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At its worst, neurological Lyme disease can cause paralysis, seizures or schizophrenia. With lesser symptoms, the victim is plagued with insomnia, nightmares, brain fog, word or song iteration, word loss (tip of the tongue) and hypersensitivity to sound, motion, or bright lights.
Symptoms. 1  A bull's-eye rash (erythema migrans) is the most definitive sign of Lyme disease infection. 2  Other symptoms may accompany the rash, such as joint pain, fever, chills, or fatigue. 3  If Lyme disease is not treated, more severe symptoms and complications can occur. The disease is caused by ticks that carry the bacterial organism Rickettsia rickettsii, and is considered the most severe tick-borne illness in the United States. 2  Unlike Lyme disease, which is rarely fatal, untreated Rocky Mountain spotted fever causes death in about 10% of all cases.