Looking for a medical professional to evaluate my symptoms and give their opinion
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My psychiatrist diagnosed me with mood disorder. I believe I have a deficit of serotonin levels because of my depression, anxiety, horrible headaches, lack of sexual interest and lack of energy. Sometimes when I feel normal emotions such as joy, sadness, jealousy, or anger I will feel awfully strong pulses in my head and my head gets very hot. It's quite painful. I do not believe I am bi-polar as I have never have strong highs.. only lows. I also have many abdominal issues like cramping and nausea which I think may be contributing to the lack of serotonin. Does this sound like mood disorder or something else?
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noah13259
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Also some information I left out is that I'm also diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, I'm 18, exercise daily, eat healthily, and don't use drugs or alcohol. My family doctor says I may have IBS but we've visited a gastroentologist he recommended but even he didn't have a definitive answer to my abdominal issues.
angelo88861 noah13259
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noah13259 angelo88861
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hypercat noah13259
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Hi there are no professional medics here only fellow sufferers. Even if there were no one could diagnose you over the internet. If you don't agree with your psychiatrist could you change to a different one?
I hope you find some answers. x
noah13259 hypercat
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Dr.D noah13259
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hi noah,
based on your description it is quite difficult to tell wether you have a mood disorder or some other underlying problem. what any good doctor would do in your situation is trying to figure out what is causing your symptoms by figuring out the root cause. sometimes people receive diagnosis such as bipolar or unipolar but they may have diabetes and don't know about it. my credo is to check the most obvious physical issues first before starting any psychotherapy. in order to do this a thorough history of the problem is the base for further diagnostic tests.
- what is your chief complaint and how do you suffer because of this?
- when did this start or when did you realise this is bothering you?
- what symptoms do you have and how are they behaving like do you have them all the time or only when you're stressed or have eaten something specific etc.
- how do you cope with these symptoms / how strong do the affect your quality of life?
- are you taking any medication?
- are you on a specific diet?
- do you have a lot of stress in your life (physical or mental)?
- how is your social life and how do you look at life in general?
since you are having a psychiatrist i suggest you talk to him about your concerns of not being sure your problems are psychological. often psychological issues will effect your body thus leading people to see different doctors that cannot find anything wrong with the bodily functions. anyway a basic metabolic panel that looks at the blood cells plus liver, kidney, pancreas etc. seems meaningful to rule out any big physical issue.
to me your symptoms (nausea, abdominal cramping, strong pulses, hot head) sounds like the somatic complaints of people with anxiety disorders.
i hope this helps.
kind regards,
d