That's terrible! You have to talk with a specialist about your case -- diagnosis is a case to case basis. It differs from one person to another. Good luck!
Although I am a pharmacists when you are so ill, brain fogged ect and caring for your kids and driving my son with to a rehearsal 10 minutes away is an ordeal, My "executive function" goes out the window, I am like everyone else, and it took me a long time to realize I dont have to be "smart" all the time. I am having an mri on my whole abdominal area and am being tested for adrenal fatigue by me pain doctor who also practices integrative medicine. I am following up with my new primary doctor on the diarrhea issue.
. My first primary doctor told me after asking her about adrenal fatigue and leaky gut 5 years ago , that " I am a pharmacists and should know better, )that this was allot of nonscientific bunk)" This was from a family Dr. who is a neighbor and at the time was a friend. Needless to say she is extremely conservative and not a free thinker. and treated me like a leper once I developed severe pain and fatigue after getting a cold in September of 2006. .I had known this woman for over 2 years and I ignored "red flags" about her because at the time she was a charming , fun companion. I now choose my friends much more carefully.
I had just moved into a new small town and my mother in law moved in with us. My younger son had been diagnosed with autism and my mother in law and I are not friends. My husband asked her to move out in 2008. She complained about why I was so miserable and basically seemed to have no understanding or sympathy for me when I was in allot of pain and would simply collapse after work even though my thyroid t3, t4 levels were "normal"I had already diagnosed with Hashimoto's and was being treated but my health took a nosedive in Sept 2006>.. She is "old school and does not like discussing anything more deep than what we were having for dinner - I felt like a stranger in my own home. I went to a therapist who helped me realize that in order for my marriage needed to I think people who have allot of fear and hangups judge us the most. I have grown allot and now have compassion for these people , ok maybe not all the time but I try because their fears lock them down and make their worlds very small.
I have been feeling very depressed at times.lately (not at all today) I am going through menopause . The brain fog and mood swings have been greatly amplified over the last 2 months. I am also going to per-sue getting bio identical hormones. It is ironic I was never "depressed" when I was told I was but now I think I am but as a secondary result of the hormone changes and having a major setback in my health.
I just saw my pain management /integrative physician doctor yesterday. He agreed that I may not have full blown Addisons but low adrenal function. I am doing a 24 hour cortisol test. I have had this in the past all with normal results. I also had something similar to this about 8 years ago- lost wieght diarrhea referred to a gi got colonoscopy normal, Dr at that time did not suggest adrenal issues and at the time I was healthy suggested I had some kind of "gastris",It did eventually go away.
I would highly recommend Stacy Robbins book " Your not crazy and your not alone" Although the author is a Hashimoto's patient, there is a great deal of overlap of symptoms and dealing with the disbelief and lack of support I am sure all of us can well relate to. I myself went on ssi in 2010 . I have read Phoenix rising for over 2 years and have found it to be extremely informative.
This journey has led me through allot of desolate deserts, glimpses of sunlight, monsoons, dead ends road blocks, and detours, It is like driving a car with vague maps written in foreign languages which we try to decipher in order to feel just a little better. , the road signs being unclear or nonexistent. Our modern medical system is not so modern. When "bacteria" was discovered many doctors did not believe it because it could not be seen.
I was going to propose that we walk naked for 1 block of a large city. It is hard to believe that an illness this debilitating is being treated so cavalierly .
Sorry for the tangents, thank you to those who responded with very sound suggestions . This may be tmi- but once I got my period I feel like myself again. It feels like I can think, Maybe because of the Hashimoto;s and everything else I am just more sensitive to hormonal shifts. Just putting this out there in case it helps anyone else.
Thank You so much for all of your support.
Sincerely, Sue