Singer Justin Timberlake revealed Thursday that he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease<\/p>\n
\u201cAmong other things, I\u2019ve been battling some health issues, and was diagnosed with Lyme disease \u2014 which I don\u2019t say so you feel bad for me \u2014 but to shed some light on what I\u2019ve been up against behind the scenes,\u201d Timberlake wrote Thursday on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cIf you\u2019ve experienced this disease or know someone who has \u2014 then you\u2019re aware: living with this can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, writing that he was \u201cshocked\u201d when he was first diagnosed with Lyme disease, which is transferred from ticks to humans, but it helped him understand why he was feeling a \u201cmassive amount of nerve pain\u201d and \u201ccrazy fatigue or sickness\u201d while he was onstage. <\/p>\n \u201cI was faced with a personal decision,\u201d the singer wrote. \u201cStop touring? Or, keep going and figure it out. I decided the joy that performing brings me far outweighs the fleeting stress my body was feeling. I\u2019m so glad I kept going.\u201d<\/p>\n Timberlake ended his Forget Tomorrow World Tour on Wednesday. The singer faced criticism on TikTok for some of his recent performances. In several videos taken by fans, Timberlake can be seen relying on the crowd to sing large portions of his songs, instead of singing them himself. In one video<\/a>, while performing \u201cCan\u2019t Stop the Feeling,\u201d Timberlake puts his microphone down after singing just the first three words of the song, only occasionally chiming back in later as the tune continues. <\/p>\n The TikTok account for Stereogum, a music publication, posted a mashup of clips<\/a> of Timberlake not singing at his show in Transylvania, Romania, with the caption, \u201cGo girl give us nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n