My sister passed away unexpectedly March 29th, she was racked with auto-immune type disorders , thyroid disease , diabetes , lupus, still she was pretty active up to the day she died...
So I found myself in a funk this summer , since about April could not drag my dead ass off the couch , didn't want to get up in the morning , didn't want to work on some projects I had lined up , hell I didn't even want to go shooting. Thought maybe I was getting some backlash depression over my sisters death and I also have thyroid disease, went to the doc in May , told him my woes , also had a lot of pain flareups in what are normally just nagging but livable aches , carpal tunnel , my back was hurting way more than usual (disk), my knees were aching.
Doc says all those can be caused by depression , I should start an anti-depressant but he would also check my thyroid levels "and a few other things". So I went away thinking I was having a depressive bout and took my pills like a good boy , they helped a little but you pay a price in side effects. So in early July the docs office calls as says they need to see me.
One of the tests he ran was methylmelonic acid which came back high, ok so what does this mean for me I asked ?? Turns out I have a B12 deficiency , pernicious anemia , gonna need B12 shots every two weeks for 8 weeks then 1 a month for life. Just got my second shot , holy cow !!! I wasn't depressed , I just needed some "juice" shot in my arm ! Thank God , those side effects of ADs are hard to swallow.
So I'm back , and I have a little zip in my dooh dah again
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Ray