Hello, I posted on here quite a while ago, and have been running to doctors ever since with no results and I'm becoming sicker and sicker. About 2 years ago, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and put on synthroid (they keep adjusting it and watching levels), then I went through menopause. I gained 70 lbs. really fast (I'VE DONE THIS THREE TIMES IN MY LIFE AND THEY HAVE NEVER KNOWN WHAT CAUSES IT), but this time, the weight isn't coming off like it did before. Since then, I have had multiple body system disorders, it's continuous! I had to have my gallbladder out, then I developed an esophogeal stricture, then my esophogus closed up and they had to go in and stretch it open, now I take medication for stomach paranthesis. Was recently told I have pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, a "stiff" heart, and a hiatal hernia. This all happened within a few months time!!
I have depression, insomnia, GERD so bad that they can't control it, restless leg SO BAD THAT I TAKE THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF REQUIP I USED TO, it's 24 hours a day, brain fog, blurred vision, I ITCH EVERYWHERE, and it's driving me mad! Now, I have heart palpitations and rapid heart rate (occassionally, and they don't know why), and I have skin tags all over and adult onset acne on my body, along with serious vericose veins, and all this just started. It's like my entire body is falling apart in a matter of 2 years!!! I also get thrush constantly under my breasts, and even with medication, it's not controlled.
Now, they have done cortisol tests, which were not high, thyroid panels, (of course they sometimes were low until they adjusted my meds), NUMEROUS heart tests, stress test, halter monitor, echocardiogram, etc. Blood sugar which said I was pre-diabetic (take metformin), AND NOTHING ELSE! They just tell me they don't know what's wrong!
I am so exhausted I can barely function, and now I have edema, and this itching is driving me mad! I have been to 5 endocrinologists, 3 cardiologists, and my family doctor, and I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN ANYMORE. I truly feel like I'm dying, do any of these symptoms put together sound like some autoimmune disorder? That's what people have told me, that multiple system problems are usually an autoimmune disorder. What should I ask at a NEW doctors visit? Please help.