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It Started With A Tick: How One Bite Led To A Surprising Psychotic Episode It Started With A Tick: How One Bite Led To A Surprising Psychotic Episode
It Started With A Tick: How One Bite Led To A Surprising Psychotic Episode When Kevin Berean didn't feel like himself late in the summer of 2017, he knew it was more than just seasonal blues. “I was feeling a great deal of anxiety, and yet I was in a completely detached state,” he said. “It’s hard to describe. I felt like I was on Earth, yet in a totally different world. I just didn’t feel like myself.” Berean cannot precisely recall the duration of his symptoms, but “it was probably several months." Frightened by his altered state, Berean went to the Emergency Department of MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Networ…

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