Lyme Resources & Support

When you begin to research Lyme disease, you quickly realise that there is a lot of information out there. And it’s not always consistent. That’s why we’ve collated a few of our favourite resources for you!

It is by no means an exhaustive list, but it’s a good place to start.

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Support & information groups

• LDAA’s Tuesday Lymie Lunch online (zoom) meetings led by LDAA CEO Sharon Whiteman + Lyme Connect private Facebook group – Australia-wide, all welcome

Facebook pages & groups

• Lyme Australia & Friends
• TICNA Tick-borne Illness Community Network Australia Inc
• Tick-borne Diseases Australia
• Tick-borne Disease Awareness & Support Group Australia
• Tick-borne Diseases & Mould Toxicity in Australia
• Queensland Tick-borne Diseases
• SA Lyme Team – TBD and Borrelia
• Lyme Disease Victoria
• Chrysalis Lyme and Chronic Illness Support, WA
• Perth and WA Lyme Support Network
• NZ Lyme Education Awareness Foundation
• NZ Global NZ Lyme & Co-infections
• NZ Global NZ Lyme & Co-infections – Sufferers, Family, Friends Group

• Some practitioners have set up support groups for their patients, e.g. Lyme expert, author and naturopath Amina Eastham-Hillier, Sunshine Coast QLD

• There are MANY great Lyme/Tick-borne disease pages and groups on Facebook, not specific to Australia or New Zealand. There are several pages that specialise in a particular aspect of Lyme, for example a co-infection, or a particular kind of treatment/medication. E.g. Bartonella Babe, LIVE Bee Venom Therapy, Overcoming Psychiatric Lyme & Co-infections.

• You may also find help and support in Facebook groups/pages that focus on mould (mold) and biotoxin illnesses/CIRS, chronic illness, and/or illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia

Podcasts

• Tick Boot Camp
• Better Health Guy
• Lyme Dialogues
• Lyme Ninja Radio
• Looking at Lyme
• Ticktective
• Two Much Lyme

Books

Dr Richard Horowitz

• Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease, 2013
• How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme and Chronic Disease, 2017

Dr Nicola DuCharme (McFadzean)

• Lyme Brain: The Impact of Lyme Disease on Your Brain, and How To Reclaim Your Smarts, 2016
• The Lyme Diet: Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease, 2010
• The Beginner’s Guide to Lyme Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Made Simple, 2012 (with Dr Burrascano)
• Lyme Disease in Australia: Fundamentals of an Emerging Epidemic, 2012

Dr Neil Spector

• Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician’s Search for True Healing, 2015

Daniel A Kinderlehrer

• Recovery from Lyme Disease: The Integrative Medicine Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Tick-Borne Illness, 2021

Stephen H Buhner

• Healing Lyme: Natural Healing of Lyme Borreliosis and the Coinfections Chlamydia and Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, 2015
• Natural Treatments for Lyme Coinfections: Anaplasma, Babesia, and Ehrlichia, 2015
• Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma, 2013

Dr William Rawls

• Unlocking Lyme: Myths, Truths, and Practical Solutions for Chronic Lyme Disease, 2017

Neil Nathan MD

• Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness, 2018

Dr Connie Strasheim

• New Paradigms in Lyme Disease Treatment: 10 Top Doctors Reveal Healing Strategies That Work, 2016 (with Steven Harris)

Bryan Rosner

• Lyme Disease Supercharge: The Revolutionary Approach to Getting Better When All Else Fails, 2019 (with Daniel Cagua-Koo MD)
• Freedom from Lyme Disease: New Treatments for a Complete Recovery, 2014
• The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine, 2007 (Rosner et al)

David Kent

• The Lyme book for family, friends, and caregivers: A primer for those diagnosed with Borreliosis and co-infections, 2018

Amina Eastham-Hillier

• Lyme Natural: A Handbook for Naturopaths, General Practitioners and Patients, 2017

Dana Parish and Steven Phillips

• Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again, 2020

Personal Stories

Juliet C Wilson

• But You Look Healthy! ($1 from each book sale is donated to the LDAA)

Leonie Shanahan

• Lyme disease Sucks: The trauma, the truth and the triumph ($1 from each book sale is donated to the LDAA)

Ross Douthat

• Deep Places: A Memoir of Chronic Illness and Discovery

Susan Pogorzelski

• The Last Letter: A Novel

Political

Mary Beth Pfeiffer

• Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change, 2019

Julie Mellae

• Australian Lyme Crimes: The Global Disgrace, 2020

Kris Newby

• Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons, 2020

Websites

Information

• International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)
• Lyme Australia: Recognition and Awareness (LARA)
• Karl McManus Foundation
• LymeDisease.org (US)
• CanLyme (Canada)
• Lyme Disease UK
• Lyme.Global (For patient rights)
• Miss Tick (Australia)

Lyme and Mould Advice and Treatment

• Biomed Publishing Group (Books on Lyme)
• Can Get Better (Dr Richard Horowitz)
• Dr Nicola DuCharme
• RestorMedicine (Dr Nicola’s clinic)
• Klinghardt Institute
• Dr Bill Rawls
• Mold Avoidance Diary with Bryan Rosner
• Toxic Mould Support Australia
• Better Health Guy
• Living Clean in a Dirty World

Ticks and prevention

• Tick Ease Australia

Australian Government

• Department of Health – Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks (DSCATT)
• Parliament of Australia: Senate Inquiry – Growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness for many Australian patients

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