I just watched the video and there are many aspects of what he was talking about that make sense.
The first being the it's going to be important for me to find doctors who will look at my entire history, because it is not clear why these symptoms are present right now. One aspect that I've had trouble finding doctors to take in to account and now seems even more important, is that I've been sober for twenty-one years and was incorrectly diagnosed as dual-diagnosed for years. I haven't taken any kind of psyche meds for over seven years. I came off the them because they made me quite sick, and frankly was giving far to many for years. The fact that the symptoms have never completely gone away only changed since coming off the meds seems to be important, if only to understand that further medication is not going to help. It's possible that history set me up for this to happen, and having two surgeries for in the middle of pandemic were the trigger. Because the symptoms are chronic looking at my entire history is even more important.
Right now I have a referral to OHSU, they have a voice and swallowing clinic, a pain clinic, and nerve center I think their a good place to start. There are also several neurologists in our state who do what called Nueromodulation therapy. I think this is worth looking into more. In some cases it can help. I think the closest doctor who offers this is in Tigard (that's just outside of Portland).
Philip

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