> It's Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases
I was diagnosed with Lyme disease two years after a tick bite in Nth Germany. A strong course of antibiotics cured me of the disease. At the time I got to learn of the chronic Lyme community (typically self diagnosed) and what the specialist doctors are saying.
It seemed to me that the range of possible symptoms of this disease, and the difficulty in diagnosing it, make it a nice excuse for other problems somebody might be experiencing.
Ultimately, the best evidence I saw - the people in the hospital diagnosed with Lyme disease tended to have identifiable symptoms, e.g arthritic joints, while the self diagnosed complained of feeling unsociable and not motivated to continue with working.