Hi can anybody help me with me?

For the past 6 months I have been off work with neurological symptoms. I am now being treated for Lyme disease. Doxy and iv.

I have no history of mental problems.
My main problem is I have experienced 6 months of de-realization. I can function in conversation but I look at my family and can hardly recognise that I am in the moment. When I go out of the house everything seems like a deja vu. I limit my driving and going out as everything just seems so strange. Also I am experiencing intrusive memories that pop up any time which I find debilitating not bad memories just flashes of the past. I am hypersensive to light, noise and touch. I have extreme tinnitus and developed anxiety which again I have never suffered.
I have no problems in life that may cause me stress. Has anybody been through this and healed?

I have a supportive family but can not seem to shake these symptoms.

Hi Neurrotic - Welcome to our community.

I'm so sorry you are having these neurological symptoms...

I need to ask you what you're doing for detox? A lot of the symptoms we experience are from the toxins -that are created from the die-off of the bacteria - which happens from treatment, as well as the natural life-cycle of the bacteria.

Detoxing - is really important to help your body flush these toxins out.

Some things you can start right away if you haven't already - to support your body and help with detox:
- Make sure you are drinking lots of water - everyday - minimum 8 glasses.
- Take probiotics - for your gut health
- Take a good liver supplement.

Every few days, you can add in another detox....gradually building up until you are doing multiple methods daily.
Some ideas:

- Taking a binder - eg. Activated Charcoal (this must be taken a couple hours away from food, supplements, antibiotics...and anything else that you don't want flushed out with it.

- Take warm epsom salt baths. At first only stay in for a couple of minutes.

- Dry brush your skin prior to baths or showers.

- Brain detox - 1) Nutramedix Pinella and Burbur or 2) Jernigan's - Neuro-AntitoxII -CNS/PNS

Here's a website with more ideas:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Did you notice a worsening since starting the antibiotic treatment? That would be because of the overload of toxins - called a herxheimer reaction.

The detoxing helps reduce that...

Also, if the symptoms get too bad, you should consider stopping the abx for a day or two to let your body catch up.

A discussion with your LLMD about this is also a good idea.
Are you having difficulty with sleeping?