Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

phantom power

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7. She's recovering. It's been a slow process.

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:23 AM

Aug 2013

One thing I've learned over the years, these kinds of chronic health problems are often difficult or impossible to diagnose. Aside from useful insights like "chronic stress and/or lack of sleep are very bad for you", there are clearly some things we haven't yet figured out about what can go wrong with human health, and what to do about it.

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck, it's very daunting to live with such things, especially when diagnosis is so elusive. I mentioned the mono partly on the off-chance it might be useful information. And of course, asshole doctors, because really, what's up with that?

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If I may. Venting. [View all] Bertha Venation Aug 2013 OP

Do you drink coffee and tea? alcohol? Sanity Claws Aug 2013 #1

Coffee and diet Coke. Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #3

Transdermal Magnesium Therapy otohara Aug 2013 #19

I heartily agree about magnesium Holly_Hobby Sep 2013 #20

My sister went through something like that phantom power Aug 2013 #2

Not I! Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #4

She's recovering. It's been a slow process. phantom power Aug 2013 #7

My sleep study showed I have sleep apnea and... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #5

This was one of the ways in which the doc was a major asshole: Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #8

Ah, so you've been through a lot of this already... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #11

Is there a possibility of an autoimmune disease? Exhaustion seems to be the common marker there. hedgehog Aug 2013 #6

I think my doctor checked for everything under the sun when she did blood tests. Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #9

right there with you my friend. mopinko Aug 2013 #10

The neurologist was watching for localized twitches to pinpricks Warpy Aug 2013 #13

i dunno, but for years mopinko Aug 2013 #14

A vitamin D deficiency can cause a lot of things, fatigue is among them Warpy Aug 2013 #12

Don't you KC Aug 2013 #15

D3 is the most bioavailable of the subgroups Warpy Aug 2013 #16

I think getting your Vitamin D levels up will also help control your blood sugar! hedgehog Aug 2013 #18

Something like half of American don't get enough magnesium MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #17