Posted by bleauberry on April 30, 2010, at 15:39:05
In reply to Neurologists stumped; medication side-effects?, posted by Daphna on April 30, 2010, at 11:37:19
First, please understand I am not saying you have this.
I am saying that when all kinds of bizarre neurological things are happening that puzzle all the specialists, there are so many cases you couldn't count them where the underlying cause of all of it was one of the following:
1. Lyme disease.
2. Mercury/lead accumulation, usually from past or current exposure to amalgam fillings.Both of those are tricky to diagnose, and without advanced experience in them a specialist will usually come up with a diagnosis of negative. It is only late, by accident, with another doctor, that the discovery is made, and the previous tests and doctors were proved grossly wrong. Not their fault because they aren't experts.
You might want to do some google searching on Lyme and LLMDs (Lyme Literate MDs). Other hidden unsuspected bacteria and viruses can also mimick lyme and display your exact symptoms.
As for your medications, it is trial and error to find out what helps and what doesn't. Only when the underlying cause is treated will things work the way intended. But when you accidentally stumble onto something that does help, you may never know why it helps and there will be no explanation from a specialist, but at least your life will be temporarily improved. Keep trying. But don't at all put the diagnosis thing on the shelf. There are easy cheap things you can do to get a pretty accurate picture of what's going on. Again though, the specialists you are seeing do not know this stuff.
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