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Old Dec 15, 2015, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by almasgemelas View Post
My symptoms don’t seem to have the severity of other people and I really don’t want to reach out for help only to be told there’s nothing wrong with me (it happened before for a physical problem – the doctor made me feel really silly for going and 6 years later, the problem still hasn’t gone away!)
I bolded the part above because I want to say something about this first. I just got back from my primary care physicians office. He is a very good doctor but he was not in today so I saw an associate of his. She has a very rare health condition that only twelve doctors in the United States treat; it took her eight years to get diagnosed. She told me she was sent away and ignored for eight years until she happened across a specialist who was called in when she was found bleeding from every orifice she had and the toxin he identified in her blood was measured at fourteen times fatal levels.

She told me that she is certain that some patients fabricate stories, but she hasn't found one yet. Every single patient she has had with symptoms that don't make sense - she looks for an answer until she finds it. Sometimes it takes years, once it took eleven years she told me - and that person was number four in the world. NEVER choose a doctor who will make you feel silly for reporting your symptoms.

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Originally Posted by almasgemelas View Post
I feel like I’m simultaneously talking myself into and out of going to the doctor. So if anyone has any advice or thoughts, you have no idea how grateful I would be.
You're not going to get a diagnosis from me, but for the first time in this forum I am going to tell someone (that would be you) that I have a significant medical background. I am telling you, unequivocally, that it is my opinion that you get help now. There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. Pick up the phone tomorrow morning and make an appointment. And then come back and let us know how it went.
Thanks for this!
BlueEyedMama, unaluna