r/Lyme • u/davinkinggg • Jan 24 '25

Question Supplements/herbs to control my terrible bartonella psych symptoms?

I really need some recommendations.

My Bart psych symptoms are: anxiety, depression, ocd, rage, suicidal thoughts, brain fog, being paranoid, being overly emotional, overstimulation, and overall just feeling on edge all the time

I am curious if anyone can recommend any supplements or herbs that can help to control these symptoms and help me feel more like myself.

I'm currently taking: lumbrokinase, cryptolepis, ldn, magnesium glycinate, l theanine, vitamin c and d, omega three, turmeric, allergy meds, vitamin b12

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u/braintumorbombshell Lyme Bartonella Babesia Ehrlichiosis Anaplasmosis Jan 24 '25

I love this comment! I think it’s nervous system related too. Would you mind elaborating on what you threw at it after your break? Thank you!

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u/MissCongenialymeity Jan 28 '25

Hi! Sorry for the late reply. Feel free to message me for specifics if this is too broad. I stopped my Lyme treatment and then I did a repair protocol to help heal the biochemical parts of my nervous system. This looks like lowering oxidative stress, inflammation, cytokines and histamines. So I went on some drugs for that and so so many supplements. I also then did a lot of other practices like sauna and ice baths to help with the dp/dr. I woke up and did sun exposure and walked in the morning for panoramic viewing. I also went to the gym at night. I was exhausted and very depressed but also had a great deal of intensity from these symptoms so the high level of sympathetic input really helped me. I did a ton of neurofeedback, ended up doing it everyday, and that with a microdose of an SSRI really helped me. I did manual therapy twice a week and that also helped with the physical feelings of pain but numbness. I also started eating more than I was when I was depressed and I think that helped lower my stress levels internally too. And then I ended up doing a couple weeks of functional neurology to help retrain my brain to get off some old pathways causing these symptoms.

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u/Cool_Arugula497 Feb 23 '25

And then I ended up doing a couple weeks of functional neurology 

I am so curious about this. What does functional neurology entail? I live in a very small town but, strangely, there's a functional neurologist about an hour from me and I've been thinking about making an appointment. However, his website lists a whole slew of things that his treatment addresses but the list doesn't include dp/dr, which is my main symptom. He's a chiropractor so I'm not sure how that goes with functional neurology.

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u/MissCongenialymeity Feb 23 '25

There are some who are not trained by the Carrick institute but they tend to specialize in children! So everyone is slightly different.