Hi Magda_5
I feel for you so much as you face gaining no solid answers regarding why you're feeling the way you are and finding no constructive way forward. Personally, I've found the greatest doctors to be wonderful ones. Doctors who'll wonder and wonder about a whole variety of possibilities are typically ones who'll pinpoint the culprit. They're great medical detectives.
Often, we're the best witness in our own medical mystery. A good medical detective will ask plenty of questions from a key witness while looking for clues. Unfortunately, some medical detectives/doctors will consider the usual suspects and that's it. They go no further while saying in one way or another 'There's nothing to be solved here?'. When we're saying to a doctor 'I have zero energy, I feel like cr** when I wake up every morning and I can barely function throughout the day', this is just one example of a case that needs solving.
I recall being sent away from a GP appointment with 'advice' along the lines of 'You face the challenges of a lot of women. You have aging parents, young kids, daily challenges and a lot of things that can feel exhausting'. That was it. That was my diagnosis, a challenging and exhausting life. Hmmm🤔. I felt like absolute garbage everyday, with barely enough energy to function with. When I went to pay at reception for my 'advice', I noticed a poster pinned to the reception desk. It was one that was for sleep apnea. Intuition spoke to me in that moment, 'That's it. What you're experiencing are the side effects of sleep apnea'. I went to a SA clinic, had a sleep study done, was diagnosed and treated for SA. My life changed for the better. Had a similar experience with B12 deficiency until it was eventually diagnosed. Btw, both sleep apnea and B12 deficiency both have depressing side effects, which helped explain my depression in both cases.
Are we meant to lack healthy amounts of energy? No. Are we meant to remain feeling the depressing side effects of something? No. Are we meant to accept 'This is just the way life is at times?'. Heck no! Are we meant to accept textbook diagnosis without any further investigation? A wonderful doctor would say 'No'. You're feeling the side effects of something. The question is 'What are you feeling the side effects of?'.
