Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Hi, I have definitely felt the numbness settle in, and I can relate. It almost feels like there's a little 'you' inside screaming to be let out. I did some research on the psychiatric side of Lyme and found that it often causes " depersonalization " , which is fairly easy to wikipedia. I found that this seemed to sum up what I was feeling in terms of numbness/emptiness. I'm not sure if it goes away, though. I sure hope it does. Quoting bridget <blueyes7648@...>: > Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel > completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have > absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to > be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I > don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets > better..... > Bridget > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Lyme and it gets better. takes alot of time Madderra #235 ASSE International Representative Host Families Needed/www.asse.com Gift Baskets and Floral arrangements Order Now www.mylabellabaskets.com/fsmfarms.html 417 288 0085 [ ] brain stuff.... Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Bridget, It is caused by Lyme and it will get better. I've also felt completely cut-off from my normal emotional responses. I was finally persuaded to try Lexapro as I sank into a deep depression (lost all motivation to do anything) after 2nd week of IV Rocephin. It seems to be helping. As your treatment progresses (and there's no way to know how long it'll take) you will start to feel glimmers of your former cheerful personality. I was advised to consider seeing a therapist but decided I couldn't afford it. Besides, unless the therapist works with Lyme patients, I'm not sure it would be helpful. The psychiatric manifestations of this disease are really awful! But not unusual. You might ask your LLMD about what could help improve your mood. Your situation will improve, but it can take a while. Wishing better days ahead, Kim Re: [ ] brain stuff.... Lyme and it gets better. takes alot of time Madderra #235 ASSE International Representative Host Families Needed/www.asse.com Gift Baskets and Floral arrangements Order Now www.mylabellabaskets.com/fsmfarms.html 417 288 0085 [ ] brain stuff.... Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Yeah I do suffer from anger, Im angry to all the Drs who didnt treat me properly. Im angry for their incompetent. Im angry becuase I beg and reach to them, they turn their backs on me. Who wouldnt be angry?. ________________________________ From: bridget <blueyes7648@...> Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:00:04 PM Subject: [ ] brain stuff.... Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 This is so from lyme - hang in there girl - it will get better and one day your old self will come around.....my 11 year old is suffering very bad right now with the anger stuff.........it's so hard on everyone..........but keep with treatment -   Diane ________________________________ From: heidy mahady <mactan_girl@...> Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:25:22 PM Subject: Re: [ ] brain stuff....  Yeah I do suffer from anger, Im angry to all the Drs who didnt treat me properly. Im angry for their incompetent. Im angry becuase I beg and reach to them, they turn their backs on me. Who wouldnt be angry?. ____________ _________ _________ __ From: bridget <blueyes7648> @group s.com Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:00:04 PM Subject: [ ] brain stuff.... Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 My husband is going through the same thing right now. There have been times that his " old self " has been totally gone. For months and months at a time. He would sit on the couch and just stare at the TV and NEVER engage in conversations with me, only yes or no answers. He would do that or go into rages and scream and yell at the kids or me. I was at my wits end until he went on IV Rocephin. After 6 weeks on it, it " old " self had returned fully. A " self " I hadn't seen in about 8 years! It happened around the time of our 10th wedding anniversary and he was feeling so great and normal we went on a 2nd honeymoon for a week and it was better than the first honeymoon! We feel in love all over again and even stronger!!! Didin't know love could get this strong. BUT about a month later he had to have the port removed and stop Rocephin because he was in severe pain at the port site and was diagnosed with RSD. We tried IM injections of the next best thing, Claforan. BUT the injections, which were done in his hips twice a day, triggered RSD in his hips, back and legs SO we had to stop that. So now he has FULL body RSD AND the Lyme is back. His " old " self is almost gone again but not completely. We are now seeking " alternative medicine " options because we have done all of the oral antibiotics and they don't work for him. We are also wanting to buy a Rife at the recommendation of his LLMD but can't afford it right now. And have no credit left either because we drained our saving and racked up debt paying $600 a week while he was on IV Rocephin. SO THERE IS HOPE that your " old " self will return when you beat this thing!!! YOU are NOT " YOU " right now and your " old " self is still in there deep down!!!! KEEP FIGHTING!!! YOU WILL GET BETTER AND RETURN TO YOUR " OLD " PERSONALITY BUT, like my husband, you just have to find what treatment works for you. In all of my research lately trying to find a " cure " for him... I have learned there is LOTS of things still left to try (such as a Rife and a whole other world of alternative medicine).... so I am hopeful. Like you, I thought my husband's " old " personality, the one I married, was total history. I even used to cry myself to sleep at night grieving for the person I had lost. I had come to hate him because I have come to believe he was dead.... his " old " self I mean. And this " new " person was the Lyme taken over his mind. These 2 personalities were night and day, Jekyll and Hyde. And I despised the Hyde. BUT the day his " old " self suddenly appeared... I can't tell you how overjoyed and giddy in love I was!!!!!! And same with him!!!! There are days now, that he isn't himself. BUT I now know he is STILL in there, and this is only TEMPORARY. Soooo keep the faith, God... Ala... Buddah... Satan....whatever you believe in. Things will get better. > > This is so from lyme - hang in there girl - it will get better and one day your old self will come around.....my 11 year old is suffering very bad right now with the anger stuff.........it's so hard on everyone..........but keep with treatment -   Diane > > > > > ________________________________ > From: heidy mahady <mactan_girl@...> > > Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:25:22 PM > Subject: Re: [ ] brain stuff.... > >  > Yeah I do suffer from anger, Im angry to all the Drs who didnt treat me properly. Im angry for their incompetent. Im angry becuase I beg and reach to them, they turn their backs on me. Who wouldnt be angry?. > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > From: bridget <blueyes7648> > @group s.com > Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:00:04 PM > Subject: [ ] brain stuff.... > > Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... > Bridget > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 It will get better, I promise, hang in there. I was like that and I went on the Buhner herbal protocol. His book is cheap on amazon.com. I just did the main 4 herbs, slowly increasing dose until I maintained a tolerable herx. It also comes in a liquid concentrated tincture called Quintessence by Biopure US which is much easier than the quantity of pills. He says to take a dose of the herbs every 4 hours, beginning with 1st thing in am and right before bed (except while sleeping), because the herbs are flushed out after 4 hours. http://stores.homestead.com/BiopureHealingProducts/Detail.bok?no=43 I have no connection whatsoever to these products, just been using them a while with noticeable improvement. I all for the do no harm treatments. After the first 6 months I felt my self coming back a lot even though I still had a ways to go. I've been on them since and also use a doug coil rife machine, mangosteen pericarp by faro (sugarless strong natural abx). http://www.farocompany.com/mangosteen-capsule-pills.html Plus lots of magnesium malate and doing the sea salt/c protocol helped me feel better as well. Athena > > Yeah I do suffer from anger, Im angry to all the Drs who didnt treat me properly. Im angry for their incompetent. Im angry becuase I beg and reach to them, they turn their backs on me. Who wouldnt be angry?. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: bridget <blueyes7648@...> > > Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:00:04 PM > Subject: [ ] brain stuff.... > > > Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... > Bridget > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 It will get better, I promise, hang in there. I was like that and I went on the Buhner herbal protocol. His book is cheap on amazon.com. I just did the main 4 herbs, slowly increasing dose until I maintained a tolerable herx. It also comes in a liquid concentrated tincture called Quintessence by Biopure US which is much easier than the quantity of pills. He says to take a dose of the herbs every 4 hours, beginning with 1st thing in am and right before bed (except while sleeping), because the herbs are flushed out after 4 hours. http://stores.homestead.com/BiopureHealingProducts/Detail.bok?no=43 I have no connection whatsoever to these products, just been using them a while with noticeable improvement. I all for the do no harm treatments. After the first 6 months I felt my self coming back a lot even though I still had a ways to go. I've been on them since and also use a doug coil rife machine, mangosteen pericarp by faro (sugarless strong natural abx). http://www.farocompany.com/mangosteen-capsule-pills.html Plus lots of magnesium malate and doing the sea salt/c protocol helped me feel better as well. Athena > > Yeah I do suffer from anger, Im angry to all the Drs who didnt treat me properly. Im angry for their incompetent. Im angry becuase I beg and reach to them, they turn their backs on me. Who wouldnt be angry?. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: bridget <blueyes7648@...> > > Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:00:04 PM > Subject: [ ] brain stuff.... > > > Does anyone else suffer from complete lack of emotion or just feel completely numb brain wise? Aside from the brain fog, I have absolutely no emotions, except anger. It is so sad really, I used to be such a fun, happy, loving, caring person, now I am just nothing, I don't even laugh anymore. Please tell me this is from lyme and gets better..... > Bridget > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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