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Straight white man. Diagnosed myself with sleep apnea. Kept telling drs it wasn't anxiety. After 10 years got one to order a sleep study by demanding one. Cel
by vcg3rd 3y ago
Straight white man.
Diagnosed myself with sleep apnea. Kept telling drs it wasn't anxiety. After 10 years got one to order a sleep study by demanding one.
Celiacs. Told it was IBS and mental. Told to eat more grain for fiber. Finally developed peripheral neuropathy from B-12 deficiency. I was referred to a neurologist and I told her after all the test and only found very low B-12 I thought I had celiacs. She referred me to gastroenterologist for biospy of villus. I'm then 40, celiacs from childhood, never enough B-12.
Fibromyalgia Known I had it for decades. Flaired bad in 2020. PCM told me it was arthritis. She referred me to Occupational Health. After testing he said it clearly wasn't arthritis. I told him I thought I had mild fibro for 15 years that has flaired to border-line severe and already have one diagnostical confirmed autoimmune disease. He referred me to a rheumatologist who diagnosed fibro.
Narcolepsy type 2 without cataplexy. Excessive daytime sleepiness not resolved by CPAP so severe I would pull into parking lots or lay under a desk. Prevented me from finishing grad school. After 5 sleep drs for apnea over 25 years one finally prescribed me armodafinil.