Re: Barb and other remitters--memory?

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Dear Matt

I can say that my short term memory problems wax and wain but on the whole, I suspect there is a steady downward trend. Most would say it's age related but I notice it is a stepwise progression with flares of tinnitus, muscle spasm and inco-ordination.

Regards

R

[infections] Barb and other remitters--memory?

I spoke with someone who experienced dramatic short-term memory problems that corresponded with the onset of daytime sleepiness. After some delay, he was diagnosed with apnea and eventually successfully treated. What is striking to me is that he said he didn't recover his short-term memory even with successful apnea treatment. He believes that the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury associated with apnea *permanently* killed off neurons in his hippocampus.I've been aware for some time now of the unique sensitivity of the hippocampus to hypoxia/ischemia (as with apnea or intracranial hypertension) but I figured that if I could get diagnosed and treated then my short-term memory would return. Now I'm not so sure. Professionally, this is my most disabling symptom.For those of you who have recovered from extended illness, did the illness seriously compromise your short-term memory, and if so did you recover your short-term memory upon remission?Matt

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Compared to the severe brain fog I used to have, I feel pretty good memory wise. That's thank to the antibiotics for sure. penny Windsor <rwindsor@...> wrote: Dear Matt I can say that my short term memory problems wax and wain but on the whole, I suspect there is a steady downward trend. Most would say it's age related but I notice it is a stepwise progression with flares of tinnitus,

muscle spasm and inco-ordination. Regards R [infections] Barb and other remitters--memory? I spoke with someone who experienced dramatic short-term memory problems that corresponded with the onset of daytime sleepiness. After some delay, he was diagnosed with apnea and eventually

successfully treated. What is striking to me is that he said he didn't recover his short-term memory even with successful apnea treatment. He believes that the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury associated with apnea *permanently* killed off neurons in his hippocampus.I've been aware for some time now of the unique sensitivity of the hippocampus to hypoxia/ischemia (as with apnea or intracranial hypertension) but I figured that if I could get diagnosed and treated then my short-term memory would return. Now I'm not so sure. Professionally, this is my most disabling symptom.For those of you who have recovered from extended illness, did the illness seriously compromise your short-term memory, and if so did you recover your short-term memory upon remission?Matt

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Matt,

I had memory problems the first two years I was sick. I have

mycoplasma, borrelia and babesia. As I recovered on antibiotics I

felt that I had better brain function than I had had for years.

My current situation for the past year doesn't fit with events and

recovery prior to that, so I am not sure what is going on now is

actually related to the same infections. However, the few days where

the head pressure went away I felt I had normal brain function again.

a Carnes

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> I spoke with someone who experienced dramatic short-term memory

> problems that corresponded with the onset of daytime sleepiness.

> After some delay, he was diagnosed with apnea and eventually

> successfully treated. What is striking to me is that he said he

> didn't recover his short-term memory even with successful apnea

> treatment. He believes that the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury

> associated with apnea *permanently* killed off neurons in his

> hippocampus.

>

> I've been aware for some time now of the unique sensitivity of the

> hippocampus to hypoxia/ischemia (as with apnea or intracranial

> hypertension) but I figured that if I could get diagnosed and

> treated then my short-term memory would return. Now I'm not so

> sure. Professionally, this is my most disabling symptom.

>

> For those of you who have recovered from extended illness, did the

> illness seriously compromise your short-term memory, and if so did

> you recover your short-term memory upon remission?

>

> Matt

>

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Matt:

MEMORY:

Yes - mine recovered.

And it was bad enough, so that I had fleeting moments (that I

pushed out of my mind) that I was getting early onset Alzhemiers.

Although I could always recognize 'things' sometimes I could not

recognize letters or numbers (I was really afraid it was affecting

my job - I started double checking everything).

ALot of times I'd be driving along and all of a sudden didn't know

where I was...I sometimes couldn't remember a very recent

conversation - or what someone said 3 minutes ago-

I also had been losing the ability to see the color red (but didn't

realize that either untill I regained the ability to see it.

SLEEPINESS.

This has come on in the last year. (Started at 58 years old).

I didn't have this symptom when I had Lyme - I actually thought this

sleepiness was either stress or aging or something to do with aging.

So, as far as the sleepiness goes - I think I have found the fix

for my particular case. I had a hormone profile done as measured

from saliva from ZRT labs tru my Alt Dr.

What was out of range (or very close to out) was: high morning

cortisol and low DHEA.

My DOc understood the difference between sleepiness and fatigue,

and said my sleepiness could be the low DHEA. So I tried sublingual

DHEA and found it did have a pretty dramatic effect ome me in very

small doses. DHEA converts to other hormones in the body- and

everyone's different in how they react to it - short term and long

term..

I did 4 iterations of taking it- then not taking just to be sure

it wasn't the 'placebo effect' - and I'm convinced low DHEA for me

anyway- is connected to sleepiness.

Basically- if I take 2 mg every other day - speepiness is gone.

I've never had insomnia -and I don't think I have apnea - but I

clench my teeth pretty badly- broken a few - before I got my night

mouth guard (which has saved my teeth).

Barb

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> I spoke with someone who experienced dramatic short-term memory

> problems that corresponded with the onset of daytime sleepiness.

> After some delay, he was diagnosed with apnea and eventually

> successfully treated. What is striking to me is that he said he

> didn't recover his short-term memory even with successful apnea

> treatment. He believes that the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury

> associated with apnea *permanently* killed off neurons in his

> hippocampus.

>

> I've been aware for some time now of the unique sensitivity of the

> hippocampus to hypoxia/ischemia (as with apnea or intracranial

> hypertension) but I figured that if I could get diagnosed and

> treated then my short-term memory would return. Now I'm not so

> sure. Professionally, this is my most disabling symptom.

>

> For those of you who have recovered from extended illness, did the

> illness seriously compromise your short-term memory, and if so did

> you recover your short-term memory upon remission?

>

> Matt

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