Posted by tina on June 5, 2000, at 9:34:22
In reply to Re: OK... am I mad or ill???, posted by Abby on June 5, 2000, at 9:16:57
I don't think you are mad--you are articulate, intelligent and knowlegeable and you seek to understand yourself, that's courageous and worthy of applause. Don't let the British health community get you down. Try to do an end run around them. If they won't do the ovarian test until you can't conceive then tell them you've had trouble conceiving and see where that gets you. Do take care in reading too much about different conditions though, I know from experience that if you read the symptoms of a certain illness you may find them in yourself whether you have that illness or not, but hen again, I'm a hypochondriac so it may not be the case with you. Still, don't take this lying down. You seem to be a strong willed and resourceful person and I know you'll get done what needs to be done, just push a little harder. Don;'t allow those idiots to dismiss you, it's their job to help you and you deserve it. Never doubt yourself. If you feel that something is wrong then it is, you aren't mad(unless you ate beef a few years ago and it's a delayed reaction--ha ha) The thyroid advice is really good and you might want to look into your blood glucose levels, hypo/hyperglycaemia maybe. Did you go off all meds like you said in an earlier thread? Oh well, never mind, I seem to be randomly ranting myself. I'll stop now. Do take care and keep trying to get the help you deserve, remind the little buggers that they are there to help you, that's what they get paid for. Love ya--Tina
> Nikki,
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> Is there really any difference? But let me be serious. I'll be Noa for a minute. Check your thyroid. If you can't have the blood work done talk to your psychiatrist about adding some thyroid hormone to augment an anti-depressant.
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> Check out a book by Ridha Arem called the Thyroid Solution--A Mind Body something. It sounds all new age, and it does depart from some mainstream practices, but it's very traditional and respectable. I just checked amazon.co.uk to see whether it's available in the UK. If a public library doesn't have it, just go into someplace like Waterstone's and read it there. If you find stuff that you'd like to show your GP, buy the book, photocopy the relevant pages and return it.
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> Abby
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