soxfan
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I have been away from the forum for a while now. I was going through a really rough time and needed to take some time away. During that time I had been seeing a Functional Medicine Doctor. She did a lot of valuable testing which showed I am truly very healthy. She had me on some supplements but none of them made a difference. Because my main problem is Chronic tiredness she decided to have me do a depression questionnaire. Well I came up with moderately depressed.
I tried explaining that this was caused by the fact that my fatigue limits me greatly and I live everyday in a fatigue haze. She had me do a genetic test to see which anti depressants would work best. Once the test came back she decided she didn’t want to treat me and told me I should go see a neurolinguistic doctor. Well I had to google it to find out what they were.
I decided to go see my PCP and see what she had to say. She also gave me the depression test and it came up again moderately depressed. She wanted me to try Prozac which I agreed but I ended up with horrible side effects almost immediately. She then put me on Wellbutrin with the same issue...awful side effects. So now she wants me to see a Behavioral Therapist.
So my question is has any one seen either one of these doctors and did it help. I am truly certain this illness has caused the depression and I do agree I am depressed even though my only real symptom is tiredness when I read the symptoms of depression.
At this point I will try anything instead of medications because I need to feel better emotionally and don’t want to go back to a very dark place I was recently in.
I recently quit Lunesta (one of the hardest things I have ever done) and no longer take anything to sleep even though my sleep is horrible. Doctor won’t give me Klonopin anymore to sleep so I have nothing.
Sorry this is so long but I need to get myself in a better place to be able to cope with this illness and my limitations. I would like to do it without medication since I am so extremely sensitive to them.
Anybody have any luck with a counselor...therapist etc...
Thanks for reading ....
I tried explaining that this was caused by the fact that my fatigue limits me greatly and I live everyday in a fatigue haze. She had me do a genetic test to see which anti depressants would work best. Once the test came back she decided she didn’t want to treat me and told me I should go see a neurolinguistic doctor. Well I had to google it to find out what they were.
I decided to go see my PCP and see what she had to say. She also gave me the depression test and it came up again moderately depressed. She wanted me to try Prozac which I agreed but I ended up with horrible side effects almost immediately. She then put me on Wellbutrin with the same issue...awful side effects. So now she wants me to see a Behavioral Therapist.
So my question is has any one seen either one of these doctors and did it help. I am truly certain this illness has caused the depression and I do agree I am depressed even though my only real symptom is tiredness when I read the symptoms of depression.
At this point I will try anything instead of medications because I need to feel better emotionally and don’t want to go back to a very dark place I was recently in.
I recently quit Lunesta (one of the hardest things I have ever done) and no longer take anything to sleep even though my sleep is horrible. Doctor won’t give me Klonopin anymore to sleep so I have nothing.
Sorry this is so long but I need to get myself in a better place to be able to cope with this illness and my limitations. I would like to do it without medication since I am so extremely sensitive to them.
Anybody have any luck with a counselor...therapist etc...
Thanks for reading ....