Why Lyme Disease Testing Often Fails You & Holistic Solutions to Heal

Overview

In this episode, Rachel sits down with Dr. Tom Morcroft, known as America’s Lyme recovery expert and host of The Lyme Insider Podcast. Dr. Tom spent over a decade suffering from undiagnosed and undertreated chronic Lyme disease before finding his own path to full recovery, a journey that ultimately shaped his entire approach to medicine. This conversation covers what Lyme disease actually looks like in the body, why testing misses so many cases, what separates acute from chronic Lyme, and why the most important healing factors often have nothing to do with antibiotics or supplements.

You’ll Learn

• Why Lyme disease is a clinical diagnosis supported by lab data, not a lab result, and why relying on standard two-tiered antibody testing alone misses roughly 44% of true positive cases
• Why the classic Bullseye rash only appears in about 30% of Lyme rashes, and why approximately half of people with Lyme never develop a visible rash at all
• How migratory joint pain, migratory numbness and tingling, and worsening cognitive function like losing mental math ability are key distinguishing features of Lyme that most providers overlook
• Why co-infections including Babesia, Bartonella, and Borrelia miyamotoi are frequently missed and can drive symptoms like treatment-resistant anxiety or depression, rage, OCD-like behavior, and unexplained sweats and chills
• Why early and longer treatment matters, why 75 to 80% of acute cases resolve with proper treatment but 20 to 25% may develop chronic illness regardless, and why herbs like cryptolepis, Japanese knotweed, and Chinese skullcap can be effective both acutely and chronically
• How the gut microbiome is central to immune function, detoxification, mood regulation, and nervous system state, and why standard American dietary patterns actively break down the gut lining and impair cognitive and emotional resilience
• Why people who do everything right physically and still do not improve may be running a chronic negative internal loop, and why mental and emotional diet matters as much as food
• Why the body is never betraying a person even in chronic illness, how the nervous system’s freeze state is actually a protective mechanism, and why healing often requires moving slowly enough that the nervous system can accept the change
• How gratitude for food, supplements, and the healing process itself shifts the body into a parasympathetic state that improves nutrient absorption and immune function

Resources

Connect with Dr. Tom Moorcroft:

Website: http://www.originsofhealth.com

Website: http://www.tommoorcroft.com

Freebie: https://drtom.pages.ontraport.net/top…

Pick one thing that makes you uncomfortable, whether it is a thought, a symptom, or a feeling, and give it some love. Your body is on your side. It has never stopped being on your side. Start there.