Chronic Lyme Disease
Chronic Lyme Disease
Patient's Symptoms
Patient's Symptoms
CONTINUED- Part 4
CONTINUED- Part 4
NEURO/PSYCH
“Instant” memory problem, forget in the middle of something
Do not think of things in advance of doing something that would be normal to most
Run into walls or doorways, misjudge spaces and distances
Tip or fall over while walking or standing
Misjudge distances to place items on something
Get distracted and wander away from tasks- and start new tasks
Repeatedly bumping into things with the left side of the body
Dropping things from hands for no reason
Forget something is being carried in my hand till hand is needed again for something else
Lost in my own neighborhood area or going to wrong places when I know better
Distraction or loss of focusing- the “duh” attacks
Feels like I have to tell my arms to move when I need them to do something or reach out
Feels like I need to tell my legs to move and in what direction to be able to walk
Delay in “thinking... and then doing”- Slow response time
Not recognizing that colors are all around... only seeing shades of black, gray, and white
Seeing a color totally different than the actual color- (see green phone and it appears purple)
Not seeing 3 dimensional, things appears flat, or one sided
Ground feels like it is moving, rippling, swaying- or like I am walking on a boat
Words on written page look like this : word (The end of the word looks like the print is smaller than the beginning)
Words sway or bulge out from the page and wave up and down or move on the page
Problem with multiple concepts or doing two things at once
Inappropriate words.. say “pink” when looking at a “blue” object
Inappropriate words when speaking- like saying tomorrow instead of yesterday
Saying words messed up, like Sountain Foda
Personality changes- better or worse
Hostile for no reason or fits of nasties or yelling
Crying for no reason or too much
Handling stress poorly- stop the world I want to get off feelings
Saying numbers wrong or not being able to say/write the name of the number being seen
Word, letter, or number reversals when writing
Writing letters or numbers backwards
Abnormalities of taste
Abnormalities of smell
Heightened sensitivity to vibrations or movements
Sensations of falling forward or backwards
Walking with an unsteady gait, stopping to be balancing along on table edges, walls, etc
Walking stiff legged and like a monster or a severe waddle
Legs giving out while walking
Knee buckling for no reason
Emotional disaster days
Feeling apart from everything
Intrusive obsessive thoughts
Intrusive images or sounds
Trouble finding words needed to communicate
Trouble reading and understanding what was read
Feel like my mind is gone or going fast
Panic attacks
Obsessive- compulsive stuff
Severe anxiety
Constant anxiety
Objects seem distorted, side ways or misshaped
Can’t make a straight line and lines appear slanted when they are straight
Vivid nightmares or repetitive thoughts at bedtime
Hallucinations during the day
Loss of drive and “want to”
No imagination or “sparks”
Perceived alteration of limb size and shape- jumbo or tiny, long or short- circus mirror
Feeling like there is a delay between an event happening and knowing it happened
Feels as though time is standing still
Feels like there will be no future or “later”
No idea if I have responsibility of anything other than what is in my face at the time
Forget family exists unless they are there in front of me
Feels like sinking sensation as though legs (or car wheels) are beneath ground level
Feelings are dull and blunted
Capacity to experience most emotion is lost
Having to act as if playing a “part” to get something done
Ideas are in my mind but I see them from an outsiders view and deal with second person
Withdrawn and anti-social
Tunnel/corridor vision
Suicidal thoughts
Thoughts of wanting to quit
Thoughts of wanting to die but not have to kill myself and make a mess
No smiling or fun in my life
Fear that is not justified and blown out of proportion
EATING HABITS
Fix food and forget to eat it
Miss meals totally because of forgetting
Very thirsty
Weight gain or loss
Chocolate, salt, sugar, or other cravings
Food restrictions
Tested and had developed 49 food allergies. Before Lyme there were none.
Eat all day some days and barely at all other days- either very hungry or not at all hungry.
YEAST
Yeast infection in mouth
Tongue splitting open
Not able to taste food or smell food
Vaginal yeast infection
Skin yeast infection
OTHER STUFF
Sore or scratchy throat, especially one-sided
Voice changes while speaking
Voice is gone sometimes.
Hypoglycemia like feelings
Flip back to southern accent, especially when tired because I can’t control it.
Part 1- https://sites.google.com/view/symptoms-of-lyme/chronic-lyme-symptoms-example?authuser=0
Last Updated- April 2019
Lucy Barnes