Lyme disease loneliness can be one of the hardest parts of living with chronic illness. One of my patients once told me, “No one really understands what this feels like.” That quiet sentence captures the emotional burden so many people with chronic Lyme disease carry. The physical symptoms—pain, fatigue, brain fog, burning sensations—can be relentless. […]
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Stopping Lyme treatment is often framed as a clinical decision based on guidelines—but what if it’s something more troubling? Many patients still experience symptoms like pain, brain fog, or fatigue long after standard antibiotics end. Yet they’re told, “There’s nothing more we can do.” Is stopping treatment at that point truly ethical—or does it cross
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One of the most common questions patients ask is: how do you get Lyme disease? Many are surprised to learn that Lyme is caused not just by one pathogen, but often involves multiple infections transmitted by the same tick. A teacher came to me after two years of fatigue and joint pain. She’d never seen
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htmlYour child can’t concentrate in school. They’re exhausted by 2 PM. Joint pain keeps them off the soccer field. The doctor prescribes antibiotics for Lyme disease—based entirely on studies that never included a single child. Not one child was included in the major NIH Lyme disease trials that established standard treatment approaches. Every treatment guideline
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Lyme Disease Testing and Diagnosis: When Your Test Says “Negative” But You Know Something’s Wrong Your Lyme test came back negative. Your doctor says you’re fine. But you’re not fine—and you know it. You’re exhausted. Your joints ache. You can’t think clearly. You found a tick three weeks ago, or you spent the summer hiking
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Abandoning Lyme patients violates the core principles of medical ethics. A woman in her 40’s came to me after months of searching for answers. She had been a successful business executive, traveling weekly and leading a large team. Now, she could barely get through a video meeting without losing her train of thought. Fatigue left
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Lyme disease weight gain is one of the least talked about—and most misunderstood—symptoms of Lyme disease. For many patients, weight gain and weight loss become confusing and distressing parts of the illness. Some people lose weight quickly without trying. Others gain weight despite eating the same—or even less. These changes reflect how Lyme disease affects
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After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients struggle to explain a pattern that feels contradictory but deeply real: “My body is exhausted, but my brain won’t shut off.” This tired-but-wired pattern is common in early Lyme disease, during treatment, and often persists after treatment. It is not psychological or the result of poor
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When Back Pain Doesn’t Add Up You’ve tried stretching, therapy, or even imaging — but your back pain won’t quit.For some, this pain isn’t purely mechanical. Many Lyme disease patients report chronic back or hip pain that actually stems from sacroiliac joint inflammation — a form of sacroiliitis. Sacroiliitis occurs when the SI joints (where
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You can’t catch your breath. The inhale stalls halfway, as if something inside your chest has tightened or locked. You try again and again, convinced the next breath will finally feel complete. It doesn’t. You go to urgent care. They listen to your lungs—clear. They check your oxygen—normal. The chest X-ray shows nothing. You’re told
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