[I would add I feel that Babesia and Bartonella infections add to risk, but LL MDs typically lag behind regarding these serious infections. Time is limited in a busy company.]
The Research Of A Top World Psychiatrist, Robert Bransfield
Contributors To Violence
- Suicidality
- Sudden abrupt mood swings
- Explosive anger
- Paranoia
- Anhedonia
- Hypervigilance
- Exaggerated startle
- Disinhibition
- Nightmares
- Depersonalization
- Intrusive aggressive images
- Dissociative episodes
- Derealization
- Intrusive sexual images
- Marital/family problems
- Legal problems
- Substance abuse
- Depression
- Panic disorder
- Memory impairments
- Neuropathy
- Cranial nerve symptoms
- Decreased libido
Failed Deterrents To Violence
- Cognitive capacities, executive functioning
- Capacity to process interpersonal cues
- Capacity for impulse control
- Psychosocial maturation
- Higher level coping skills
- Empathy
- Social connections
Acute Triggers
- Frustration
- Acute stress
- Intrusive symptoms
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Auditory and other stimulation
- Perceived threat or injury
- Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions
Violence is more likely to occur in Lyme disease patients when there is a greater number and severity of the contributors to violence combined with compromised deterrents and acute triggers.
Reference: Robert Bransfield. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2018 Mar 9;14:693–713. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S155143