Posted by bleauberry on August 29, 2008, at 21:23:51
In reply to valuable blood tests for psych/neuro isues, posted by iforgotmypassword on August 29, 2008, at 11:37:54
Have you seen a neurologist? What you describe fits their expertise a lot more than psychiatry or general medicine.
It could be any number of things ranging from MS to Lyme to amalgam illness to parkinsons to copper toxicicity to lead toxicity, geez, I dunno, that's why a neurologist would be good. They see weird stuff like this every day and if something is going to stand out as a red flag, as you said, I think they are more likely to see it than a regular MD. They would be able to name tests most relevant. You can always add on your own requested tests as you please, depending on what you can afford.
An integrative MD would be good also. They are more versed in diagnosing and treating mysterious things than regular MDs and they do lots of detailed lab tests that regular MDs are not familiar with.
My Mom has a friend who developed a whole array of mysterious disabling symptoms that reminded me of you. Turns out she had lead toxicity. Partly from the lead solder joints in her home plumbing and partly from her arts and crafts hobbies. Most of her symptoms were gone about 2 years after she identified and removed the sources of lead exposure. Previously though, a neurologist had diagnosed her with MS. It was a second opinion with an integrative specialist that led to the lead discovery through hair lab samples and blood samples. So while I said earlier a neurologist would be good, well, in this case not, but still I would include their opinion in things.
It could be any number of things or a combination of things. But it will take someone with a wide scope to, I think, diagnose and treat it. What you described sounds way out of the range of psychiatrists.
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