Hoping you all can help me....

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Hi everyone. My name is Dawn and I'm a SAHM to 2 kids. My daughter is

5 (just started Kindergarten Tuesday--whoopie!) and my son is 3. I

was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when I was 12; I am

33 now. I have been on just about any drug you can think of for it at

one time or another. Right now I am taking medrol (4 mg./day),

celebrex (200 mg./day), and effexor (75 mg./day). Also ultram or

tylenolas needed. I was taking some supplements until I got really

sick nearly 2 weeks ago...I'll get to that in a moment. When I'm

well, I also take 2 Citracal, a multivitamin, and glucosamine/

chondroitin.

 

I was also in the middle of a colon cleanse using a Herbal Healer

Academy product called Colon Enhancer, until I got sick. This is the

second time I've gotten some strange virus. Once about a year ago I

had hot flashes along with restless BODY sydrome that lasted ALL day

and night for about 4 days. I felt awful...told my rheumatologist

about it and she said it was probably a virus that attacked my

central nervous system and that if it came back she'd do some

extensive testing. It didn't come back, thank God.

 

But this last episode has been really bad. For about the first week I

was sweaty all the time...not dripping sweat, but wet all over. No

energy whatsoever, and sometimes my heartrate would be between 146-

150. Scared the beejeebers out of me. I was dizzy all the time and

just felt generally horrible. I was tested for mono...came back

negative. But the doc was concerned about my heart rate, so I had an

EKG which came back with a slight abonormality on the right side

(forgot what the doc said--something about seeing that commonly in

younger people). I'm getting an echocardiogram done on the 31st. My

energy is slowly coming back, but I still feel pretty awful. I fear I

am going thru a nervous breakdown...I feel rage very easily these

days, and I go from rage to tears very quickly! I have seriously

thought about suicide on a few occassions, but can't bear to leave my

children.

 

I know there's gotta be something out there that can help me. And

I've just about given up on the medical community. But I need to feel

well because when I think about feeling like this for the rest of my

life...well, I just can't. Can someone please give me some

information on what to do to start feeling better? I'll gladly

provide all the extra info you need to help me. Thanks for listening

if you got this far ...Dawn