Sorry to read you are going through so much at such a young age. This is not an easy thing to deal with for anyone. People that don't have it don't understand what you are going through and what every day is like.
Some days I can't wait for the day to be over so I can sleep and not have to deal with it for those few hours (there was a time when I couldn't sleep either)
I don't think it will help you but know that there are many others just like you going through the same stuff. Many of us have been dealing with it for years
It helps me to keep thinking that some day I will be free of it and feel like a normal person again. When I am better I will appreciate how I feel ! (I'm not going to take it for granted like many others I see)

Did you get an actual diagnosis of Lyme disease? What medications are you taking? I haven't started taking any medications yet because my body is so sensitive. I have severe chemical sensitivities so I react to a lot of things and one the symptoms at times is anxiety/depression when I come into contact with certain things. My doctor thinks that I am not detoxing very well and have heavy metal toxicity such as Mercury so a lot of these things all tend to work together and build up in your system. Not sure what type of doctor you are seeing but detoxification is very important in all this if you are not addressing that. For starters, what helps me is sauna and working out. I'm fortunate that I can work out so this has helped me feel slightly better at times when I feel anxiety coming on.

Lyme can be passed on from mom to children at childbirth. Having said that, you can now also get an understanding of maybe how and why your parents were/are the way they are. It is very scary at age 18. I am now 71 and i still can relate to the fear at 18. At 18, i came down with recurring very high fever that went as high as 107F. I was hospitalized for 3 weeks with this and at the end they told me they did not know what i had. There was absolutely no reason visible. Now i know it was lyme

Lime almost killed me again at age 38 when i had real strange heart arythmia where my pulse dropped to an erratic less than 30 beats a minute. Now i know this is thanks to the lyme i ve had all this time.I can relate to extreme so called growing pains as i grew up and now i know it was lyme. Lyme also gave me Bell's palsy twice where half my face would be paralyzed for about 2 weeks. Another symptom of lyme.

I know now that my mom did have lyme because her symptoms all indicate lyme, and her alzheimers was probably triggered by lyme. I am glad now that i am in this lyme battle because at my age, i am at the same age as my mom's alzheimer started and i sure do not want such a fate.

Jnhou is right on. Prior to even testing for lyme, they tested me for toxic metals. Three elements, namely lead, mercury, and cadmium were more than 10 times the max normal. I was very toxic and before the lyme testing even began, i had to start undergoing detoxifying. Also, my immune system was tested, and it became apparent that i really had no functioning immune system to speak of. Currently we are working to detoxify me and to improve my immune systems and both are integral to starting the fight against long term lyme.

It is not an easy journey, this lyme bit, but now that i know what has been causing all this havoc in my life, my current osteo-arthritic knee is almost bearable even though it is in pain most of the time and i am limping along badly since last February.

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I like what everyone has shared here. I agree, it's tough dealing
with this at such a young age. I'm sorry to see that you're going
through all of this. Yes, I'd be curious to know what 'all these
medications' might be. Sometimes doctors start out slow. Seeing
what reaction you'll have to a specific medicine. Many times, my
system couldn't handle one, ie certain antibiotics, and then he'd
stop using that.
My doctor also works with detoxification. Sometimes our
detox pathways are blocked and we can't get rid of the die
offs from the treatments. Hopefully, you will find your way with
this as you go. Finding a support group can of coarse be
helpful if it's not too overwhelming. Reading books has
helped me. Coming on this site is another way to gain
good support..
I have improved and gotten better over time. I don't
feel there's a 'miracle' treatment but the quality of my life
has improved.
I think we all cope in our own individual ways. I've
been doing a spiritual practice. I do creative things, like
drawing and writing. I've found 2 excellent support groups
and I can phone people when I feel like talking.

I am so sorry you are going through this but glad you shared with this support.
Is there a support group in your area? Would your parents help you start one?
Maybe getting a second opinion about all the meds you are on from an ILADS dr.. will help.
You are not alone.

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