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January 15, 2026

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Crawling Skin Sensation: A Hidden Symptom of Lyme Disease

Crawling Skin Sensation: A Hidden Symptom of Lyme Disease Crawling skin sensation is among the most distressing—and most dismissed—symptoms patients report. The feeling of insects moving beneath the skin can be constant, unpredictable, and impossible to ignore. Yet when patients describe these symptoms, they are often met with skepticism or immediate psychiatric referral. Crawling skin […]

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Lyme Brain Fog and Anxiety: When Psychiatric Symptoms Have a Medical Cause

Lyme Brain Fog and Anxiety: When Psychiatric Symptoms Have a Medical Cause After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen brain fog and anxiety misdiagnosed as purely psychiatric disorders. She came to me after eight months of worsening psychiatric symptoms, including severe anxiety, episodes of rage, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and deepening depression. She had been diagnosed

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Losing Friends Because of Chronic Illness: Why It Happens

Losing Friends Because of Chronic Illness: Why It Happens When You’re Sick Losing friends because of chronic illness is a question patients with Lyme disease ask me quietly, often with more pain than any physical symptom they describe. They are not angry. They are grieving. As illness persists, plans are canceled, energy fades, and life

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