Snowy
08-12-2004, 03:46 PM
Hi there,
I'm new here and found this discussion board by a search engine. I hope you're all well.
This is an illness that the general population wouldn't understand, so only tell very close friends and naturally doctors my diagnosis.
I'm 29 and first got ill at 22. I have had this illness very severely and it's confined me to a wheelchair for seven years and have had persistent symptoms that have either lingered, some have improved, some have worsened and various other things as well.
I contracted a virus whilst working abroad and was initially diagnosed with M.E. (Chronic fatigue syndrome). The symptoms didn't match however, as I was suffering from incontinence, spasms, tremors, blindness in one eye and stiff muscles.
I've also suffered from very bad depression as well the last few years and am still on medication for this.
However, the good news is that slowly and gradually I'm recovering! I can now take a few steps with my rollator, my swimming is going extremely well after having coaching lessons from the local swimming coach, also my cognitive functions have improved, to such an extent that I recently started doing a few hours at college doing a computer course and from next month hope to start one day a week for a year at the local college doing a health and welfare course.
This is such wonderful news and I'm so grateful to God that I am improving. I've accepted for a long time now that I have somatoform disorder and there is no organic physical course, and although sometimes I think gosh, I must be barmy, as my psychologist has explained to me, that my diagnosis is totally understandable considering my childhood and teenage years which were not very nice, putting it mildly. I've had lots of therapy for this, and also have my Christian faith. I strongly believe I will make a full recovery and will regain full mobility again, and my aim is to hopefully in a few years time go to University. I still have quite a way to go health and mentally wise, but am at least going in the right direction!
I do not know anyone else with Somatoform disorder and would very much like to meet a few people also with it. Is there anyone here? If so, I'd like to say hello and to promise you that there is a way out of this and there is hope.
Best wishes,
Snowy
xxxxxxx
I'm new here and found this discussion board by a search engine. I hope you're all well.
This is an illness that the general population wouldn't understand, so only tell very close friends and naturally doctors my diagnosis.
I'm 29 and first got ill at 22. I have had this illness very severely and it's confined me to a wheelchair for seven years and have had persistent symptoms that have either lingered, some have improved, some have worsened and various other things as well.
I contracted a virus whilst working abroad and was initially diagnosed with M.E. (Chronic fatigue syndrome). The symptoms didn't match however, as I was suffering from incontinence, spasms, tremors, blindness in one eye and stiff muscles.
I've also suffered from very bad depression as well the last few years and am still on medication for this.
However, the good news is that slowly and gradually I'm recovering! I can now take a few steps with my rollator, my swimming is going extremely well after having coaching lessons from the local swimming coach, also my cognitive functions have improved, to such an extent that I recently started doing a few hours at college doing a computer course and from next month hope to start one day a week for a year at the local college doing a health and welfare course.
This is such wonderful news and I'm so grateful to God that I am improving. I've accepted for a long time now that I have somatoform disorder and there is no organic physical course, and although sometimes I think gosh, I must be barmy, as my psychologist has explained to me, that my diagnosis is totally understandable considering my childhood and teenage years which were not very nice, putting it mildly. I've had lots of therapy for this, and also have my Christian faith. I strongly believe I will make a full recovery and will regain full mobility again, and my aim is to hopefully in a few years time go to University. I still have quite a way to go health and mentally wise, but am at least going in the right direction!
I do not know anyone else with Somatoform disorder and would very much like to meet a few people also with it. Is there anyone here? If so, I'd like to say hello and to promise you that there is a way out of this and there is hope.
Best wishes,
Snowy
xxxxxxx