Posted by Phillipa on November 10, 2012, at 8:54:02
In reply to Re: Depression is Infectious Inflammation » Phil, posted by SLS on November 10, 2012, at 8:31:49
I had panic disorder more than 25 years before a blood test discovered that I had lyme's disease. For some reason a pdoc who was also an osteopath ran Western Blots on his patients. Me and one other guy turned up positive. His was a false positive and mine turned out to be the real deal. At the time ended up in the hospital with both rheumatologist and infection control doc trying to distinguish whether my outrageously high ANA titer also was either an autoimmune disease or lymes. I had spinal taps that were negative, MRI's of the brain. Then a pic line and rocephin IV given for lymes. Then two years three months on and three months off biaxin xl. That's why the infection control doc feels lost taste and smell the antibiotic. To this day I still test positive on Western Blot for 6-7 bands of the lymes disease. But since I don't have rheumatoid arthritis or the classic signs of long term lymes no antibiotics although I could have taken doxycycline. It's the IGG that remains high and from what I was told this can remain high for years. Lymes Literate Docs have been arrested and forced out of the state for giving antibiotics when none were needed hence contributing to the rise in treatment resistant bacteria.
I do believe that inflammation makes me feel worse as one time given 800mg of motrin for a dental problem the next day strangely felt better. But you can't take motrin at high doses either forever. End up with possible internal bleeding.
So if it's cytokines what are the options for lowering the levels? I do believe that inflammation worsens symptoms. Phillipa
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