I have no idea how it works. It worries me because my bf has an autoimmune disease and he always tells me he thinks I have lupus. His cousin had lupus, and there is a string of autoimmune diseases on his family.

Guess it's time to go back and bug my dr again. What frustrates me is that he knows I have mental Heath problems and he usually tries to casually subtley put it off to in my head. It's not in my head tho, I know that. I've been seeing dr's for the same problems since I was a child. I think I got to the point of just giving up last year after a string of tests showed nothing, and my dr just seemed to drop the ball.

You know what's worse, if it was lupus, lupus also causes mental health problems Including psychosis, which I have plenty of. I've never responded well to bipolar meds and it kinda freaks me out thinking I could have something else altogether all this time.

If I make another appointment with him I don't even know what to say. I've already tried the " could you please look at all mu symptoms together instead of separately" approach. I asked fir a referral twice to a rheumatoid specialist an he agreed, but nothing ever came of it. I swear I feel like the crazy patient, just calm her down in the office and hit ignore when she leaves.

I would just get a new dr, but I'm in a small place and no one is taking on new patients, a lot o people I know are using the walk in clinics instead.