If your doctor did a thorough job, he or she probably tested you for Lyme disease before finally diagnosing you with fibromyalgia. You likely received a negative test result and thought that you’d ruled out Lyme as a possible cause for your symptoms. You can receive a negative test result for Lyme and still have Lyme disease . What many people don’t realize is the standard testing used by most doctors – the ELISA and western blot tests – are only about 50-60 percent accurate. That’s equivalent to a coin toss! I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in early 2014. During that process, I was screened for Lyme at least twice using the standard testing. Both tests came back negative. I eventually sought out more advanced testing and was diagnosed with Lyme disease last spring. Since then, I’ve interviewed numerous doctors and patients about the connection between fibromyalgia and tick-borne infections (TBI), like Lyme, and I’ve come to a troubling conclusion: I suspect millions...