I was put off pursuing Lyme disease testing because the official line is that you can’t get it in Australia. More and more evidence is coming to light to suggest that this is not the case.
See:
http://lymedisease.org.au/about/
http://www.karlmcmanusfoundation.org.au/
and an article documenting local cases http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=8891
Other information I wish I had known:
You don’t need to remember having had a tick bite
you don’t need to remember having had a rash
symptoms can be predominantly neurological rather than arthritic (particularly if it’s not from North America)
if you’ve had a course of antibiotics and it didn’t do anything, that doesn’t matter
