Ugh!! I'm so sorry you had such a crappy day. Just wanted to say one thing, though ... I've also had lots of health problems over the last couple years, and I have made two trips to the Mayo Clinic and three trips to the local hot-shot university hospital/clinics. None of them helped me in the slightest and just served to make me feel even more bitter/depressed/angry/etc. I think it's because you expect more out of a place like that, and yet when you go there they aren't interested in you because you're not doing anything cool like bleeding out your eyeballs. So try not to feel too badly that they didn't help.
I imagine you've seen just about every -ologist there is but have you done a really thorough evaluation with an endocrinologist yet? I hate to even bring this up because my mom does it all the time and it drives me up the wall, but apparently there are thyroid problems that don't show up with the usual thyroid tests. My mom was sick for years with autoimmune-like symptoms (including severe swelling in hands/feet/joints, fatigue, weakness, pain) and went several rounds with all sorts of doctors before she finally started taking thyroid medication and felt a million times better. But, she has to take T3, since T4 (like Synthroid, which is typically prescribed) just makes her feel worse. It's worth a shot, anyhow. I seem to recall that you did possibly already have a go-around with an endocronologist but I can't remember for sure.
Anyway, frankly it always drives me crazy when people ask me "So have you tried ... ?" but I am unable to stop myself from doing it to other people. Apologies.
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Just wanted to say one thing, though ... I've also had lots of health problems over the last couple years, and I have made two trips to the Mayo Clinic and three trips to the local hot-shot university hospital/clinics. None of them helped me in the slightest and just served to make me feel even more bitter/depressed/angry/etc. I think it's because you expect more out of a place like that, and yet when you go there they aren't interested in you because you're not doing anything cool like bleeding out your eyeballs. So try not to feel too badly that they didn't help.
Apologies.
