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Originally Posted by Stellatum
I hope you can see a neurologist right away. If you can't find one who specializes in neuromuscular diseases, start with any neurologist.
I hope you get answers soon. Welcome to this forum, and please don't hesitate to ask any questions you might have.
Abby
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Thanks.
I wanted to ask you, and everyone who reads this thread.
When I go see a neurologist with my symptom list -- What should I "focus" on as my issue, and reason for seeing him or her?
Overwhelming doctors with dozens of symptoms convolutes the issue and can be a negative sometimes.
So really what should I say to the neurologist? To get things started and headed in the right way, and to be taken seriously?
Because I 'look' fine -- I walk in on my own two legs, etc. So nothing is just blatantly obvious.
The same goes with the Endocrinologist?
My PCP , who is a very good doctor, never followed up with these very marginal thyroid results -- which makes me logically think that being so marginal must indicate that the symptoms I report and severity don't add up. So if a 'good' doctor thinks this already, how do I put it to an endocrinologist to not have the same result happen,.. and ultimately waste money, and time?
If I *could*, or it existed -- I would go to a hospital for the "Mystery Illnesses" and stay there and have them run tests and do whatever they felt like until some answers were found no matter what they were. But there isn't, to my knowledge, any type of doctor who specializes in figuring out what the heck is wrong with someone like myself. .... There should be!
Anyhow, sorry so long.
Thanks again,