OCD/Lyme

cigi · Post by **cigi** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:57 pm

I've been diagnosed with lyme disease and have ocd. I am on iv antibiotics, oral and a host of other medicines. I have not been myself since March of last year - the scary thing is I don't know who I am anymore. I do everything like I regularly do, but sleep is interrupted, constant dreaming. Seeing a therapist. On Zoloft 125mg.

Anyone else have lyme and going through this?

Thanks for the input.

Janell79 · Post by **Janell79** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:46 am

Hi,
I was just recently diagnosed with Lyme disease and a co-infection called Babesiosis. I have had them for 15 years! I live in Utah where the docs don't know a whole lot about Lyme, which is a little scary. I have felt a whole bunch of different emotions and have noticed the anxiety and depression getting worse. I know it has been quite a few years since you posted. How are you doing now?

Ocean · Post by **Ocean** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:13 pm

I was diagnosed last Sept, but I know it started in 1996, so I've had it for 12 years. Try to cut sugar out, sugar feeds the Lyme spirochetes. I'm wondering how many people with anxiety actually have Lyme Disease. 3 months after I got infected, I had my first panic attack and my health went down the tubes. For about 2 years I felt really really horrible. Anxiety, suicidal depression, I'd try to drive somewhere and completely forget where I was even if it was somewhere I'd been before. In highschool, I would copy the notes from the board 3 times, not realizing it was the same sentence. I lost years of my life. I think this program can help us Lymies, but there is a huge physical component as well for us.

Well, my daughter wants me so I have to go. I'm so sorry you are going through this, I know how badly it sucks and you think you will never have energy again or be yourself again. I can't say I've ever been the same again, but I've been close and I'll take it!

Take care,
Ocean

Trystan0620 · Post by **Trystan0620** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:14 pm

Thanks Ocean for you encouraging words. I've just started the program today. I am praying that this will be my saving grace ~ meds certainly have not.
Trystan

Ocean · Post by **Ocean** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:47 pm

Trystan,
Hey, no problem. Do you have Lyme too? I think my panic stuff revolves around how I've taken care of myself, and I've eaten waaay too much sugar in the past year for one (hey, I was breastfeeding a baby and needed the extra calories, hehe!).

If you work at the program, it will help for sure. I'm on week 8 and haven't done the program in over a week now because I've been so busy with remodeling our house.

Let us know how you are doing and feel free to post your fears, questions, ect... sometimes it's just reassuring to know that you aren't alone!!
Take care,
Ocean