My hypothesis has always been that "chronic Lyme" is the natural consequence of America's shitty healthcare system. These people have something wrong with them,

My hypothesis has always been that "chronic Lyme" is the natural consequence of America's shitty healthcare system. These people have something wrong with them, probably autoimmune, but getting to the bottom of health problems here is expensive and tedious. On the other hand, Lyme blood tests are pretty cheap. And what the "Lyme literate providers" (aka grifters) don't mention is that some of the cheaper blood tests are prone to false positives in the presence of inflammation. Which most people with autoimmune diseases have :) It took me years to get to the bottom of my own shit, and if I'd taken the Lyme test (that one of my doctors inexplicably ordered years ago) at face value, I'd probably be taking a sketchy cocktail of supplements and antibiotics right now instead of what I really need, which is Remicade.