bart induced rage type stuff - delusions - overreactions, thrashing about
- banging themselves against the walls etc etc - in someone who was normally the nicest person you could meet - it was truly shocking to see.
but these extreme mental health symptoms also seem to be more common with bart in children and adolescents -
and particularly prevalent in those with any pre-existing trauma or pre-existing mental heath issues
i know it might not be that - or that the parents may not be convinced /
open to it - but if it were my child or relative i would want to try and rule that out if i could - as at least this is a treatable condition and a normal life is possible for them after treatment - whereas with most of the other causes - its a case of medicating for life with v limited chances of recovery.
so i would want to at least check this avenue out thoroughly - so i could be assured that i have not missed an opportunity to get their life back - before moving on to other things or being resigned to trying to ameliorate symptoms.
such a difficult situation for all concerned - the effects of mental illness like this really do ripple outwards to affect the entire family
reminded me a bit of this article
https://nowthisnews.com/swamp-boyits a graphic novel style real story of a boy named Jack who suffered psychotic episodes with an undiagnosed bartonella infection
the author wrote it to help raise awareness of bart and its effects
this really shouts bartonella at me:
i lived with someone going through this bart induced rage type stuff - delusions - overreactions, thrashing about
- banging themselves against the walls etc etc - in someone who was normally the nicest person you could meet - it was truly shocking to see.
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but these extreme mental health symptoms also seem to be more common with bart in children and adolescents -
and particularly prevalent in those with any pre-existing trauma or pre-existing mental heath issues
I am so happy and grateful that you brought this up. I was so depressed over the years as I thought I was psychotic and thought I was the only one who acted out this way or have had to live like this. I have pre existing trauma big time and also was diagnosed with BPD this year at 31 yrs old after years of bipolar and major depressive disorder misdiagnosis. Sometimes I wonder if it's all bart bt then remember how screwed up my child hood and whole life has been dealing with narcissist abuse and reactive abuse. My rage is insane and sometimes I boil it down to bart or bpd. Can people with bart actually get physically aggressive? Wonfer how many people went to jail for domestic violence or harming someone and really had bart and maybe weren't even aware, that's scary . I can't tolerate talking , loud music, people talking in the supermarket, my kids talking or laughing, it all makes me feel anxiety and overwhelmed. Does that sound like bart?