Comments on: Re-Opening Pandora’s Box http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2006/03/re-opening-pandoras-box/ Forest, trees, and balance within. I guess. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:05:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anonymous http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2006/03/re-opening-pandoras-box/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:17:00 +0000 http://blog.paultomlinson.net/?p=49#comment-16 i say keep at it, but open your mind to some other unexplored diagnoses. Have you looked into costochondritis? How about Tietze syndrome? Here is some info on both. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costochondritis/article_em.htm<br/><br/>I have a friend who has complaints similar to yours, and she was recently formally diagnosed with costochondritis. Nothing much to do about it, but at least it's good to know it's not fatal.<br/><br/>I'd say, if you've had heart enlargement and other symptoms of pulmonary hyperplasia (super-functional lungs, for example) ruled out already, then don't over-focus on that diagnosis, but seek other explanations besides "it's all in your head." I just don't want to see you thinking that you'll be dead in 12 years when you won't be. That's no good.<br/><br/>Of course, it IS possible that it's all "just" stress-related. I know I internalize my stress in my stomach, so that when I start to get really stressed out, I have symptoms just like those of ulcers, but doctors have never found any actual ulcers! Yet I get ulcer-like attacks so bad that I've been hospitalized briefly for them in the past! It took a LOT of work at various methods of stress management, but I was eventually able to make them go away just by monitoring my stress level and living with a conscious mind to over-stressing (and avoiding it). So people can and do have severe, "mysterious" medical conditions that are stress-caused, even if we don't THINK that we're really *that* stressed.<br/><br/>Anyway, check into costochondritis, because what you describe sounds just like what my friend describes.<br/><br/>Good luck with it - I'm sure once you finally track down the diagnosis, you'll feel better just for knowing that what you're feeling has a name.<br/><br/>Libbie i say keep at it, but open your mind to some other unexplored diagnoses. Have you looked into costochondritis? How about Tietze syndrome? Here is some info on both. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costochondritis/article_em.htm

I have a friend who has complaints similar to yours, and she was recently formally diagnosed with costochondritis. Nothing much to do about it, but at least it’s good to know it’s not fatal.

I’d say, if you’ve had heart enlargement and other symptoms of pulmonary hyperplasia (super-functional lungs, for example) ruled out already, then don’t over-focus on that diagnosis, but seek other explanations besides “it’s all in your head.” I just don’t want to see you thinking that you’ll be dead in 12 years when you won’t be. That’s no good.

Of course, it IS possible that it’s all “just” stress-related. I know I internalize my stress in my stomach, so that when I start to get really stressed out, I have symptoms just like those of ulcers, but doctors have never found any actual ulcers! Yet I get ulcer-like attacks so bad that I’ve been hospitalized briefly for them in the past! It took a LOT of work at various methods of stress management, but I was eventually able to make them go away just by monitoring my stress level and living with a conscious mind to over-stressing (and avoiding it). So people can and do have severe, “mysterious” medical conditions that are stress-caused, even if we don’t THINK that we’re really *that* stressed.

Anyway, check into costochondritis, because what you describe sounds just like what my friend describes.

Good luck with it – I’m sure once you finally track down the diagnosis, you’ll feel better just for knowing that what you’re feeling has a name.

Libbie

]]> By: Rick http://blog.paultomlinson.net/2006/03/re-opening-pandoras-box/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Rick Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:43:00 +0000 http://blog.paultomlinson.net/?p=49#comment-11 All VERY familiar symptoms. After being mis-diagnosed with a myriad of ailments (including GAD, Clinical Depression, and Bi-Polar Disorder), and after spending tens of thousands of dollars with cardiologists, internal specialists, and neurologists, I finally found the answer. A simple spinal x-ray (this never showed up in the MRIs) disclosed and occult spina bifida. Many of the symptoms were explained by this condition, and the remainder were a direct result of how this condition affected my spinal alignment. The most immediate concern was my heart condition. Turns out my heart, and various other internal organs, were failing because they were being compressed. Chiropractic treatment resulted in a 1.5 inch height gain, and complete r4eversal of those negative symptoms. I doubt that describes your situation (alhtough it is genetic), but I didn't find the problem (the doctors all decided it was in my head - even when I reached the point of using a wheelchair) until I left the box way behind. Seek creative solutions. All VERY familiar symptoms. After being mis-diagnosed with a myriad of ailments (including GAD, Clinical Depression, and Bi-Polar Disorder), and after spending tens of thousands of dollars with cardiologists, internal specialists, and neurologists, I finally found the answer. A simple spinal x-ray (this never showed up in the MRIs) disclosed and occult spina bifida. Many of the symptoms were explained by this condition, and the remainder were a direct result of how this condition affected my spinal alignment. The most immediate concern was my heart condition. Turns out my heart, and various other internal organs, were failing because they were being compressed. Chiropractic treatment resulted in a 1.5 inch height gain, and complete r4eversal of those negative symptoms. I doubt that describes your situation (alhtough it is genetic), but I didn’t find the problem (the doctors all decided it was in my head – even when I reached the point of using a wheelchair) until I left the box way behind. Seek creative solutions.

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