Hi everyone, I’ve been reading posts on this site and so much info : ) Waiting for neuro appt as dr thinks its ms. Had symptoms for 20yrs now and was dx with fibro and depression 10yrs ago. My gp has not been helpful as any symptom in the past he’s put down to depression so I wouldn’t go to him for last 10 yrs. When I went 4 weeks ago told him the physical stuff but not the mental changes as 1st thing he said was…“you’re not depressed are you, as that can cause alarming symtoms”… I wouldn’t mind that response so much if I’d been up there all the time…I had one severe bout of post natal depression. Does anyone suffer with personality changes? Anger, memory loss, lack of empathy( where before I had an abundance), irritation etc. I don’t feel like me anymore which is the most disturbing thing. This has been over the last 4 yrs. Apologies for the length of post
Hi, mm, well I am wondering how your gp decided your problem could be down to ms? GPs do not have the knowledge to tell someone they may have ms.and arent allowed to either!!! Ok, he said he thinks it could be ms.
If youve had symptoms for 20 yrs, why is he only referring you now? Surely he shouldve done that well before now, eh?
Thats the chuffin trouble when GPs have a set idea on someone.like mentalissues, but all that time ago…hell fire!
If I were you, I would change my GP asap!
Post natal depression is quite common, but 10 yrs ago…???
The feelings you are having could well be down to a serious neurological condition. But having an unsympathetic GP wouldnt help anyone and result in you feeling angry, irritable and downright frustrated.
Hope you donjt have to wait too long before you see the neuro.
A word to the wise, if you dont mind…going by my own experience, please dont go in slagging anyone off. I did that it went against me.
Good luck.
luv Pollx
Hi Poll, thanks for replying. I’m sorry, i wasn’t very clear in my post.
My Dr said he thought it was an autoimmune disease, when i asked what he said, “like ms”. He’s put me in for an urgent appt and reckons i’ll be seen quickly. (this is a new dr at the same practice)
I did have severe post natal depression where they wanted to hospitilze me but i refused as i knew a lot of the prob was my now ex husband. My dad had a breakdown and then suffered severe mental health problems after my mum died when i was a teenager… the dr is aware of this and coupled with my previous ‘episode’ thinks the crackerjack gene runs in my family. [i joke about this as i looked after my dad for many years and humour was the only way we got thru it].
I’ve had many symtoms to which i was referred to rheumatologist…so fibromyalgia was given as the cause. because of my dr’s attitude 10yrs ago i just got on with it without complaining…i was made to feel that any symptom was a result of depression or anxiety. I just couldn’t go up there constantly knowing they thought i was depressed or a hypochondriac.
I was working a 70hr week on night shift when i had the original symptoms in my 20’s, went down to 6 1/2 stone because i couldn’t swallow food, burning pain, weakness, exhaustion , eye pain etc…because the dr didn’t sign me off work i became worse and worse until i couldn’t look after my daughter and had to send her to live with a relative for 8 mths. Now, i can’t walk properly, pain, bladder problems, weakness, difficulty swallowing…the list goes on…
The memory loss is awful…i can watch a film and straight afterwards know that i’ve watched a film but can’t remember anything else about it. friends used to say i was the most tolerant person they knew and that i was so laid back i should fall over…no pun intended! 
Hopefully i should get definite answers soon but would really like to know that if it is ms can my short term memory and ‘softer’ personality come back coz i REALLY miss it!