Vonmoxie: Wow that sounds rough, sorry you have been through that. Must have been hell for you as a kid, not knowing what was going on.

I was dx'd with Lyme disease 5 yrs ago and have suffered increasingly serious depression. But as you say it is difficult to separate direct effects of the disease from the dynamics it creates. I became ill, somewhat depressed, then isolated, then more depressed, then more ill, etc.

My illness is largely invisible also. So many people say I don't look sick, while inside I am suffering. I also have fatigue, often extreme. It rules my life.