What now?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Seems like I'm a frequent contributor about my health woes at the

moment.

I exerted myself on Thursday night and over the weekend with

voluntary work. Today I was a bit of a jittery mess and I couldn't

think straight - felt happy that I was there, but felt REALLY DUMB

when I fumbled when I met the 'identity' that I was helping out.

Believe me, I am not fazed by 'fame' or 'identity'. I couldn't

settle and felt a bit hyper. The rare meeting with this person was

completely stuffed up. I was fortunate to meet with them, however I

didn't even know it was happening until just before it did, and of

course I was unprepared and in my opinion I totally blew the

meeting. It usually takes me about 5hrs to prepare notes to talk to

the doctor about my health, so can you imagine being plopped in

front of a person and just doing it 'off the cuff'. Don't get me

wrong, I'm not blaming anyone and I could have said no, but it was

all so quick that I just went along with the flow. The person was

kind and told me 'don't worry', which made me think that I must have

appeared particularly worried!

Do you think this is because of stuffed adrenals? I've yet to have

my blood tests done but I've got the path lab request ready and

waiting to go. Does anyone have any idea about the BEST time to

have a cortisol blood test (as far as when you are really tired?

wired? etc). YES, I KNOW that cortisol blood tests are supposed to

be a bit useless, but this is the 'first step' as far as the doc

goes. The doc is also wanting to test for DHEA, etc.

It seems that my anxiety levels rise at certain times and right now

is one of those times. Is this a good time to get them tested or is

it better for me to wait for my 'complete exhaustion' stage, which

is likely to not be too far away. I dislike being anxious the

most. At least during the exhaustion phase I'm just a bit 'wired'

or just plain exhausted. Not meaning to sound like a pessimist, but

this is what happens to me on a regular basis.

I'm sort of annoyed that I'm getting a bit 'out of kilter' again,

but it was worth doing the volunteer work. I felt useful for the

first time in ages.

P