I've been struggling with health problems for the last 8 years, ever since I was around 22 years old. I went to at least 5 doctors in that time and none of them ever gave honest consideration to my symptoms. One of them tried to call me a hypochondriac because I kept coming to him to test me for different things because he wouldn't think of it himself. He even tried to tell me that my symptoms were just me getting older… I was 22.
2 of them tried telling me that I had depression even though we went over the main symptoms and I said no to more than half of them. I was tired all the time and my body was extremely weak. I couldn't exercise properly and I had terrible sleep. It was so frustrating to constantly get tested for irrelevant illnesses and it was demoralizing to think that there might be a chance that one of those doctors would finally see something, yet I would always get rejected for any type of treatment.
Anyway, my wife helped me finally find a doctor that listened to me and actually sent me for relevant tests, some of which aren't covered by OHIP. It turns out that my cortisol is too high and low at different points of the day, my free testosterone and vitamin D are very low and my TSH is high, meaning my thyroid is out of whack. He gave me a few supplements along with pregenolone and iodine.
I just started the medication a few days ago and I'm already feeling a little better. I don't know if it will make me completely healthy but I have high hopes. I used to be 175lbs and very athletic and now I'm 230lbs and very weak. I love sports and I used to spend all my free time playing them but since I got sick I've barley played at all, especially in the last few years.
My poor health has caused so many problems for me in my life in every way. Its been especially difficult whenever I get a new job because I'm tired all the time and getting used to a new schedule makes it much worse. At work I end up looking like a zombie because of my fatigue and I've had people try to get me in trouble because sometimes I look like I'm falling asleep when I'm trying my best to stay alert.
I don't really know why I wrote this, maybe some of you have gone through the same thing as well? I'm just happy I finally have a route to follow and hopefully it can lead to good things.
2 of them tried telling me that I had depression even though we went over the main symptoms and I said no to more than half of them. I was tired all the time and my body was extremely weak. I couldn't exercise properly and I had terrible sleep. It was so frustrating to constantly get tested for irrelevant illnesses and it was demoralizing to think that there might be a chance that one of those doctors would finally see something, yet I would always get rejected for any type of treatment.
Anyway, my wife helped me finally find a doctor that listened to me and actually sent me for relevant tests, some of which aren't covered by OHIP. It turns out that my cortisol is too high and low at different points of the day, my free testosterone and vitamin D are very low and my TSH is high, meaning my thyroid is out of whack. He gave me a few supplements along with pregenolone and iodine.
I just started the medication a few days ago and I'm already feeling a little better. I don't know if it will make me completely healthy but I have high hopes. I used to be 175lbs and very athletic and now I'm 230lbs and very weak. I love sports and I used to spend all my free time playing them but since I got sick I've barley played at all, especially in the last few years.
My poor health has caused so many problems for me in my life in every way. Its been especially difficult whenever I get a new job because I'm tired all the time and getting used to a new schedule makes it much worse. At work I end up looking like a zombie because of my fatigue and I've had people try to get me in trouble because sometimes I look like I'm falling asleep when I'm trying my best to stay alert.
I don't really know why I wrote this, maybe some of you have gone through the same thing as well? I'm just happy I finally have a route to follow and hopefully it can lead to good things.
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