Herbs for Seizure Support During Lyme Treatment

Originally Published on Prohealth.com Over the years, I have dealt with both epileptic seizures and “Lyme-induced” seizures –I put the latter in parentheses because I consider Lyme-induced seizures to be a broad term for the non-epileptic seizures experienced by individuals with Lyme disease, as there are many other factors in the Lyme disease complex that...

Lyme and Resentment

A dense fog of resentment effortlessly settles in the hearts and minds of anyone diagnosed with a serious, life-changing illness. Hope of the fog giving way to sunny days becomes less and less with each passing moment we allow the fog to stay. Having a chronic illness can easily paint the picture of a life...

You Want to Try Cannabis for Lyme, but Are Hesitant Because It Gives You Anxiety -and Rightfully So…

Growing up, I strongly detested recreational use of marijuana because, simply put, it made me freak out. For the life of me, I could not comprehend how people enjoyed being under its influence, as it had proven an awful experience for me. I would get massive anxiety, paranoia, and leg twitching. Of course, my paranoia...

The Role Preconceived Notions Play in the Healing Process

In regards to tragedy, we too often think “that happens to other people, not me.” This is an absolutely understandable, yet nonetheless naively ignorant, comfort mechanism. Still, it does not stop there. Most of us also, although we are not likely to admit it, held an illusionary image of the self we would be if...

The MEANING of Life?

We believe our illnesses separate us from the rest of society, but in a myriad of ways, beneath the details pertaining to how we identify ourselves, we all remain very much alike -a realization forcing me to acknowledge a deeper truth: Underneath it all, I am no different than any other person, despite the horrendous...