Does the depersonalization go away ?

That was one f the first, and worst, symptom when all this started with me.

As odd as it may seem, I describe ot as like an out of body experience. It was as if I was looking at myself. It was worse when I would go somewhere l, like a busy store, and my senses would get overloaded.

That was years before someone finally diagnosed me with Lyme, but the depersonalization lasted about a year. Horrible feeling. It was what I would imagine a zombie would feel like.

Good news is it passed long before treating Lyme. I think anxiety from Lyme played a big role in it. Since doctors had no diagnosis, I would get more stressed and the depersonalization would get worse.

It took 11 years to get a diagnosis. Bicillin shots with serrapatese to break up biofilm and Argentyn 23 got me back to 85%. Heart valve replacement, not related to Lyme, brought it all back and more.

How long have you had Lyme and depersonalization? And hat tests showed Lyme?

So you had a CDC positive for Lyme through Labcorp? If so, that one is hard to argue as they use the western blot, which is not strong in detecting Lyme. The depersonalization is still hanging with you for the whole 3.5 years? Sorry for the questions, but making sure I understand it correctly.

The intrusive thoughts and anxiety are something many can relate to on this forum. I'm going through it again, now. I would assume you are treating, which might also be adding to the symptoms through a herx. .

I had anxiety (sometimes very severe) for decades. It's basically zero now. What changed it for me was taking the right adrenal formula (which contained Rhodiola) and large amounts of supplemental magnesium.

Thank G-d, as it was just awful. I empathize.

Natual Calm (Citrate/Malate).

I was on Magnesium oxide, but I went off it because it can irritate symptoms like heart palpitations.
Generally, it's recommended that you take it to bowel tolerance. So, start with say, half a teaspoon in room temperature water. Take away from meals. You don't want to dilute your stomach acid, esp. with this disease. See how you feel. Increase until you're having more bowel movements, and reduce if you get too many loose stools or diahhrea.

It's good to have a lab check your Mg levels, as too much can also cause symptoms (though that's usually quite high doeses). Most Lymies are deficient in magnesium.

The depersonalization does go. I had it for awhile and it went. Mine is only back to protect my from this "new" problem I have. It's just your brain trying to protect you. It will go. I know it's hard to believe, but it will. I literally know of HUNDREDS of people that have had this and it went, but you have to speak to the right people. There's many that have had it for so many years and still have it, and this generally indicates something is wrong and something needs to change.

Word of advice though, supplements and conventional western medicine won't change this, and if it does, it won't be "cured," it will simply be treated... for now. You have to actually remove the root cause and you will heal.