Fallon and colleagues described a hypersensitive sensory system in Lyme disease subjects in their 1992 paper in Psychiatric Quarterly.1
“Foods may taste abnormally sour or bitter; smells may seem overly intense and noxious.”
“One patient, before she realized she was ill with Lyme disease,
noticed one day that her car was vibrating with unusual violence. She
took the car emergently in to a mechanic, thinking that the shock
absorbers were shot or the ball bearings loose and that it would be
dangerous to continue to drive the car in that condition. As it turned
out, there was nothing wrong with the car. The problem was in the
patient who had suddenly and unwittingly developed a heightened
sensitivity to vibrations.”
Have you had a hypersensitive sensory system? Please join the conversation in the comments below.
1. Fallon BA, Nields JA, Burrascano JJ, Liegner K, DelBene D, Liebowitz MR. The neuropsychiatric manifestations of Lyme borreliosis. Psychiatr Q. 1992;63(1):95-117.
This is one of a series of short videos to explore topics I have seen in my practice. Dr. Daniel Cameron #LymeConversations
Have you had a hypersensitive sensory system? Please join the conversation in the comments below.
1. Fallon BA, Nields JA, Burrascano JJ, Liegner K, DelBene D, Liebowitz MR. The neuropsychiatric manifestations of Lyme borreliosis. Psychiatr Q. 1992;63(1):95-117.
This is one of a series of short videos to explore topics I have seen in my practice. Dr. Daniel Cameron #LymeConversations
