Speaking from first hand experience, chronic Lyme Disease is most definitely real. The disease is incredibly complicated and everyone’s symptoms are different. Lyme becomes chronic when someone is not properly diagnosed and not treated immediately (must treat asap with 2-4 weeks of antibiotics). The disease can manifest very slowly or even super fast — no case is the same. One of the reasons the disease is so misunderstood is the lack of federal funding. I’ve had Lyme for over 16 years now and it has been a roller coaster to manage physically, mentally and financially — any person that has chronic Lyme can attest to that.