Intrusive thoughts and derealization in Lyme disease can make thoughts feel unfamiliar and the world feel unreal. If you are experiencing intrusive thoughts, depersonalization, or derealization related to Lyme disease, you are not imagining it — and you are not losing control. Some patients with Lyme disease describe a deeply unsettling change in how they […]
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Will I Get Better After Lyme Disease? Every patient living with Lyme disease eventually asks the same question: “Will I get better after Lyme disease?” I hear it in examination rooms, in follow-up calls, in the quiet pauses between discussing test results. It’s one of the most difficult questions in medicine—because the answer isn’t the
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Childhood Lyme doesn’t just make kids sick—it takes their confidence, joy, and the childhood they should be living. One father watched his son lose interest in school, sports, and friends. “It was taking away who he was.” Learn why doctors miss these invisible losses.
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Many people with Lyme disease describe the same confusing experience: their joints don’t feel reliable. Knees may buckle, ankles feel loose, or hips seem unable to track smoothly during movement. At the same time, balance feels off — especially on uneven ground or in low light. These Lyme disease balance problems are more common than
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Many patients with Lyme disease report symptoms that feel disconnected and unpredictable—heart racing, dizziness, digestive slowing, anxiety-like sensations, and sudden crashes after stress or exertion. While these experiences are often grouped together under the term dysautonomia, the underlying physiology is frequently misunderstood. This article focuses on how Lyme disease disrupts autonomic regulation at a mechanistic
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Lyme disease psychiatric symptoms are frequently mistaken for primary mental illness. This case illustrates how one patient’s anxiety, rage, OCD, and depression were traced back to an undiagnosed tick-borne infection—and how treatment changed everything. She came to me after eight months of worsening symptoms, including severe anxiety, episodes of rage, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and deepening depression.
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Where Ticks Don’t Thrive Ticks are resilient parasites that feed on the blood of animals and humans. Understanding where ticks live—and where they struggle to survive—can help reduce your risk of exposure. While ticks are well known for surviving in many environments, they are not invincible. Ticks have specific environmental needs, and knowing which settings
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When Lyme Disease Is Missed: A Case from My Practice A Lyme disease missed diagnosis often begins quietly—when key diagnoses are never considered. Just a couple of weeks ago, I had a new patient on my schedule—someone who specifically requested a consultation for Lyme disease. Before the visit, I reviewed her chart, expecting to see
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What Is Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS)? Many patients expect Lyme disease to resolve once antibiotic treatment is completed. For some, however, symptoms persist or evolve long after therapy ends. Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is commonly used to describe ongoing fatigue, pain, cognitive dysfunction, and neurologic symptoms that persist long after standard treatment for
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