Posted by Sulpicia on February 8, 2001, at 20:29:20
In reply to I am fucking angry;give me solutions not cyberhugs, posted by Tracy on February 8, 2001, at 17:00:41
Hi Tracy -- just shot in the dark but have any of your docs considered Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia?
Have you had a viral illness or mono that preceded your depression?
There is a form of depression that can follow a viral infection -- don't know much about it but have heard of a few cases.
I see you've tried the SSRIs; how about the good old fashioned tricyclics?
And not to be pedantic, but the docs have checked for the various sorts of anemias, right?
Are you taking birth control pills, using Norplant or depo-provera? Some women react to hormones by getting depressed.
Have your hormone levels been checked?
You couldn't *actually* have narcolepsy, could you?last shot and somebody will have to help here -- there is a web site that I've heard mentioned in passing that allows you to enter symptoms and lab values and will suggest diagnosis. Docs use it sometimes when they don't know what's going on.
Anybody here familiar with this?
the only other advice I can offer is to make sure you get a copy of every test result -- at some point soon, the pieces will fall into place and those records could be very helpful.I wish you well, and I'm sorry I can't offer more.
S.
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