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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 22 11:32am | Replies (171)
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@johnbishop

Hello @amicocercante, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @suzbyrne and other members. It's good that you can help advocate for your friend's health. Your friend's story sounds similar to this TED talk by Jennifer Brea who became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis. What happens when you have a disease doctors can’t diagnose -- https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose

There is a related discussion that you might want to read through to see if it is helpful.
-- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) treatments: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs-treatments/

Is it an option for your friend able to travel to a major teaching hospital or health facility like Mayo Clinic?, or is one available where he lives?

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amicocercante | @amicocercante | Sep 3, 2021

Thanks, John. We will check out these resources. Regarding his ability to travel to a major teaching hospital, it would depend on where the facility is. I don't know what qualifies as a major teaching hospital so I can't say whether there's one nearby, but he's in Italy if that helps. There are so many contributing factors to his insomnia/misery that it's hard to know where to start, but the leads I'm most interested in are childhood trauma/neglect as they contribute to depression/anxiety, a high resting heart rate of 105bpm (OK'd by his cardiologist), and a couple spots in his brain that have been quiet and benign so far, but for which he has scheduled another MRI in December. I'm also really open to the idea that he's dealing with something rare that most physicians/psychiatrists wouldn't think to consider, but only good luck or systematic investigation will tell!

Is there more you can say about the approach, resources or methods of major teaching hospitals?

Thanks, a lot.

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