Psychiatric Lyme

Symptoms of Psychiatric Lyme disease: patients with late stage Lyme/tick born disease may present a variety of neurological and psychiatric problems, ranging from mild to severe. These include:

-Cognitive losses including:
-Memory impairment or loss ("brain fog")
-Dyslexia and word finding problems
-Visual/spatial processing impairment (trouble finding words/getting lost)
-Slowed of processing of imformation
-Psychosis
-Seizures
-Violent behavior/irritability
-Rage attacks/impulsive dyscontrol
-Anxiety
-Depression
-Panic attacks
-Rapid mood swings that may mimic bipolarity (mania/depression)
-Obsessive compulsive disorder
-Sleep disorders
-Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (add/adhd)-like syndrome
-Autism like syndrome

I have most of these symptoms at one time or another. I experience such rage about things that I can't even believe my reaction. I throw my phone, I scream at the top of my lungs until I lose my voice, I feel so out of control and I feel so bad that I end up this angry. I hate it. I wish I could stop it but it happens so fast. This disease is brutal. And I am sure there are a lot of people in this world who have committed serious offenses from angry outbursts that probably had lyme disease and didn't even know it. (could be used as a defense in court too I'm sure if it can be proven) This disease makes me feel NUTS sometimes! I wanted to post this info because somebody out there might not know that they have lyme and could be suffering from severe anxiety and other psychiatric issues and should definitely be tested for lyme by an LLMD. I really don't have many other issues just my gut issues and my psychiatric illnesses. ...

mumma, thanks for sharing. I knew I wasn't alone. :)

While I agree that drinking plenty of water is a must, drinking a glass an hour has the very real potential to unbalance the electrolytes in the body, dilute the amount of stomach acid to the point where your food isn't being digested well enough before entering the intestinal tract and more.

If a person has any other autoimmune issues happening, taking Resveratrol can be a tricky thing as well.

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