When I have an Addison 's crisis I lose motor function and become extremely weaj so I an unable to walk, shower or feed myself without help, I have short term memory loss, brain fog and my speec becomes stilted and slurred.
On my last hospital admission, a doctor proclaimed loufly that there was oithing wrong with me as was evidenced by the blood tests I had had.
I hadn't had any blood tests, had had 2 identical presentations, in the same hospital, before and was diagnosed with Addison's disease 15 years ago. It was all in my head! The doctor then demanded to know why I was upset!in subsequent days, medication was late, mislaid and incorrectly dispensed.
Ironically, i now believe it was stress that led me to developing the disease and my motor functions being impaired was my body's way of trying to get me to stop, slow down and be kinder to myself.
2 years on and I have just regainec my gait, just a bit slow. I now have back pain but with the help of this site I recognize this now as being stress induced anx I am trying to make some real changes to my life
On my last hospital admission, a doctor proclaimed loufly that there was oithing wrong with me as was evidenced by the blood tests I had had.
I hadn't had any blood tests, had had 2 identical presentations, in the same hospital, before and was diagnosed with Addison's disease 15 years ago. It was all in my head! The doctor then demanded to know why I was upset!in subsequent days, medication was late, mislaid and incorrectly dispensed.
Ironically, i now believe it was stress that led me to developing the disease and my motor functions being impaired was my body's way of trying to get me to stop, slow down and be kinder to myself.
2 years on and I have just regainec my gait, just a bit slow. I now have back pain but with the help of this site I recognize this now as being stress induced anx I am trying to make some real changes to my life