...Looking for a doctor in the washington dc area...Pl. Help...


All medical reports are normal per doctors who are ignoring all sypmtoms. But based on many symptoms (listed below), have made some connections. Gone from doctor to

doctor but no help and health is deteriorating with no sleep and I am very concerned. No one is helping which increases frustration and depression. No tolerance for drugs

and have not taken them growing up as mom used to be a social service homoepath.

Looking for a comprehensive health plan. I am incorporating things as I learn but need to be under the care of a good doctor.

1) since march 2005 - emotional anxiety from work/family issues; physical trauma from wisdom teeth extraction (long and 5 stitches needed), 10 days of heavy antibiotic

dosage led to alternating diarrhea, constipation, flatulence, constant hunger and burning if did not eat. Also the slightest chilli and mouth and stomach burns, 5-7 stools a

day (continues), most foods went into the restricted category. No anti-spasmodic meds helped except 2 homoe meds gave complete relief for 1 week each. Diagnosed with

colitis and gastritis in sept 2005. Put on acid reflux meds for 1.5 mths - none helped at all. Did not have acid-reflux. Symptoms now seem as hypoglycemia and not ibs.

Never been able to stay hungry since childhood, would get irritable and extremely weak.

2) since feb 2006 - extreme emotional anxiety from work/family issues; physical trauma due to whiplash from car accident. This led to tmj being impacted causing head,

jaw, neck, shoulder pain (learnt this only in nov 2006). Simultaneously insomnia started. 3-5 hours sleep after which feel weak. The rest of the night would be this 'weird'

sleep, there was much mental activity which could not be controlled and now learnt it was just alpha 'sleep' where can't get into deep sleep at all (nightmares started on and

off). Had been taking folic acid 5mg since childhood, stopped that in sept 2006 and started on a multivitamin b complex which has 400mcg folate. Within a week I

collapsed with extreme fatigue (first time in my history so far) and stopped going to work (just made the connection to folate in nov 06).

3) mid oct 2006, took 2 weeks of amino acids, would feel drugged and in bed for 12 hrs, sleeping most of the time but very tired and drowsy the next day. Stopped since

extreme bodyache and low level muscle spasms started. Not lost any weight and has no craving for sugar, on the contrary felt the least sugar in cereal to be 'too sweet'

since july-aug 2006.

4) first 2 weeks of nov 2006, took 2 days of paxil 10mg (too much nausea, vomitting, stomach ache so stopped), 10 days of ambien (6.25 mg cr, 12.5mgcr and finally

10mg), gave me 6 hrs of sleep which felt like 2 mins. 2nd week of nov 2006, went on a hypoglycemia diet (diet already restricted, low sugar and healthy but stopped

potatoes, rice and switched to low or no sugar cereal). Within a week panic attacks, crying spells, spasms, depression started. Lasted for a week. Thought it was the sleep

aid so stopped it but it's been 10 days and got these 'attacks' again in the day and at night a couple of times and see a 'sugar' connection. Even on nights when I did not get

these, sleep has stopped. Very drowsy but wide awake. Cannot fall asleep anymore. Taking some homoepathy (these would give some sleep in the past) and valerian but

just manage to get some drowsy very light sleep from 6-10 am and on some days only. Took ciproheptadine (anti-histamine) since feb 2006 on and off when desperate.

2mg (1tsp syrup) gives her 1-2 days of sleep.

5) emotional and physical trauma may have led to ibs and/or hypoglycemia from the beginning) and then depression and chronic insomnia got added.
Which in turn may have led to adrenal insufficiency which may have to led to thyroid imbalance (t3 was 111 oct 2006. T4 was 5.2 in 2000 and 5.8 oct 2006 and
tsh was 2.4 in 2000, 2.5 in 2003 and 3.6 oct 2006)
worse hypoglycemia and other symptoms like extreme fatigue (early oct 2006)
body ache (mid oct 2006)
iron deficiency (ferritin level was 19 in range of 10-110 found early nov 2006)
much hair loss since aug 2006 continues
muscle spasms (which worsened since nov 2006)
twitching, tingling in head, hands and feet, numbness of extremities (since late oct 2006)
depression, palpitations, extreme weakness in legs, constant feeling of something in throat and desire to hawk to take it out (since nov 2006).