Posted by Racer on October 8, 2005, at 1:58:31
In reply to Re: can someone describe agitated depression please, posted by spriggy on October 7, 2005, at 23:27:39
> So could those health conditions be creating this? I don't know. I have fevers EVERY single day lately- I feel like I have the flu by about 2-3 in the afternoon every day.
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> My anxiety peaks when the fevers are there.
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> I am tired of being sent to specialists, doctor's, who continue to either guess or just give me a new diagnosis.
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> I am feeling nearly helpless right now to be honest.
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>Of course you're feeling helpless with all this going on and no doctor taking the time to treat this properly. [grinds teeth] This just irritates the bejaybers out of me, and you should point me in their direction and stand back.
You're getting daily fevers? And that's when your anxiety is worst? That's a symptom right there that suggests to me -- quite strongly -- that you're dealing with a PHYSICAL problem, not psychiatric. I'm miserable to be around with a fever, because it sends my psychiatric symptoms into overdrive: I get much, much more hypervigilant (which is hard to do, considering my general state of alertness), and scared of half the world around me (as in, the bookshelves start to look frightening), and certain sure that my world will end by the end of Tuesday next. That's related to the fever. It sounds as though your doctors are looking for the psychological or psychiatric when they should be looking at your physical symptoms and how they fit together.
OK. Off my soapbox now. What does your doctor say about the daily fevers? Those fevers are damaging to your body, you know. Are they being taken seriously?
I'm sorry you're goign through this, and hope it improves soon.
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