Posted by bleauberry on November 22, 2018, at 9:50:20
In reply to I feel like I am brain damaged. Please read., posted by SLS on November 13, 2018, at 9:57:20
So sorry Scott! Heartbreaking. Millions of others suffer the same.
You know where I stand....just because the drug route hasn't been all that friendly doesn't mean there are no more ideas...I experienced the same thing....foggy, tired, no interest, meds worked weird if at all, years passed, decades passed....every new idea just fell short.
Anti-inflammation. Anti-microbial. Anti-toxicity. Within those 3 broad categories combined is the rejuvenation and rescue we all so desperately want and need. This approach is not mainstream and that is really a shame.
I think if you just assume or pretend that you have a tick born disease even if you are convinced you don't, then you improve remarkably. If you treat it as if you did, with 2-3 intra- and extra- cellular antibiotics, with a half dozen herbs specific for various angles of inflammation, and top that off with herbs and supplements to help remove endotoxins, junk, accumulated whatever....I think in 9 months to 3 years of doing this you are a new man.
There is no doubt you have given the doctors plenty of opportunity, probably more than they deserved, based on their unsatisfactory performance and inability to move the ball down the field. They had a few good plays but no scores.
You need to take the steering wheel away from them and drive yourself. That is what I did and that is my opinion. I am well aware that 90% of patients will not manage their own care. But still, I feel it is important that they at least be aware there are better ways.
I've had years to think about your situation. Without any evidence, I would confidently venture an educated guess that you are suffering the longterm symptoms of an unseen microbial invasion in the brain by intracellular pathogens such as mycoplasma or similar. Not a direct lyme infection, but one of the co-infections, which are the ones which really wreak havoc in the mood center. They set up shop in the linings of the brain and - in my opinion - are directly implicated in things like dementia and alzheimers - 100% ofd autopsied ALZ brains have been shown to have pathogenic bacteria. I won't say they are from ticks. Because it doesn't matter where they came from. You can get them from cats, mice, fleas, and mosquitos too.
Anyway, my opinion is that your prognosis improves dramatically if you close a long chapter and open a fresh new one.
It's hard to do that with depression and brain fog. The best assistance would be someone who considers themselves to be L.L.M.D. and also uses supplements/herbs in addition to ABX. Find that person and you are on your way with real authentic chances for recovery. Healing will only come with a wide open mind that does not prejudge any treatments in advance, but rather, embraces them and tries them.
I only say all this because I've seen in multiple times, experienced it myself, and want to help, desperately I want to help. It is not fair that I got better and most others didn't. The only difference is that I took a holistic route while everyone else only took a psychiatric prescription route.
You can do it. You can get better. I am 100% confident of that.
Start with one small step. Whatever that is. Don't overwhelm. But definitely turn the page and step into new territory.
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