Yesterday, a woman was taken into custody after security spotted her wandering around the Waldorf-Astoria wearing her neon pink underwear on top of her pants, with a gun sticking out of her jacket pocket. Forty-six-year-old Marilyn Michose was charged with fourth degree possession of a weapon, and sent to Elmhurst Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. But today, her mother says she knows what was to blame for the strange incident: lyme disease.
Michose's 87-year-old mother, Joy, said her daughter suffers from Lyme disease and her medication makes her manic. Michose, an occupational therapist now on disability, drove down to New York to visit a friend; "It's not a happy day," her mother added. "Unusual or strange behavior" is a possible symptom of lyme disease, which is caused and spread by tick bites.
There are many, many famous people who have talked about having lyme disease, including Michael J Fox (who had it three times), author Amy Tan, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Richard Gere, former Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, Pete Seeger, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Martha Stewart, Darryl Hall of Hall & Oates (but not Oates!), former NY Governor George Pataki, and more. You can see a video below of MMA fighter David Menne discussing living with lyme disease:
"Crazy Irene", from the Seattle season of The Real World, also suffered from lyme disease, and explained that the disease was the reason she hated everyone. This might explain some things about a certain former President who also had lyme disease.
