Even though they don’t fight the illness, some medications will help with symptoms.

Vyvanse

Recently my Lyme doctor prescribed this. Its an ADHD med. It does WONDERS for my energy, brain fog, and even what I realize now has been perfusion issues with my brain. My perfusion issues, typical of Lyme, were confirmed at Columbia using a SPECT scan. A family doc or nuero or psychiatrist can also prescribe. It feels very different than Adderal.

Meclazine

It’s an over the counter anti-nausea, motion sickness pill available next to the Dramamine in your drugstore. I started taking it a year ago. It seems to have ZERO side effects for me, unlike dramamine.

Lyme has been affecting the nerves to my ear and causing peripheral vertigo. My neurologist diagnosed me and it sure has helps me to take Meclazine on vague symptom days. I don’t get full on room spins, so I didn’t realize what was happening till one day the room did spin a bit!

Usually my vertigo symptoms are more subtle. I just feel frustrated and overwhelmed easily, and have bumped into walls at times. I feel a little clumsy and tired easily. Scrolling anything on the computer just feels awful when you have vertigo.

Pot

This helped me before and during treatment, for back of head pressure, and the awful whole body wired that hits in the middle of the night.

I’ve never been a smoker, I’ve always been a tequila/prosecco girl, with no desire for pot, but resorted to it for this when I hit the bad six month mark post treatment for acute lyme, and it was a godsend.

I used blends that did not make you sleepy in the day, and helped neural inflammation (sativa) I used a vaporizer and some kind of oil. It was all that would help.

I don’t seem to need it these days. But it was critical for nearly a year.