alcohol intolerance and other things

[mladams]

So I've always been one to enjoy a beer with dinner or in the evening to relax but I went over seas for work and when I had a beer the one night my head went crazy. I was confused as to what was going on around me, things weren't connecting right, and I really felt like I was losing my mind. When I woke up the next day though I was ok. I know symptoms of something can vary greatly from one person to the next but does this sound like something that's happened to anyone else?  Its just not like me. Its never happened to me before, I've always tolerated alcohol very well.

I've also noticed that things that were behavioral issues in the past seem to be tougher to deal with now and cause a lot more stress. Does lyme ever accentuate troubles you already have?

I go to be tested in may by one of the best doctors in the area to deal with lyme. I don't know if this is the problem or, as my other doctor believes may be the case, it may be a seizure disorder. I'm just trying to figure this stuff out.

[JackieCalifornia]

We'll be waiting to hear about your appointment!

[mladams]

That and I just kind of wanted to add that for me I think it started as anxiety and depression. I always thought it was stress triggering those things but I did about everything I could to reduce my stress and it kept gettng worse to the point where I feel I just can't think correctly. Ideas aren't conning to me like thy used to and things I used to understand well sometimes leave me confused.

I'm hoping this appointment I have this week will give me some answers and I can begin getting back to normal. Otherwise I'll have to make a trip to the neurologist and I don't know what I'm gonna find out there.

[mladams]

Lol thanks for the advise. I have an appointment this week so hopefully I can get all this worked out soon.

[JackieCalifornia]

Sorry, second to last para:  I didn't mean you should talk TO your symptoms, but TO YOUR DOC ABOUT your symptoms.  

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[JackieCalifornia]

I see I skipped right over your second paragraph about 'Lyme accentuating troubles you already have'.  That's well said, and exactly so.

There is an emotional intolerance aspect to Lyme that I suppose has to do with brain inflammation and endocrine interference from a Lyme infection.  It's a *very* common complaint/symptoms of many of us here.  Anxiety from the disease itself gets all tangled up with anxiety from the medical profession ignoring us, and it gets hard to tell the difference.

Based on personal experience, the anxiety will abate with treatment, so hang in there.  You might also think about talking to your symptoms -- I would.  

My thyroid checked out somewhere in the middle of my Lyme adventure, and while that doesn't happen to everyone, Lyme does mess with a lot of body systems you wouldn't at first expect.  

[mladams]

Nor did I. Thanks for the response :)

Matt

[JackieCalifornia]

if you search 'alcohol' in the 'search this community' box up and to the right of your screen, you'll find comments by other posters here about not tolerating alcohol well or at all.

ILADS, the main LLMD group, posts treatment guidelines that prohibit alcohol consumption for the reason you list.  Try not drinking for a month and see if the episodes stop.

glad you're seeing a Lyme specialist; your current doc, if he's not knowledgeable about Lyme overall, would probably not know that alcohol and Lyme don't mix.