

Lyme & Company | my journey with chronic illness
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I am not a medical professional, and nothing on this website should be taken for medical advice.
Throughout my life, I have been diagnosed with (chronic) Lyme Disease, Bartonellosis, Babesiosis, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, MCAS (mast cell activation syndrome), hypothyroidism, chronic allergic rhinitis/sinusitis, menorrhagia and irregular menstruation, eczema, Major Depressive Disorder, anxiety, adjustment disorder, C-PTSD, and they were pushing for ADD before I started refusing labels altogether. At my worst, I was swallowing 45 pills and doing multiple health treatments every day. I've been through over a dozen prescription medications in 20 years, many of which I was told I needed for the rest of my life.
Today I am on zero prescription medications, and only take vitamins and nutritional supplements as needed situationally and seasonally.