If you’re searching for “Lyme disease care near Troy, MI,” what you’re really saying is:
“I need someone who takes my symptoms seriously—and I need a plan that actually makes sense.”
You may have been told your labs are “normal,” that your symptoms are “stress,” or that you should just rest more. Or you may have gotten a diagnosis, tried a treatment, and still ended up asking the same frustrating question: Why am I not better?
Persistent symptoms are real, and they deserve a thoughtful evaluation. In complex cases, the problem is often not that you haven’t tried hard enough. The problem is that the approach hasn’t been personalized, sequenced, or rooted in a bigger picture of what’s driving immune activation and inflammation in your body.
At Restorative Medicine Center, our goal is to bring structure and calm to this process. We start by stepping back and asking better questions, because Lyme-related symptom patterns often aren’t just about a single test result.
If you’ve felt dismissed, rushed, or forced into an all-or-nothing protocol, you’re not alone. Lyme care shouldn’t feel like a tug-of-war between extremes. It should feel like a clear map—one that helps you understand what’s happening, why it’s happening, and what the next right step is.
Who We Can Help
Adults we commonly see
We often work with adults experiencing chronic, relapsing symptoms such as:
- Chronic fatigue and stamina loss
- Brain fog and slowed thinking
- Pain (muscle/joint aches, sometimes migrating)
- Insomnia or unrefreshing sleep
- Dizziness or feeling “off balance”
- Sensitivities (foods, supplements, chemicals, environments)
- Post-exertional crashes (you do something normal and pay for it later)
Patients who feel “stuck”
This approach is especially helpful if you:
- Had treatment but didn’t fully recover (or improved and then relapsed)
- Suspect tick exposure even without a known bite
(Many people never saw the tick or rash.) - Have flares after stress/illness or after time in certain buildings—especially musty or water-damaged environments
Parents seeking guidance for teens/young adults
We also support families looking for guidance when teens or young adults develop complex inflammatory symptom patterns—fatigue, cognitive changes, mood/sleep disruption, GI issues, and sensitivity/reactivity that doesn’t fit neatly into one diagnosis. We keep this broad, because the goal is not to label your child—it’s to identify drivers and restore function.
A Thorough Holistic Evaluation
If you want Lyme disease care that actually holds, you can’t start with “What should I take?” You start with clarity—because complex symptom patterns don’t respond well to guessing.
History That Actually Matters
In our office, Lyme-related cases are almost always timeline cases. We want to know how the story unfolded, not just what your symptoms are today.
We build a timeline that includes:
- Onset: When did you first notice something was wrong? Sudden vs gradual?
- Triggers: A big infection, travel, surgery, pregnancy/postpartum, a stressful season, or a major life disruption.
- Major infections: Tick exposure (known or suspected), mono-like illness, recurrent sinus/strep infections, COVID, GI infections—anything that could have shifted immune balance.
- Exposures: Especially moves/homes, time spent in musty spaces, renovations, chemical exposures, and places where symptoms consistently worsen.
- Water damage: Visible leaks, past flooding, basement dampness, “mold smell,” repeated roof/plumbing issues—because this matters more than most people realize.
- Stressors: Not blame—biology. Chronic stress can lock the nervous system into fight/flight, disrupt sleep, inflame the gut, and slow recovery.
Then we review your prior treatment history carefully:
- What helped (even temporarily)?
- What clearly worsened symptoms?
- What was intolerable?
- And the detail that changes everything: at what dose and at what pace?
Many people aren’t “hard to treat.” They’re sensitive. We plan accordingly.
Symptom & Response Tracking
If you’ve ever changed five things in a week and then flared, you already know why tracking matters.
We typically choose 3–5 key symptoms to track—ones that represent your overall pattern, such as:
- energy/crashes (post-exertional payback)
- sleep quality
- brain fog/cognitive function
- pain/inflammation
- GI stability
- mood regulation
Then we correlate interventions to changes. This reduces guesswork and makes the plan data-driven, not emotional or chaotic.
Practical tools we recommend:
- a simple calendar/timeline of changes
- symptom scores (0–10) for your key symptoms
- crash notes (what you did, when the crash started, how long it lasted)
- sleep markers (time to fall asleep, awakenings, how you feel on waking)
This is how we avoid the “I tried everything and nothing worked” trap—because often, people tried many things but couldn’t tell what helped, what harmed, or what was simply too fast.
How We Decide What to Test
Testing should serve the story—not replace it.
We choose testing based on:
- symptom patterns (your body’s signature)
- immune/inflammation picture (how activated or dysregulated the system appears)
- exposure risks (especially water-damage/mold history)
- tolerance and budget priorities (sequencing matters)
Sometimes the best first move isn’t “more tests.” Sometimes it’s stabilizing sleep, gut function, and basic throughput so your body can tolerate the next step and the data becomes clearer.
Root-Cause Testing Categories
Microbial Assessment
Depending on your history and symptom pattern, we may evaluate for:
- Lyme (Borrelia)
- Co-infections that can strongly influence symptoms and response to treatment
We also consider reactivation patterns (including viral considerations when clinically relevant), because a chronically stressed immune system often looks like multiple layers—not one neat diagnosis.
Inflammation / Immune Imbalance Markers
These help us understand your terrain—the physiologic environment your symptoms are happening in.
We use this data to guide:
- priorities (what to address first)
- pace (how fast we can safely move)
- monitoring (are we improving the trend or just stirring symptoms?)
Depending on the case, this can include:
- general inflammatory markers
- immune globulins / immune function patterns
- autoimmune activity signals when relevant
The goal is not to chase numbers. The goal is to treat intelligently and safely.
Toxin/Biotoxin Burden
If there’s a history of water damage exposure, musty buildings, unexplained reactivity, or repeated intolerance to treatment, we consider:
- mold exposure screening considerations
- patterns consistent with biotoxin-driven inflammation, especially when a CIRS-style picture is suspected (symptoms + labs + exposure history)
This is often the missing link in patients who say, “I react to everything,” or “I tried treating Lyme and just got worse.”
Foundational Safety Labs
Whether we’re using prescriptions, botanicals, binders, or detox supports, we want to be responsible.
That often includes baseline monitoring as appropriate:
- liver function
- kidney function
- blood counts
- other safety markers depending on the plan
We also account for:
- medication/supplement interactions
- contraindications (pregnancy, breastfeeding, certain medical conditions, and individual risk factors)
“Natural” is not synonymous with “risk-free.” Effective therapies deserve appropriate oversight.
Treatment Strategy for Lyme-Related Symptom Patterns
The Non-Negotiable Principle: Rate Matters
This is where many people get derailed—especially after following aggressive internet protocols.
We aim to avoid over-treatment spirals:
- flares that don’t settle
- new intolerances
- insomnia escalation
- loss of function
Instead, we build a plan you can actually sustain—long enough for the downstream mess to unwind.
Pillar A: Regulate the Stress Response
If the nervous system is stuck in fight/flight, everything gets louder:
- immune regulation becomes harder
- sleep becomes lighter
- digestion becomes reactive
- symptoms amplify
Practical examples:
- breathwork/daily downshifting (simple and consistent, not complicated and perfect)
- circadian rhythm + sleep routine support (morning light, consistent schedule, evening wind-down)
- gentle movement (walking, mobility, light strength as tolerated—not overtraining)
This isn’t “mindset work.” It’s physiology support that changes outcomes.
Pillar B: Address Microbes
Microbial treatment should be clinician-guided and individualized.
Options may include:
- prescription antimicrobials when appropriate
- botanical/herbal strategies when appropriate
- biofilm/persister concepts handled carefully (conceptual, non-prescriptive)
Order of operations matters:
- Sometimes we stabilize sleep, gut function, inflammation, and toxin/biotoxin load first so antimicrobial work is tolerable and productive.
Monitoring matters:
- symptom tracking + periodic safety labs/progress markers as appropriate
- we adjust based on response, not dogma
Pillar C: Reduce Toxin Load
Then we support body burden in a tolerance-based way, which may include:
- hydration + minerals/electrolytes
- bowel regularity (detox must exit—recirculation is a common reason people feel worse)
- bind/support strategies individualized to sensitivity
- sauna/red light as optional tools when appropriate and tolerated
This pillar is often what turns “I’m stuck and reactive” into “I can finally make progress.”
Lyme Care Near Troy, MI Should Be Root-Cause and Sustainable
Lyme-related symptoms are often part of a bigger root-cause picture. For many patients, what keeps symptoms persistent isn’t just a single infection. It’s the combination of immune activation and inflammation being driven by layered inputs—microbes, toxin/biotoxin burden, and a nervous system that’s been stuck in fight/flight long enough that sleep, digestion, and recovery can’t normalize.
That’s why we focus on strategy and sequencing. When we address microbes, toxins/biotoxins, and stress-response physiology—at a pace you can tolerate—patients often regain real function and quality of life. That can look like fewer crashes, better sleep depth, clearer thinking, reduced pain, improved GI stability, and a body that becomes less reactive over time.
Schedule with Restorative Medicine Center
If you’re ready for Lyme disease care near Troy, MI that focuses on root causes—without gimmicks or one-size-fits-all protocols—contact us to become a patient.
Restorative Medicine Center
705 Barclay Cir #115
Rochester Hills, MI 48307
Phone: 248.289.6349
Fax: 248-289-6923