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Keeping Your Fighting Spirit in the Face of a Lyme Relapse

The Mighty is an online newsletter for the Chronically ill.  There is a section for Lyme patients to submit and share their stories:  https://themighty.com/category/lyme-disease/

A Lyme Relapse

https://themighty.com/2016/11/lyme-disease-relapse/  By Susan Pogorzelski

I thought I’d put it behind me. Not for good — I’ll always advocate for those with Lyme disease and do whatever I can to spread awareness and education — but I thought I’d moved on, that it was a thing of the past, that it was something I could say I survived and now I was ready to live my life.

Another chapter. A different story. The life this disease stole from me was right there, for the taking. But there is no separation. Just like I can’t separate myself from this illness, I can’t separate living my life with having a voice connected to the Lyme community.

I say community like it’s some kind of club, but it’s not one you ever want to be a part of. Because this community is made up of thousands upon thousands of people suffering every day, fighting a relentless disease. It has no end — just cycles of feeling good until you don’t anymore.

I fully understand why it’s so easy to deny this disease, especially when there’s so much misinformation out there by the people who are supposed to be helping us. It’s why this disease has become so political in nature, why there’s this so-called “war” between patients and doctors when patients should have only one battle to fight — that against this illness. I’ve lived with this disease, I fought that battle. I thought I won.

But it’s not just one battle.

When you have Lyme disease and its co-infections, you’re fighting a war — just you and the bacteria, with your body as the battleground.

I was tired of fighting.

Which is why, after 15 years of being misdiagnosed, two-and-a-half years of hell in treatment, and six months in remission, I chose to ignore the familiar pain that snuck back into my joints, the fatigue that fell in waves across my mind and made my body feel weak, the tingling in my fingers that’s a sign of neuropathy, and the headaches that crawled up the back of my head. I made excuse after excuse and tried to find ways to manage these symptoms: holistic remedies and essential oils, methods of detoxing and changing my diet, walking the dogs when even small bits of exercise tired me out…

But it was all just padding — a Band-Aid on a much larger problem that I didn’t want to admit.

I cried nearly every day when I was sick with Lyme disease, feeling guilty because I couldn’t go into work. I could barely walk and wasn’t lucid enough to focus on the computer screen, but still I berated myself for not being there to help my colleagues and do my job. I pushed myself to get better, even though I knew how fragile my health had become, and when I finally went into remission, I constantly feared I would always be two steps away from a relapse.

I didn’t take care of myself then. But I was taking care of myself now.

Resigning from my corporate finance job was a long time coming, as increased pressure, unabated stress, and feeling undervalued despite my dedication to the job threw me into a depression. Being sick for so long didn’t help with those coping abilities, but it was being sick for so long that helped me learn the lesson that I think has been shadowing me my entire life:

A drowning man will pull you under in an effort to save himself. To keep yourself from drowning with him, you have to save yourself first.

I was in a position where my job had begun to affect every other aspect of my life, and suddenly small problems that normally would be only a nuisance became insurmountable obstacles that I could no longer cope with. I didn’t expect to make the decision when I did. I wanted to wait until I had something lined up, until I knew what my next step in my career would be.

But life doesn’t always come neatly packaged like that, and even though I’d tried taking steps back towards happiness, back towards myself, it was like there was this blockage, and nothing else — nothing good — could come through.

I hit rock bottom. And then, I tunneled through rock bottom and hit rock bottom again.

Something had to give, so I made the decision to resign.

While I signed up to supplement my income through temp work, I waited to take on any new assignments, learning the hard way that I needed to take the time to separate myself from my last job and whatever work I was going into next. I was so stressed and burned out, caught on the verge of a relapse, that I didn’t think I could manage taking care of myself, let alone a new job.

So, I spent a few weeks recovering and discovering myself again: I picked up more hours at the vintage bookstore where I’d been working Saturdays, I finished writing my book about Lyme disease, I took the dogs for long walks and watched them play in the yard as the weather grew unseasonably warm. I napped by choice, not by need. I read books for pleasure again as my mind cleared, effortlessly sliding into new worlds. I took on a new editing client. As the days passed, I felt my soul expand.

Here was Susan again. I was healthy. I was happy. I was doing everything I loved and becoming more me because of it. I was giving myself the time to recover not just physically, but mentally and emotionally — time I’d never given myself at the height of this illness.

But then, after a month, I was asked to go back to a portion of the job I’d just left, to fill in for five weeks during the summer rush.

I went.

Truthfully, it was what I needed— a means of earning back some lost income and the structure necessary to return to the 9-5 working world for future temp assignments. But that stress crept back up quickly, and suddenly I found myself fighting every day for the ability to focus when exhaustion drained me, for some relief from pain that had me back in the Epsom salt bath every night, for time off on the weekends because I need two whole days to recover when familiar symptoms slowly started to edge their way back in.

I finally had to accept what I’d been denying for months: I was in the middle of a relapse.

Back on the medicine, back to taking all those supplements — a dozen and more bottles that fill the bread drawer — and back to monthly visits to my doctor upstate.

This time, I vowed it was going to be different.

Those first few months of the relapse, I sank into a mild depression knowing just what a relapse meant. For the first two-and-a-half years of this illness, the thought of remission alone fueled me forward, motivating me further along in my recovery as I fought for life and for my dreams. I knew what I was working for, and when I reached remission, I thought I finally had the energy to get there.

I thought, I finally have my life on track as I pursue these dreams. I thought, I can finally show the world what I’m capable of. I thought, now I can live the life I always wanted – I can be healthy, too!

No more pain! No more naps unless I want them! No more limits!

But this disease creates limits, where everything becomes a choice. I could mow the lawn or clean my house. I could do the dishes or cook dinner. I could write or visit with my family. I can never do both. Not when you’re running on empty, anyway, and you have to decide how to use that last bit of gas that’s reserved for emergencies — just enough to get you to safety on the side of the road.

This disease sucks the life right out of you, and even now, a full year since I relapsed, it’s hard to accept that I’m back here again. There has been so much anger, so much resentment, so many tears of frustration at being given a glimpse of something I’ve longed for — a glimpse of a healthy life — only to have it taken away again.

But I’m not back there again — at least, not at the very beginning. And when I look back, I can see I’m not the same, either. Maybe that’s the difference.

I know what I’m facing now. I know what I’m capable of. I know that I’ll carry that determined spirit and everything I’ve been through and learned with me as I keep fighting — for others, for myself. I got through this before, and I know I can get through it again. I have to.

Because I’m not giving up.

Category:

Psychological Aspects

Antibiotics and Alzheimer’s

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-antibiotic-cell-brain-areas-alzheimer.html

Antibiotic restores cell communication in brain areas damaged by Alzheimer’s disease
November 15, 2016

New research from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC has found a way to partially restore brain cell communication around areas damaged by plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

The findings, published this week in Nature Communications, demonstrate a possible target and a potential drug treatment to reduce damage to the brain that occurs in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Using Ceftriaxone, an FDA-approved antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections, researchers were able to reduce synaptic disruption and clear the lines of neuronal communication in mice.

Amyloid plaques of -amyloid deposits develop in brain regions of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, These plaques are linked to the damage found in Alzheimer’s disease because they prevent cell communication and are toxic to nerve cells. The researchers found that the brain areas around these plaques show high levels of glutamate, a signaling molecule essential to communication between brain cells, accompanying high levels of hyperactivity in glia, the brain’s support cells. It’s in this glutamate-rich environment that communication between neurons is changed or disrupted, causing neurons to die in the later stages of the disease.

“By imaging the glial cells and glutamate itself around the plaques, we were able to see that the cells were not able to ‘remove’ the glutamate accumulating in these brain areas. By using Ceftriaxone, we were able to up-regulate glutamate transport,” explains Dr. MacVicar, principal investigator and professor of psychiatry. “By restoring glutamate levels, we were able to mostly restore neuronal activity.”

The team’s findings have implications for treatment of early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

“This dysfunction in cell communication occurs at a very early stage in the disease, before memory impairment is detectable,” says Dr. Jasmin Hefendehl, a former Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. MacVicar’s lab and the lead author on the paper. “This makes our discovery particularly interesting, as it opens a window for an early intervention strategy to possibly prevent or delay neuron and memory loss.”

Ceftriaxone is an antibiotic that is commonly administered before some types of surgery to prevent infections. Although a recent clinical trial failed to see improvements for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the researchers are hopeful about its potential for early intervention in treating Alzheimer’s disease.

More information: J. K. Hefendehl et al, Mapping synaptic glutamate transporter dysfunction in vivo to regions surrounding Aβ plaques by iGluSnFR two-photon imaging, Nature Communications (2016). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13441
Journal reference: Nature Communications
Provided by: University of British Columbia

Due to the link between infections such as MSIDS (Multi systemic infectious disease syndrome – or Lyme with friends), and Alzheimer’s, this is encouraging news.  It shows the very real possibility that certain antibiotics will help.  Again, it appears the earlier the better.

For more information:

 https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/06/09/alzheimers-byproduct-of-infection/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/04/10/bugs-causing-alzheimers/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/06/03/borrelia-hiding-in-worms-causing-chronic-brain-diseases/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/08/09/dr-paul-duray-research-fellowship-foundation-some-great-research-being-done-on-lyme-disease/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lyme, Psychological Aspects, research

Dr. Zubcevik Challenges TBI Standard of Care

http://www.mvtimes.com/2016/07/13/visiting-physician-sheds-new-light-lyme-disease/

Dr. Nevena Zubcevik, attending physician at Harvard Medical School and co-director of Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, http://spauldingrehab.org/research-and-clinical-trials/lyme-disease/, recently spoke at a weekly meeting of clinicians, which was open to the public at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

In standing room only, Zubcevic admonished that singer/actor Kris Kristofferson’s recent cure of dementia, once diagnosed and properly treated for Lyme Disease, should be a lesson for medical professionals.  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/06/09/alzheimers-byproduct-of-infection/.  She also stated that children present differently than adults, with headache being the most common symptom but to get them tested if they are acting out, experiencing mood issues, irritability, and fatigue.  (They need to be tested; however, with sensitive testing that Lyme Literate Doctors – LLMD’s use.  One lab that offers these tests is Igenex Labs in CA.  The best way to get good information is to contact a Lyme Support Group in your state.  They have all the information regarding LLMD’s, testing, costs, and educational materials.)

She explained of a haunting case of a young male institutionalized for schizophrenia. After proper testing for Lyme Disease, he started daily antibiotics and within six months he was normal.

For more information on how borrelia, the causative agent of Lyme Disease, and various coinfections can and often do affect the brain see: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2015/10/18/psychiatric-lymemsids/ .  Also, see Amy Hilfiger’s story: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/07/01/ally-hilfiger-on-fox-5-ny/, as well as how Toxoplasmosis can affect the brain: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/05/21/toxoplasmosis/.

She also debunked myths.

*Studies show you can get Anaplasmosis in 15 minutes from tick attachment, 10 minutes for Powassan virus, and that it is UNKNOWN how long it takes for the various strains of borrelia (LD). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=296pVc5Zbxw&index=2&list=UUTXTo-yWGZkRwrQ9X6X7E0A

*Doxycycline CAN be given to children, infants, and pregnant women.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26680308  (no correlation between the use of doxycycline and teratogenic effects during pregnancy or dental staining in children was found)

*A two-day course of Doxy has little to no prophylactic value, and that the proper course is 100-200mg twice a day for 20 days, regardless of engorgement time.

*The current testing misses 69 out of 100 patients who have LD, and doesn’t pick up borrelia miyamotoi at all, not to mention other strains. Miyamotoi is prevalent in Massachusetts.

*The “classic” bullseye rash only happens 20% of the time and when it does present can look like a spider bite or bruise.

*Patients often have coinfections which tests do not pick up. These coinfections make patient cases extremely difficult and complex.

She also stated that borrelia can go into tissue, travel in the bloodstream and is twice the speed of a white blood cell which means it can swim against the flow of blood and evade the white cell by quickly burrowing into tissue, thereby avoiding the immune system.

She stated that having LD is a body-wide toxic war – leaving the patient feeling miserable, and that while she is fairly new to this field, she sees no controversy – that animal studies clearly show persistence after treatment and that human tests do too.

She mentions the work of Dr. Ying Zhang of Johns Hopkins Lyme Center and that his work has indicated that current treatments may not clear persisters. Due to this research she feels a combination of several antibiotics, particularly new combinations, are promising.

Zubcevik found that a patient with chronic LD, when given a PET scan, showed blue and purple, indicating atrophy, whereas after six months of IV antibiotics, presented with yellow and green, indicating metabolically active regions.

Zubcevik has patients who have been ignored, beaten down, and who have lost the will to live. They show signs of post-traumatic stress and have destroyed marriages often leaving them alone. They break down crying with she tells them she believes them.

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Anaplasmosis, Clinic, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, research, Toxoplasmosis, Treatment, Viruses

Ally Hilfiger on Fox 5 NY

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Put in a psychiatric hospital by her dad, Ally went through hell and back with Lyme/MSIDS.  She suffered with more than a decade with bouts of strep throat, pain throughout her body especially her knees, difficulty concentrating and paranoia.

Unfortunately Ally propagated a myth.  She stated that if it’s 42 degrees, ticks are out and alive.

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/01/20/polar-vorticks/

Fact: In most areas of the country, “tick season” runs from April to November, however, infection can occur any time of the year. For example, in the winter, some tick species actually move indoors, while other species make a type of “internal antifreeze” to survive during the winter months. This is often why veterinarians will recommend year-round tick prevention.

Deer Ticks in this video survived 3 degrees overnight.

Since I live in the tundra of Wisconsin I can attest to this.  You can pull ticks off your dog in February and they are alive and well.

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Ticks, Uncategorized

Anxiety

Suffering with anxiety while fighting MSIDS (multi systemic infectious disease syndrome) can be debilitating.  I remember the days when my husband would literally start shaking while talking with people.  He never knew when it would strike.  He could be having lunch with a sales rep or standing in the foyer of someone’s home.  He dreaded it, and I felt completely helpless.  He is completely free of anxiety after three years of treatment.  And while I feel treatment is truly the answer, there are often things we have to do to assist our bodies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQS3oPTgDmM  Published on Apr 23, 2015  Could diet and nutrition be central determinants of mental health? Find out when Trudy Scott, CN, provides evidence presented at The Anxiety Summit, seasons 1 and 2, which has showcased vitally important research now available to integrative practitioners and to people who suffer with anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety and OCD. The gut-brain connection and microbiome, methylation, adverse effects of benzodiazapines, the role of inflammation, and controversial opinions about serotonin, GABA and urinary neurotransmitter testing are a few of the concepts that will be shared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wP1xFcXFZo  Published on Feb 21, 2014  “Using Targeted Individual Amino Acids to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, Worry, Negativity, Cravings and Emotional Eating” with Food Mood Expert Trudy Scott

Supplementing with specific individual amino acids can raise neurotransmitter levels and balance brain chemistry, alleviating anxiety, fear, worry, panic attacks, and feeling stressed or overwhelmed. They can also be supportive in addressing other issues that contribute to or exacerbate anxiety, such as sugar cravings, emotional eating and addictions. In addition, supplemental amino acids can help with depression, PMS, poor focus/ADHD and insomnia, which often co-occur with anxiety.

This presentation will cover symptoms of low serotonin, low GABA, low endorphins, and low catecholamine neurotransmitters. How to raise these neurotransmitter levels with the amino acids l-tryptophan, GABA, d- phenylalanine (DPA) and l-tyrosine, thereby improving mood and ending emotional eating will be taught. The use of glutamine to stabilize low blood sugar, leading to improved mood and gut health will also be addressed.

Trudy says: “The amino acids are key to the success of my practice. They help my clients eliminate stress-eating, and make food changes without feeling deprived and only having to use willpower. My clients feel calm and happy right away, giving them hope, while their other health and nutritional challenges are addressed. Many people suffering from various health concerns could receive tremendous relief with the proper use of amino acids”.

Quite often with MSIDS, we find ourselves dealing with side issues.  Which came first, the infection of MSIDS or the condition?  In nearly every case, the science is completely lacking, but unless dealt with will stop our healing.  Pyroluria is perhaps one such condition.  Normally considered an “inherited” condition associated with inner tension and anxiety, especially in social settings, and is made worse by stress, MSIDS sufferers should consider it.

Discuss all treatment information to your health care practitioner. 

http://lymediseaseguide.org/lyme-disease-zinc-and-pyroluria  Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt claims that most patients he treats for autism or Lyme disease have pyroluria, a defect in the synthesis of haemoglobin which causes excess excretion of zinc. His treatment for the condition is extremely high doses of zinc (200mg or more each day) although this level of zinc can cause nausea, adversely affect copper levels in the body (leading to anaemia), double the risk of prostate cancer, and result in diarrhoea, stomach pain, and vomiting in some. Patients should be extremely cautious regarding zinc supplementation whether suffering from Lyme disease or not as excess levels can build up quite quickly if pyroluria is not present.

Pyroluria is also known as kryptopyrroluria (KPU) or the Mauve Factor and is most commonly observed in women, possibly due to the more overt effects of chronic deficiency in B6 and zinc that may result in women during their teens and early twenties. Symptoms associated with pyroluria include halitosis (bad breath), severe stretch marks, fatigue, poor concentration, confusion, sleep disturbances, poor appetite or increased appetite, mood swings, pale skin, multiple food allergies, and changes in libido (raising or lowering). Some patients may be prescribed antidepressants such as Prozac as low levels of zinc and B6 can reduce the production of the neurotransmitter serotonin which regulates mood (amongst other things). Patients may be persistently depressed to some degree with symptoms exacerbated (in women) as part of the premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

The recommended daily allowances for zinc (in the US) are 8milligrams (8mg) for women and 11mg for men, although these used to be around 15mg a few years ago and have been lowered in recent years; anything over 50mg per day is considered excessive. Those with pyroluria however, may be advised to take supplements containing vitamin B6 and levels of zinc above the generally recommended levels but taking high levels of either nutrient is inadvisable without medical supervision (excessive B6 may lead to a kind of peripheral neuropathy when taken long-term).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYlZWuclkFA&ebc=ANyPxKp7mcnAx12iMGs_zB6ubuX_HWBCznJrjwQzuJPm55chzcn2zv0w70pkVRRMStcznXtE8nJl  Published on Jun 19, 2014  Pyroluria is more common than we realize and has overlaps with social anxiety and introversion. Carl Pfeiffer did the initial research while working with schizophrenic patients and found that the key nutrients zinc, vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil reduced and often eliminated symptoms.

This presentation will review:

• The associated signs and symptoms of this condition
• The concerns with pyroluria urine testing, and why the pyroluria questionnaire may be a better option
• Fatty acid testing
• Concerns with low vitamin B6 and zinc markers
• Food sources and supplemental forms of these nutrients
• Additional supportive nutrients
• Risk factors related with excess intake of some of the nutrients
• Tips to enhance absorption
• Review of a supportive protocol and its duration

This presentation will also examine the connection of pyroluria to gluten intolerance, inflammation, stress, heavy metals, low serotonin, insomnia, women’s hormonal health, methylation mutations and low histamine. Case studies will be discussed.

http://www.publichealthalert.org/kpuhpu-a-major-piece-of-the-puzzle-in-overcoming-chronic-lyme-disease.html#at_pco=smlrebh-1.0&at_si=56c7495ab3bd3a80&at_ab=per-2&at_pos=3&at_tot=auto  Here is an excellent article written by Scott Forsgren on KPU/HPU.

The HPU complex is a biochemical marker and neurotoxic substance frequently identified in the urine of patients with autism, learning disabilities, alcoholism, substance abuse, schizophrenia, ADHD, Down syndrome, depression, bipolar disorders, and even criminal behavior. Some estimate the incidence of KPU to be 40-70% in schizophrenia; 50% in autism; 30% in ADHD; and 40-80% in alcoholism and substance abuse.  HPU may be an inherited condition but it can also be induced by childhood psychological trauma or chronic infections. Dr. Klinghardt has found the incidence of HPU in Lyme disease to be 80% or higher; in patients with heavy metal toxicity (lead, mercury, cadmium, and others) over 75%; and in children with autism over 80%. These are very significant percentages of the patient population with chronic illness that may benefit from a treatment program which addresses HPU. Normal, healthy controls do not test positive for HPU. Dr. Klinghardt believes that it is not possible to have chronic symptomatic Lyme disease as an adult without a preceding mold illness or the patient having developed HPU. He postulates that the biotoxins from microbes block one or more of the eight enzymes of heme synthesis. This leads to a significant loss of key minerals in white blood cells which effectively disarms cellular immunity.


Last year, Certified Nutritionist Trudy Scott interviewed researchers, doctors, psychiatrists, nutritionists, consumer advocates, and psychologists on natural solutions for anxiety.

http://www.theanxietysummit.com  By going here, you can purchase recordings/transcripts, or contact Scott for any upcoming free on-line events.

 

 

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diet and nutrition, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, research, Treatment, Uncategorized