I don’t know of anyone with lyme that doesn’t deal with depression at one time or another. my doc just increased my dosage and its really helped. sick for years and yeats, who would not be depressed that the life they had was over, only to try and start another one with such limitations and still remain optimistic. dealing with insurance, being a burden, not being able to do what ur greatest passion is, watch others do your work.. its a struggle for us all. GOD PLEASE help and bless us all
Terrible grief depression and defeat and shame from being told it’s not real, planning suicide soon, sad to go from having been a gifted person in bloom of life to a stat
unbelievably disappointment, alienation, and depression and grief. Yes, and am going to end my life in the next couple weeks, too, after a two year horror story and a battle I lost.
We hope you don’t. We hope you reconsider. You never know what is around the corner to help change thing for us in the community that are so desperate. Things do change.. Blessing to you. Please keep reaching out to the community for help. <3
All the many years of “in your head”, while being so sick, who wouldn’t be depressed? Was given almost every antidepressent under the sun, at one time or another, (in place of REAL medical care), and they never helped. Probably because antdepressents do NOTHING for undiagnosed/untreated infections. Major depression has been a diagnosis for many years. Haven’t been able to work since 2002, was left homeless with children in 2008, and I am denied disability to this day. Depressed? Suicidal at times? Understatement. Angry? You have no idea….
I don’t think of it as depression. It’s not a subjective momentary distortion. I suppose you could think of it as one hell of a grief process as you have to give up more and more.
At some point “self deliverance” seems very rational. I think calling it suicide is a disservice, enabling some to be dismissive that this is just the final step of a hypochondriac. Yes, it is always hard to loose someone close, but do we really want to demand that others suffer for us?
I fought severe depression all the time except in the summer for 18 years. Frequently desperate to die.Finally dx’d, in treatment, and using L-theanine and GABA, as well as manganese, molybdenum, and lithium Orotate- NO MORE Depression or anxiety!
My 10 year old child had a crisis last month and truly wanted to die. It comes with the territory. He’s okay now but it’s something we’ll have to watch from now on.
Yes, so draining when i was already sick and then i had no ambition, cried a lot.
we ended up isolated as our family, friends, and co-workers DON’T understand what each of us is going thru. they think, “it’s ALL IN YOUR HEAD” mentality. HOGWASH!
i know i was talked to every yr. by my employers as to how much sick leave i had used that prior year. 1 yr. i was the HIGHEST user in over 500 employees in my division. did i chose this? NO WAY!
Depression and suicidal thoughts when I was young.
Depression to suicidal thoughts. Really wanted to be dead many times. Am 62 now. Wonderful life prior to Lyme & Co. Ruined adrenals – Addison’s disease added to my list this year. Still fighting back though. Saw a guy in Calif. who uses LENS neurofeedback – really helped lift my anxiety, tremors, gave me some energy and hope. Went there to overcome EMF sensitivity. Seemed to help. Need more, but have to wait for $$ saved to go again. Missed being online for past couple of years!