Good luck to you Carlos. You've been on the merry-go-round they call western medicine. You've helped support the high incomes and bloated revenues of the HMOs. Doctors too often don't listen or even try to make sense of all your symptoms but are writing out prescriptions or referring you to a buddy in a related discipline within 5 minutes in order to maintain the cash flow of a model that no longer serves the patient. Yes, this commentary is cynical but your experience is far too common these days. I welcome the day when we'll be talking to computers which, ironically, will be better listeners and much more comprehensive in their diagnosis. After years of frustrating run-a-rounds like your, I've turned to the Internet for help.

Stress can be a killer and can trigger or manifest as dysfunction in innumerable ways. My question to you is whether your stress is something that makes you feel alive or something that keeps you from sleeping at night. Does your stress involve fear that you cannot handle the job because of health issues or is it related to some deeper feelings of inadequacy. If it's the latter then a good therapist can help you resolve those issues. If you feel competent to handle the new job challenges but your health issues appear to be a wild card that threatens your ability take on new challenges, then you may be better served if you can find a resolution to your medical issues.

My search for answers has turned to diet and environmental toxins as well as medical avenues my prescription writing doctors have failed to mention or consider. As you will find on this board, there are many antecedents to your symptoms. It's surprising and depressing to find out how many environmental toxins there are in our environment and in medical practices. Levaquin, an antibiotic produced and marketed by Johnson and Johnson, cause PN in some people. Mercury in dental procedures is a neurotoxin as is the aluminum and mercury in vaccines. There's actually a long list of possible culprits that may trigger your symptoms according to the "Internet" doctors that are hated by mainstream practitioners as well as toxic agents in our foods and home environments.

I know you are as desperate for answers as the rest of us, but I would take some time in your search for help. Maybe you can get an appointment at Mayo or with Dr. Hymen at the Cleveland holistic clinic. But I suggest you be cautious with whom you open your wallet. There are far too many in the medical community and adjunct fields that are willing to take your money. This pursuit can be very costly and damage your hopes in your ability to recover. Best of luck to you.