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Anxiety is terrible. My first couple LLMD appts I couldn't remember much of anything...Between being so very sick and the anxiety it was all a blurr.. I would have to call the nurse to get my med regiment that the doc already went over with me...

But now my doc waits for me in the nurse area.. He is interested in the tiniest little things I learn. He has only been treating Lyme about 3 years, when his 12 year old was dx with MS...He found Lyme in her, but he is slammed at work and his other daughter has Autism..So his family life is also busy. He is only one man and there isn't enough time in the day for him to study and research..

I LOVE my LLMD, he has saved my life and so many others.

Well I ended up writing you a book...LOL

Hope everythig goes well today and you remember some of it. Have you tried Xanax? I take it maybe 1-2 times a month.. I take .5mg to help me out in tuff situations. Some people on the Lyme forum swear by it.

Let us know how it went.

Post edited by: Tennesseemom7, at: 04/26/2010 07:05 AM

because I couldn't remeber what I felt like from day to day

or even if I had felt something or when it happened.

That was such a great helpful thing to do.

I also kept a seperate notebook

that I wrote down questions and concerns

or what ever I might want

to ask the doctor or be sure I told him.

You might want to have who ever is with you

write down everything they hear the doctor say

or ask if you can use a tape recorder to listen to later.

I always use a tape recorder when ever I want to remember what is said anytime anywhere.

I don't actually even tell people I am doing it

That might be wrong but it is for my handicap only not foul play.

Good luck and be patient with yourself.

Meri

I've seen many people take in tape recorders too. I take notes on key things the doc tells me.

It hard to keep track of everything so it helps so much to write it down..

From there I encourage my MIND to push through it - as my mind knows that what is on the other side so to say - really isnt as bad as this disease is making me feel it is...

Remember to breath - and that with depression, anxiety and pain - we have to learn to interrupt the negative reactions - with calm ones that are more positive...

Sounds much easier said then done...but with practice it can be done...and done very very well...I am living it...

There are also dietary and supplement changes that can be made to help with this - better then Rx's can...

Just checking in to see how your appt. with the doc went..

I was doing well for years and then got Lyme. Now the anxiety is back and I am taking meds to help it occassionally.

It is terrible when the anxiety hits, I can't breathe and talk at the same time, get chest pains, or start sweating..panic attacks present in so many different ways with me, sometimes I get hives.

Christine is correct about working through it with positive thoughts and surrounding yourself in a calm setting to ease of out of the panic mode.

Although it is hard to do, with practice it can be done. I was doing well for years until the Lyme took hold of me.

But I still try to use the same relaxation techniques that I have been doing for years.

Sometimes, I find reading helps me escape and stops my anxiety..a good book to get lost into.