Re:Lyme Disease and OCD

[Guest guest]

Very interesting.......my daughter was bitten by a deer tick when she was 3

years old. We had the tick tested by our health department (female, nymph

stage - the main carrier of lyme). Our pediatrician said that she had a 50/50

chance of developing Lyme. We waited and no symptoms ever occurred. We had her

tested for lyme disease three months after the bite and again at 6 months

after the bite. She always tested negative, but interestingly enough EXACTLY 3

months after her bite is when our lives tumbled out of control with her anxiety

and OCD and ADHD. We brought this up to every one of her specialists and ALL

of them said that it could NOT be the cause. Her psychiatrist said that it

would have had to hit her physically first before she could have developed any

neurologic effects of Lyme, and she NEVER got sick or showed any physical

symptoms. She is now 8 years old. I decided that we will NEVER know if this

was

the cause or not. Even if it was.......there is nothing we could do about it

now. But my gut tells me that it is more than coincidental! Thanks for

sharing. Kath

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This is very interesting-my dd also had Lymes Disease before she was diagnosed

with OCD. I have to check that link and if anyone has any other info, I'd love

to see it. Dawn G.

[Guest guest]

We have not been affected by Lyme disease personally, but I have a friend whose

son was, and I know that there are neurologists out there that specialize in

this. It might be worth a google search to find someone that specializes in

it.......

mykeirkel@... wrote: Very interesting.......my daughter was bitten

by a deer tick when she was 3

years old. We had the tick tested by our health department (female, nymph

stage - the main carrier of lyme). Our pediatrician said that she had a 50/50

chance of developing Lyme. We waited and no symptoms ever occurred. We had her

tested for lyme disease three months after the bite and again at 6 months

after the bite. She always tested negative, but interestingly enough EXACTLY 3

months after her bite is when our lives tumbled out of control with her anxiety

and OCD and ADHD. We brought this up to every one of her specialists and ALL

of them said that it could NOT be the cause. Her psychiatrist said that it

would have had to hit her physically first before she could have developed any

neurologic effects of Lyme, and she NEVER got sick or showed any physical

symptoms. She is now 8 years old. I decided that we will NEVER know if this was

the cause or not. Even if it was.......there is nothing we could do about it

now. But my gut tells me that it is more than coincidental! Thanks for

sharing. Kath

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Kathy,

I think you can still find out and still treat it. You will have to

look for a doctor who recognizes the long term effects of Lyme.

There seem to be two schools of thought on Lyme Disease. The

conventional idea is that Lyme is easily detected with tests and

treated with 4 weeks of antibiotics and then whatever symptoms are

left you are stuck with. Then there are some doctors who will

diagnose Lyme based on symptoms and history as well as different

tests and treat aggressively, for years if needed.

There aren't many doctors who treat Lyme this way and apparently,

they are under pressure from other doctors to conform. Patients

online talking about Lyme will not even name doctors but call them by

initials. It sounds unbelievable.

One test that is supposed to be more accurate is the Igenix test. I

ordered this test kit online and took it to my daughter's doctor. He

had to order it for me. I am waiting for the results. This lab

tests for more antibodies than most and is run by a lab which does

only Lyme testing.

Here is a list of Lyme symptoms. www.canlyme.com. Scroll down to

see symptoms.

Here is a website of Lyme patients discussions. www.lymenet.org Go

to flash discussion. I don't really like this site but you can find

a doctor who recognizes chronic Lyme there. Depending on where you

are, you might have to travel. I am in Texas and will have to go to

Missouri.

I am pursuing this because my daughter has not been feeling well for

a while, not really because of OCD. If it turns out to help her OCD,

that will be even better.

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> Very interesting.......my daughter was bitten by a deer tick when

she was 3

> years old. We had the tick tested by our health department

(female, nymph

> stage - the main carrier of lyme). Our pediatrician said that she

had a 50/50

> chance of developing Lyme. We waited and no symptoms ever

occurred. We had her

> tested for lyme disease three months after the bite and again at 6

months

> after the bite. She always tested negative, but interestingly

enough EXACTLY 3

> months after her bite is when our lives tumbled out of control with

her anxiety

> and OCD and ADHD. We brought this up to every one of her

specialists and ALL

> of them said that it could NOT be the cause. Her psychiatrist said

that it

> would have had to hit her physically first before she could have

developed any

> neurologic effects of Lyme, and she NEVER got sick or showed any

physical

> symptoms. She is now 8 years old. I decided that we will NEVER

know if this was

> the cause or not. Even if it was.......there is nothing we could

do about it

> now. But my gut tells me that it is more than coincidental!

Thanks for

> sharing. Kath

>

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