Posted by Cairo on July 16, 2004, at 15:07:56
In reply to Re: I'm bored, list of stims, Seroquel, posted by Sad Panda on July 16, 2004, at 11:05:46
> Can you tell us what her atypical symptoms are?
>
> Cheers,
> Panda.While she has difficulty falling asleep, her sleep quality is poor; she is fatigued and yawny all day. Except for the one obvious major depressive episode on Strattera, she looks more dysthymic with irritability. She doesn't look sad and can be roused to having lots of fun (assuming there's nothing to trigger the anxiety and social phobia). In comfortable situations, with people she knows, she's funny and very enjoyable.
She has what looks like thyroid-like symptoms (her TSH and T3, T4 are fine): constantly cold, more hair falling out, tired, dry skin, acne (could be teen hormones raging), brittle nails, out of breath upon exercise, muscle aches and trigger points, delayed/erratic menses. Her ferritin level was low normal; anemia can be secondary to thyroid problems. She gets plenty of red meat, so iron source is good. She poops out more in the afternoons, and just wants to sit. I'm wondering if the thyroid-like symptoms are due to HPA axis hypofunctioning.
We just got back from a "forced" walk - she goes about 5 minutes, then refuses to walk more due to fatigue.
Thank you for your interest.
Cairo
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