Posted by iforgotmypassword on September 24, 2005, at 11:30:27
if you have had fatigue, confusion and cognitive blocks, extreme amotivation and apathy for several years that has destroyed any ability to have a life, friends, a job, interests, decent education, an actual home not just a place to store yourself, or anything that really means to you, does it make sense to get tested for everything that could ever possibly cause this?
i am going nowhere with psychiatrists and psychologists, and even they are reluctant to ever call any of this actual depression, so i may have been barking up the wrong tree endlessly for forever now. i don't know where to go from here, i see my GP on tuesday. he will prolly have recommendations from the voluntary inpatient evaluation talking about depression and psych meds basically on MY recommendation. this is likely to go nowhere as it always has.
i was wondering if anyone wants to help me with a list of things to either ask for tests for at the doctors office, or get tests on my own without insurance at a medical lab or at an alternative or whatever (i have $5000 from a dead family member that i never spent on anything, and will never spend on anything because as it stands there is absolutely nothing i want in life. i do not care if i blow it.)
i am thinking now of things that may be useful:
borna virus (?)
lyme disease
thyroid antibodies (instead of just TSH)
mono (ive already had this, but i hear with some people it's chronic)ive already been tested for celiac, and i have been getting B12 shots every week for a while now.
any other ideas?
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