Posted by Tomatheus on December 13, 2012, at 10:47:44
In reply to Re: What to do about elevated WBCs » Tomatheus, posted by Phillipa on December 13, 2012, at 9:03:01
Phillipa,
I initially went into the hospital for a psychiatric problem, but because my pulse was really high (in addition to the fact that my white blood cell count was high), they kept me on a medical floor for a few days before transferring me to the psychiatric floor. The hospital's blood tests also found my troponin levels to be elevated initially, but those later fell.
I'm not quite convinced that having an elevated white blood cell count is as harmless as you say it is and that it isn't contributing to my chronic fatigue/depression in some way. White blood cells, from what I've read, cause pro-inflammatory cytokines and hydrogen peroxide to become elevated, and actually a lot of the supplements that have helped reduce the severity of my fatigue and other depressive symptoms temporarily reduce hydrogen peroxide levels. If I were asymptomatic, then I might be less concerned about the fact that my white blood cells are chronically elevated, but there's obviously something wrong with the way my body is functioning. It might be a coincidence that I have both a chronic fatigue and an elevated white blood cell count, but then again, it's also a possibility that those two things are related, and I want to explore that possibility in any way that I can.
Tomatheus
Dx: schizoaffective disorder
Treatments: Abilify & Korean ginseng
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