Posted by lepus on June 23, 2011, at 21:56:26
Okay, I'm struggling with how much of my disorder is psychological and how much might be caused by a physical ailment. I suffer from extreme anxiety and agoraphobia. This has been going on for years. Naturally, I'm deconditioned. Naturally, I'm also depressed since life is passing me by.
However, part of the problem with all this has been it started with me suddenly not being able to exercise. I went to a lot of doctors, had a lot of tests, nothing much came up except maybe psoriatic arthritis, postural orthostatic hypotension syndrome and low Vitamin D levels. Otherwise, it is supposedly all in my head.
So, I'm supposed to be depressed. I am. I admit it. But I actually want to do things. My body doesn't let me, either because of anxiety, fatigue or because of the agoraphobia. Lately I have trouble doing my laundry. I get fatigued and have trouble just getting to the laundry room. I want to do my laundry. I want to vacuum. I want to play with my dog. But the energy isn't there. I want to walk. I walked around the house a bit Sunday and ended up in massive pain Monday.
I do not know what is going on and no longer know what to do for help.
I started Seroquel this week. Felt horrible. I'm stopping it tonight and calling my doctor in the morning. I took it in the past and felt fine. Why the change?
I'm just lost. I know there is a psychological component to how I feel. But can depression and horrible anxiety cause the symptoms I have discussed, the horrible fatigue, muscle weakness, dizziness, etc.? The difference to me seems to be that with true depression you don't want to do things. I do want to do things but simply can't!
God I need help. Any ideas? I need to be hospitalized to be checked out physically and psychologically but no one will do it. I have to be suicidal first. The wait might not be long.
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