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Posted 5/31/2014 10:56 PM (GMT -5)
Would any of you share what some of your brain, memory,
thinking issues are due to LD?
I am curious how similar or different things are for a lot of us with LD.....

Thanks!






BTW--the Neuro I spoke to at the Lyme Ctr in NY said that Lyme usually attacks the same areas of the brain for all Lyme pts
Posted 6/1/2014 6:12 AM (GMT -5)
Hi sueg,

I have trouble concentrating or doing anything detailed. If I am making dinner I can't be having an involved conversation at the same time, especially if I am using a recipe.

Some days I can read the newspaper just fine, but other days when my symptoms are worse the information just doesn't seem to sink in. I have to re-read and re-read.

When I read instructions on how to do something or get somewhere it takes a lot more concentration than it used to before I got sick.

My memory is not very good either. I especially notice my short term memory being particularly poor. Someone will ask me something about a TV show I watched the night before and I sometimes can't remember what happened.

Sometimes when I am doing something I just forget what I am supposed to do next or planned to do next. If I don't write things down as soon as I think of them they are often forgotten within seconds.

When I get really sick I have more trouble getting my words out. At my worst or when I "crash" I have stuttered. I have never stuttered in my life before so it's pretty scary. Also when I had "crashed" I sometimes can't speak for a minute or two. I can hear people asking me if I am OK, but can't answer right away. Thankfully this doesn't happen often.

I am sure there are more, but let's hear what others have to say.
Posted 6/1/2014 11:37 AM (GMT -5)
Hi sueg,

I have the same symptoms as Summersun. With treatment I no longer stutter. I can't process 2 things at a time. I am a nurse and for the life of me I cannot remember lab values....I have to look them up. I have a horrible time with word retrieval.

I am sure with further treatment these brain issues will resolve.

Patty
Posted 6/1/2014 12:06 PM (GMT -5)
Trouble finding words, forming sentences. On really bad days I start to stutter. Foreign languages that are different than my mother tongue become difficult to use.
Huge short and long term memory loss.
Unable to concentrate: reading books, studying, understanding things. I sometimes can not 'see' sentences, they dance in front of me.
Black-outs: suddenly not knowing where I am, what I am doing and not knowing how to proceed. Followed by hours of chaos in my head.
Very short moments of almost loosing consciousness.
Posted 6/1/2014 9:36 PM (GMT -5)
The worst part for me is that time disappears. That is, I can sit at my desk, stare at a document and not really process it in my mind for long periods of time, and I don't really accomplish anything. When I look at the clock again, I realize a lot of time has passed this way. The good news is that this doesn't happen nearly as much anymore since I quit eating gluten. This used to happen just about every day; now it's just occasionally.
Posted 6/1/2014 10:26 PM (GMT -5)
Attention span, Asperger's symptoms, depression, short term memory problems since I was a kid, now I got long term memory problems too. Anxiety improved a lot after supporting methylation starting with Step One of Dr. Yasko's supplements.
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