Why You Still Feel Sick After Standard Lyme Treatment
Dr. Jaquel Patterson
June 10, 2026
Lyme disease rarely travels alone, and unaddressed co-infections like Bartonella, Babesia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia are some of the most common reasons chronic Lyme patients don’t recover. In this video, I walk through how each co-infection is distinct, why standard Lyme antibiotics don’t cover them, and what a truly comprehensive testing and treatment approach should look like. Learn more: https://www.fairfieldfamilyhealth.com
CHAPTERS
00:00 Why Lyme Treatment Often Isn’t Enough
01:32 What Tick Borne Co-Infections Actually Are
02:54 Bartonella, Babesia, and Why They Get Missed
06:55 Why Standard Lyme Testing Fails to Catch Co-Infections
08:46 The Clinical Patterns That Point to Hidden Infections
09:55 What Comprehensive Tick Borne Testing Looks Like
11:37 Treatment Protocols for Each Co-Infection
14:29 Final Takeaways for Chronic Lyme Patients
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**Comment**
And this, right here, is why many patients are not better and never get better. Further, testing absolutely sucks. ALL of it. Pathogens working together create a severe clinical picture. Many of these pathogens require completely different medications. Mainstream doctors are clueless on all of this and have furthered an antiquated, unscientific case definition and treatment protocol for over 40 years.
It is far, far more complex than most doctors are aware. They spend very little time studying this in med school and what they do study is completely wrong.
For more:
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2024/11/20/why-chronic-lyme-patients-dont-get-better/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2026/02/10/easier-to-obtain-medically-assisted-death-than-treatment-for-chronic-lyme-disease/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/06/17/updates-in-the-diagnosis-treatment-of-resistant-lyme-chronic-disease-dr-horowitz/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/02/13/lyme-disease-treatment/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2024/10/09/pathogens-persistence-chronic-disease-drivers/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/06/30/bb-persistence-in-lyme-and-ptlds/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/25/why-should-we-care-about-lyme-disease-a-colorful-tale-of-government-conflicts-of-interest-probable-bioweaponization-and-pathogen-complexity/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2026/03/17/why-we-should-care-if-lyme-disease-was-bioengineered/