Psychological Symptoms of Lyme
Denise Lang - Coping with Lyme Disease

• Major Depression
• Extreme fatigue
• Emotional instability (crying easily)
• Increased irritability and mood swings
• Sensitivity to light
• Sleep disturbances (insomnia; too much sleep)
• Memory problems
• Getting lost in familiar places
• Significant loss of libido
• Night terrors
• Panic attacks
• Ferocious nightmares
• Suicidal thoughts
• Mental fog
• Disorientation
• Feelings of rage
• Violent thoughts
• Abnormalities of taste
• Abnormalities of smell
• Heightened sensitivity to vibrations and noise
• Depersonalization
• Spatial problems
• Appetite changes (bulimia, anorexia)
• Feelings of inadequacy
• Low self-esteem
• Bitterness
• Guilt
• Alientation
• Doubting one's own sanity
• Disbelieving him-or herself
• Waxing and waining of symtoms - can't predict how you're going to feel the next day,
  month or next year.
• Fear of losing job, health, support of family and friends who may be supportive during
  the first month of the illness, but when this goes on and on, friends and family may get
  pretty tired of it.
• Feeling of loss of control - not only of their bodies and feelings, but also the ability to
  predict the future.
• Shame

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