Winter Fatigue: Is It Seasonal Blues, Your Thyroid, or Your Hormones?

Reviewed by Elyssa A. Blissenbach, MD, a board-certified internist. This article is for education and is not a substitute for medical advice. Every January, patients say some version of the same thing: “I have no energy, I can’t focus, and I just feel off.” Winter fatigue is so common that it is easy to dismiss […]

Why Do Tick-Borne Symptoms Flare in Winter?

Reviewed by Elyssa A. Blissenbach, MD, a board-certified internist. This article is for education and is not a substitute for medical advice. Every year, as the days get shorter, a familiar pattern shows up in Lyme-literate practices: patients who felt reasonably stable through the fall notice their joint pain, fatigue, and brain fog creeping back. […]

Your Lyme Test Came Back Negative — So Why Do You Still Feel Sick?

Reviewed by Elyssa A. Blissenbach, MD, a board-certified internist. This article is for education and is not a substitute for medical advice. Few things are more frustrating than feeling genuinely unwell, pushing for a Lyme disease test, and getting the result back: negative. For many patients, that single word closes the conversation. The fatigue, joint […]