{"podcast":{"title":"The Lyme+ Podcast","slug":"the-lyme-podcast-7049299","podcast_index_feed_id":7049299,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fb769cc8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://gla.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42088546/42088546-1773940334970-e195a2adf8768.jpg","author":"Global Lyme Alliance","episode_count":33,"summary":"Lyme+ is the podcast for anyone living with, caring for, or researching Lyme disease and tick-borne illness. Produced by Global Lyme Alliance, each episode features conversations with researchers, specialists, advocates, and survivors. Hosted by Lyme patients Kenzie Vath and Dan Wagner. Real stories. Real science. Real answers. New episodes every other Wednesday. Topics: chronic Lyme | Babesia | Bartonella | co-infections | diagnostics | treatment | tick-borne illness | patient advocacy","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T04:17:25.504426+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lyme-podcast-7049299"},"episode":{"title":"Brain on Fire: Surviving Suicidal Psychosis, Misdiagnosed Schizophrenia, and Re-Wiring the Brain with Amy Stacey Curtis","slug":"brain-on-fire-surviving-suicidal-psychosis-misdiagnosed-schizophrenia-and-re-wiring-the-brain-with-amy-stacey-curtis","published_at":"2026-06-29T13:28:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lyme-podcast-7049299/brain-on-fire-surviving-suicidal-psychosis-misdiagnosed-schizophrenia-and-re-wiring-the-brain-with-amy-stacey-curtis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lyme-podcast-7049299","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lymeplus/episodes/Brain-on-Fire-Surviving-Suicidal-Psychosis--Misdiagnosed-Schizophrenia--and-Re-Wiring-the-Brain-with-Amy-Stacey-Curtis-e3le1po","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fb769cc8/podcast/play/122143992/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-29%2F427030598-44100-2-a41f9d0c0106e.m4a","summary":"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. 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). Amy takes us through her grueling six-year physical recovery, her self-prescribed "uber-occupational therapy" using a Facebook Marketplace ukulele, and the launch of her brand new memoir, How My Brain Saved My Life Twice. Connect with Amy Stacey Curtis: Website & Book: AmyStaceyCurtis.com TikTok & Instagram: @amystaceycurtis","meta_description":"What happens when an un-diagnosed tick-borne pathogen attacks the central nervous system? Today on Lyme+, Kenzie Bath sits down with celebrated installati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2694,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lyme-podcast-7049299/episodes/brain-on-fire-surviving-suicidal-psychosis-misdiagnosed-schizophrenia-and-re-wiring-the-brain-with-amy-stacey-curtis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lyme-podcast-7049299/brain-on-fire-surviving-suicidal-psychosis-misdiagnosed-schizophrenia-and-re-wiring-the-brain-with-amy-stacey-curtis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}