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@kdubois

@wdd18054 have you have any pharmacogenomics testing done?

I was sick for 12 years with wonky hormone levels, especially GH and IGF-1, and I had a ton of endocrine symptoms (profuse sweating, facial flushing, weight gain, and more). My home medical center diagnosed me with a rare endocrine condition and treated me for it, but I kept getting sicker. Sensing they had misdiagnosed me, I did a lot of online research and then took myself to Mayo and asked them to test me for drug hypersensitivity.

Ends up... I was correct; I had been misdiagnosed. What was actually wrong with me was that genetically, I don't properly-metabolize most medications, and the medications my doctors at home had been prescribing me for the previous 12 years were slowly building up in my system and were slowly killing me. I stopped taking these medications, and most of the symptoms have completely disappeared.

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@kdubois Just think of how beneficial the internet has been for us! Prior to having access to so much information you would never have figured out what was wrong.
My mother was very bright and my sister and I have often commented how she would have loved the internet. She would have known virtually everything!
JK