Re: 'try' antibiotics an see if you feel better?

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Joann,

I don't think there is a mean person in this group; noone is saying that we

don't feel for you and understand totally what it is like. I hope what I said

did not offend you; noone is saying we don;t believe you; all we are saying

is that it could possibly be an infection and that antibiotics will help. We

have all been diagnosed with everything under the sun except lyme and maybe

babesia. I was told I had fibro and nonspecific arthritis and I needed to see

a shrink and get on antidepressants, but we all know our bodies and to be

sick so long I would imagine is horrible. I needed to know what was wrong

with me and I would not stop until I found out, but I had to do it on my own

and pay for everything too. BUT, I am getting better. 10 months so far of all

different ABs but the pains are gone!. We are only trying to help and we are

all supportive, . We get frustrated because so many people go undiagnosed and

untreated and there is no need for that. Hope you are feeling better and stay

on-some interesting info is passed on. KIM

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I have been on antibiotics each time I have had a tick bite in the last few

years..and as I have stated many times..I do not have the symptoms that I

read here..and there has been no change in my symptoms, except they move

around, in the last 65 years..so I do not feel i have Lyme..and I am grateful

that after all these years I have something with a name to it..but dr. which

I am losing after 25 years believes in lyme and has treated me with

antibiotics with each tick bite..and is concerned but knows that I have not

changed in all these years..i still just hurt all over..a typical Fibro.

symptom, I also had an uncle (a doctor) with all the same symptoms..it runs

in our family..as does many other arthritises.

[Guest guest]

This third attempt to reply. Computer won't let me send to you. Please read

the one I did get through.

Thanks.

Jo-Ann

[Guest guest]

....

might i suggest that you may 'try' antibiotics an see if you feel

better?>>

How do you find a dr who will do this?!

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can

happen to it.

C.

[Guest guest]

Dear Kim,

You think being told to see a psychiatrist was bad; I was told to try yoga.

LOL

Eileen, NJ

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In a message dated 9/24/00 12:39:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

emci@... writes:

<< Dear Kim,

You think being told to see a psychiatrist was bad; I was told to try

yoga. LOL

Eileen, NJ

>>

And I was told to try bio feedback ! Anyone else ? LOL

diana

[Guest guest]

You hit the nail on the head about Phychrists..can cause more trouble

sometime that do good.

Jo-Ann

[Guest guest]

I was told to divorce my husband. If I didn't, my psychiatrist would refuse to treat me anymore (and made good on the promise). That was 5 years ago, 2 months before my Lyme diagnosis and ' eventual diagnosis. I now have a good psychiatrist, a good neurologist (LLMD), and a good psychologist (who disagreed with the original psychiatrist's "opionion" at the time).

Rose in Texas

BearyPrety@... wrote:

In a message dated 9/24/00 12:39:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, emci@... writes:<< Dear Kim, You think being told to see a psychiatrist was bad; I was told to try yoga. LOLEileen, NJ >>And I was told to try bio feedback ! Anyone else ? LOLdianaMany thanks to our founder and friend, Marta McCoy, for making what it is today.Easy Reference:Send a blank email message to: -Subscribeegroups - Subscribe to the list through email -Unsubscribeegroups - Unsubscribe from the list -Digestegroups - Switch your subscription to a digest format -Normalegroups - Switch your subscription to normalPlease send messages not related to Lyme disease to -OfftopicegroupsArchives can be accessed at lyme-aidPlease visit the sister site athttp://clubs./clubs/lymeaidThis is the primary chat site for .The "RoseWriter" says "Teach Tolerance, Overcome Ignorance, Advocate Lyme Literacy." See http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RoseWriter/ or http://www.angelfire.com/biz/romarkaraoke/james.html for our personal stories, links to research articles, websites, & current Lyme info.

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Hi ,Unfortunately, this is the problem when doctors hold themselves up so high. This guy was recommended for years by my psychologist (the one that disagreed with him) as one of the best in treating bipolar. I had had a couple of "real" quacks before who overdosed me with megadoses of Lithium. His medication management was good, and I saw him for many years. He showed his true colors, though, as and I both started developing the neurological symptoms of Lyme (well before we ever heard of it). Divorcing him wouldn't have stopped the "train wreck" for either one of us, and I consider us lucky to have each other (though it "ain't" been easy for either one of us) during these past 5 years. He even threatened to have me committed to a mental institution. Obviously, the problem needed more than Lithium. I can't even take Lithium anymore because of all the other medications, and I have done well enough (though not perfect) with the antibiotics. My current psychiatrist will not even put me on Lithium now, even though I have asked her when things have gone a bit screwy. She has kept up on all the Lyme literature available to psychiatrists since our diagnosis and knows and respects our LLMD well.

Love ya, Rose (and )

shasus@... wrote:

god.. no psychiatrist have that right to dictate something like this to a patient!!But I am sorry you had such an unpleasant experience but I think it is fortunate that that quack didn't see you afterwards because that psychiatrist can create even more damage if the sessions continue.elizabethThe "RoseWriter" says "Teach Tolerance, Overcome Ignorance, Advocate Lyme Literacy." See http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RoseWriter/ or http://www.angelfire.com/biz/romarkaraoke/james.html for our personal stories, links to research articles, websites, & current Lyme info.

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In a message dated 9/24/00 10:09:04 AM, BearyPrety@... writes:

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<< Dear Kim,

You think being told to see a psychiatrist was bad; I was told to try

yoga. LOL

Eileen, NJ

>>

And I was told to try bio feedback ! Anyone else ? LOL

diana

>>

One physician told me I must have had an over-protective mother, and told me

to stop being so dramatic when I tried to describe the pain! So, Lyme is

caused by over-protective mothers?!!!!!! Thank God I found my LLMD.

Charlotte

[Guest guest]

Rose, as implied, perhaps that quack psychiatrist's demand that you

divorce was a blessing in disguise; you now are being treated by a good

and helpful physician. I bet a lot of us have old war stories about

outrageous comments, suggestions, and " diagnoses " we've gotten from various

docs through the years. --charlotte