Resources
Resources
Lyme Disease
Articles:
A Forbes Magazine article, Tipping Point, about advances in Lyme diagnosis and treatment, and the remaining obstacles: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethpfeiffer/2020/02/26/tipping-point-the-resistance-is-gaining-in-the-lyme-wars/?sh=1b745b355d5a
Films:
The Quiet Epidemic: A 2023 Documentary about Tick Borne Illness: https://www.thequietepidemic.com/#the-film
Books:
The Deep Places: A memoir by New York Times journalist Ross Douthat about Lyme Disease: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-deep-places-a-memoir-of-illness-and-discovery-ross-douthat/16467099?ean=9780593237366
The Cure Unknown: A research based book by science writer Pamela Weintraub on Lyme Disease, and the controversy around it: https://bookshop.org/p/books/cure-unknown-inside-the-lyme-epidemic-revised-edition-with-new-chapter-pamela-weintraub/8395349?ean=9781250044563
Websites:
International Lyme and Associated Diseases website: https://www.ilads.org/
I hope that by sharing my experience I can advocate for Lyme patients who are still out there in the wilderness of misdiagnosis, Lyme patients who have been diagnosed but can’t afford treatment, Lyme patients who were treated too late for the infection to be turned around, who now are sentenced to a lifetime of pain.
Mental Health
Autism Spectrum Information
Articles
Autism Assessment: https://embrace-autism.com/autism-tests/
Why Women with Autism and ADHD are often Midiagnosed: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/current/thought-leadership/women-with-autism–adhd-arent-diagnosed-until-adulthood/
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria/