a dose of personal experience to clarify the murk
I know Lyme Disease is a miserable debilitating disease. How do you know others don't have personal experience with Lyme and just do not post about it? Maybe experience is what encouraged some to post.
This is a poorly written article. The title alone draws the conclusion, which is not a proved fact. This article and some posts are based on speculation. What meds was he on? What other health issues did he possibly have? Did he have any mental illness prior to Lyme? Does he drink?.... On and on.
Some posts are also speculation about this disease. Like the comment Lyme Disease rots the brain. That's wrong. It's not the typical neurological aspects of this disease. It is an awful disease but should be noted not a mental illness as a whole. Just saying.....
A source to my point yesterday
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Fox News ~ Can Lyme disease lead to violence, even murder?
“It’s possible, but the problem is, something being reported doesn’t always mean it’s the cause. For example, someone may have psychosis or seizures — but Lyme disease may not be the cause — so you have to be really careful.”
The fact is that Lyme disease is very tricky.
“Determining whether Lyme disease is the cause of a related factor is the art of medicine," Siegel said. “It’s not an automatic — it depends on the case