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Laila’s Chronic Lyme Success Story
Words and images copyright Veronique Mead, Chronic Illness Trauma Studies This is Laila’s Chronic Lyme Story. I call her story a #Chrillog, which stands for “chronic illness weblogs,” in which we look at our journeys through a nervous system and trauma lens. Laila’s Chronic Lyme Story highlights the commonly overlooked yet important role of adverse […]
Neurofeedback, the hug my nervous system needed
By Juliet C Wilson “Neurofeedback is one of my favourite therapies, and I’ve seen it work wonders for Lyme Brain. I have had patients go from only sleeping two hours per night to sleeping full nights after a few sessions of neurofeedback. Others, after years of not feeling creative due to their Lyme disease, have […]
Vale Daisy Long
After an arduous and soul-destroying battle with Lyme disease and related health issues, on Saturday 7 August 2021, courageous, kind and beautiful 19-year-old Daisy Long ended her life. Daisy received treatment for her illness at a Cyprus clinic several years ago, and even went on to study successfully at university. But she was left with […]
Book Review: How the Brain Lost its Mind
Book review by Dr John A Duley PhD LDAA Scientific Advisory Committee(Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland) I was recently browsing in a bookshop, to fill in time, and saw a new book, ‘How The Brain Lost Its Mind’. A catchy, humorous title. It was subtitled ‘Sex, Hysteria and the Riddle […]
Death by psychiatry
THE MISTREATMENT OF BARBARA WAS A TRAGIC END TO HER LIFE By John Curnow and Francene Lee Taylor In 2018 The Australian Government announced that it would provide a grant of 3 million dollars for research into Tick Borne-Diseases (TBD). A million dollars of this has been allocated to Professor Richard Kanaan, a psychiatrist at […]
Denial and death: Kay’s battle with Lyme in her partner’s words
A debilitating illness that has been slowly ensnaring the lives of many Australians in its clutches is on a worryingly gradual rise. Yet the Australian healthcare and medical industry are determined to refute the existence of Lyme in Australia. One of the recent victims of Chronic Lyme disease in Australia was Kay Hicking, a loving […]
Andi Snelling urges her fellow Lyme Warriors to enjoy the mundane
In 2020, award-winning actor, writer and theatre-maker, Andi Snelling came on board as an ambassador for the Lyme Disease Association of Australia.
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