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sulfa000 posted:
Single mom of two. I'm 21 years old. For as long as I can remember I've never felt the equivalent of normal. I was always angry, short tempered, had mood swings, short attentions spans, As a teenager, I was very active, but had a huge weight gain, started experiencing chronic fatigue, inability to focus, inability to eat breakfast due to nausea (and no I was not pregnant, I wasn't even sexually active yet), I started getting lower back aches and frequent headaches, inability to wake up if I had less than 12 hours of sleep, severe agitation and aggression, I got acid re-flux, and was no longer able to ingest fruit juice or fruit without stomach aches. I had my first child at 17 and 6 months later I had severe pain in my ovaries, which consisted every time I ovulated. In 2009 I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and ADD. 2012, diagnosed with chronic migraines, carpal, tunnel, a pinched nerve, but even with a mood stabilizer, anti-depressant, Ritalin, migraine preventative, anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxer, daily exercises, and extensive blood work that all came back normal, I still struggle to get out of bed in the morning and stay awake throughout the day. I still can't eat breakfast or fruit (or drink juice), and still have chronic nausea. Can anyone shed some light? Can anyone help me? I've already been to 2 doctors. I'm not made of money, I just want to feel what I think normal people feel like.
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susiemargaret responded:
hello, S --

you are on quite a cocktail of meds, and i'm wondering how many drs are prescribing things for you. perhaps it would help for you to make a sort of chart of what seem to be related symptoms, the order in which they appeared, the meds you take for each, and the dr who prescribed them.

then start over, so to speak, by going to just one place and trying to get an overall re-evaluation of your meds regime. have you considered this? perhaps there is a clinic with a team approach where you live?

-- susie margaret
what good is gold, or silver too, if your heart's not good and true -- hank williams, sr.


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