Brain on Fire: Surviving Suicidal Psychosis, Misdiagnosed Schizophrenia, and Re-Wiring the Brain with Amy Stacey Curtis

<p>What happens when an un-diagnosed tick-borne pathogen attacks the central nervous system? Today on Lyme+, Kenzie Bath sits down with celebrated installation artist, author, and musician Amy Stacey Curtis for one of the most raw, urgent conversations we have ever hosted.</p><p>In early 2017, after completing a massive 18-year historic art opus, a switch flipped in Amy’s brain. Suddenly, she was plunged into 22 months of continuous, terrifying suicidal psychosis and a total head-to-toe loss of muscle control that confined her to a wheelchair and compromised her speech. Misdiagnosed with late-onset schizophrenia and tracked through eight heavy antipsychotic drugs, it was a dedicated primary care doctor and an open-minded specialist who finally uncovered the root cause: chronic, untreated neuroboreliosis (Lyme disease of the brain).</p><p>Amy takes us through her grueling six-year physical recovery, her self-prescribed &quot;uber-occupational therapy&quot; using a Facebook Marketplace ukulele, and the launch of her brand new memoir, How My Brain Saved My Life Twice.</p><p><strong>Connect with Amy Stacey Curtis:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Website &amp; Book:</strong><a href="https://www.amystaceycurtis.com/"><strong> AmyStaceyCurtis.com</strong></a></p></li><li><p><strong>TikTok &amp; Instagram: @amystaceycurtis</strong></p></li></ul><p><br></p>