My 10-year-old daughter has all the symptoms of recurrent Lyme: severe, unremitting headaches, joint pain in her wrists, knees, and ankles, belly pain, tremors during her “sleep,” and inability to get comfortable. The six doctors we have seen say that she should see a therapist for “stress.” She already saw a therapist that said that this is not a psychosomatic illness, she is really sick. We live in a deer tick-infested area. She was tested for Lyme 4 years ago when we brought in the tick that caused a bullseye rash. It was shown to be Borrelia Burgdorferi, the Lyme disease-carrying spirochete, and yet now every test for Lyme shows that she is Lyme-negative. The doctors are talking about doing a spinal tap, an overnight observation for epilepsy, and administering steroids. An Infectious Disease specialist informed me that if she decides to treat my daughter for Lyme, she will give her IV antibiotics for no more than 30 days. I do not know if that treatment will cure her.








