Focus – Opinions and Features

By Chris Hardie I stared straight up at the ceiling tiles of the examination room and tried desperately to take my mind off what was happening in my lower regions. “Are you doing okay?” the doctor asked as he wielded a long tweezer. “Yep,” I replied, trying to take it like a man.... Read More »

By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD Last month I posted an article on this website describing Diane, a teen-age girl suffering from anorexia nervosa.1 As it turned out, she had Lyme disease and was co-infected with Babesia, Bartonella and Mycoplasma. She responded well to antibiotics... Read More »

By Amy B. Scher In order to fully heal, you are going to have to let go and lighten up (mostly on yourself). That’s what I tell people when they are trying to micro-manage every itty bit of themselves and their protocols in order to heal. It may seem like an easy suggestion to... Read More »

By Shelley Ball, PhD. In the spring of 2019, I discovered a fully engorged tick on my back. Alarmed and distressed, I headed to my local hospital, knowing they would remove it and let me know what else I needed to keep myself safe. The ER doctor gave me a single “prophylactic”... Read More »

by Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD There are quite a few reviews in the medical literature documenting the neuropsychiatric conditions associated with Lyme disease, and most of them include the general category of “eating disorders.”  But when I searched for case histories, I could... Read More »

By Mimi Winer Starting on my 32nd birthday in April 1962, I experienced flu-like symptoms accompanied by sudden onset of bilateral disturbed vision. Over the years, my previously 20/20 perfect sight worsened, and I became totally blind. There is no history of retinal degenerative... Read More »

By Dr. Jane Marke The mental health problems associated with Lyme disease are varied and often call for a variety of specialists to help the patient: child psychiatrists, adult psychiatrists, and family therapists or social workers. Parents especially must deal with a variety of... Read More »

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Kenneth Bock’s new book Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders in Adolescents and Teens. This passage concerns the case of Stacy, an adolescent who experienced years of psychiatric... Read More »

By T.K. I was in elementary school when I first contracted Lyme disease. Like on any other weekend, I was just out in the woods near my house playing games with friends. Little did I know that a tick had managed to find its way onto me. Over the next few weeks, a small rash... Read More »