"...at the end of her freshman year in college she found herself crippled by anxiety, depression, and insomnia. She was beset by searing headaches, her muscles often felt as though they were on fire, and her brain seemed wrapped in a dense fog.

This is an all too familiar scenario. From New York:

"Kaleigh Ahern was twelve years old when a tick bit her. She noticed it “perched” on her shoulder when she was taking a shower one morning. “I thought it was your average, everyday bug...But, when she tried to brush it off, the tick wouldn’t budge."

"Ahern assumed that the doctor would prescribe a prophylactic dose of antibiotics....But he said that he wasn’t going to treat it. “If a rash develops or she starts to have flulike symptoms, bring her back...”

"...at the end of her freshman year in college she found herself crippled by anxiety, depression, and insomnia. She was beset by searing headaches, her muscles often felt as though they were on fire, and her brain seemed wrapped in a dense fog. Kaleigh tested positive for Lyme disease."

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/01/130701fa_fact_specter