Adrenal crisis/depression/IBS/auto immune condition rapid progression after stomach infection? desperately need help
Hey all, I'm posting this to hopefully maybe get pointed in the right direction of what to do next, even if it's just a suggestion of what sort of DR I could see that specializes in infections that could see me asap (I'm in the UK). I'm desperate at this point. I'm not sure which section to post this in either as the symptoms seem to cover many things, apologies if it's in the wrong one.
Around 3 weeks ago I ate a large amount of moldy cheese. The next day I had diarrhea/nausea and my
Depression and anxiety (which has only ever been very mild at the worst) was so severe I wanted to kill myself and just cry constantly(I'm not sad or depressed about anything, but it feels like there is a pressure in my head, I'm unable to feel happiness at the moment). I then developed lower back pain, stomach pain, then upper back pain and chest pain a few days later, and now neck pain/headaches/achey joints/general fever like symptoms, bouts of diarrhea with bouts of constipation and a constant rumbling stomach.
The headaches/achey joints/fever symptoms and bouts of diarrhea aren't that severe. But the nausea/back/chest/stomach pain and
Depression are really bad. I had an adrenal stress test done about 1 week into getting the symptoms and my levels were way out of range
//www.curezone.org/ig/i.asp?i=71937 (lowering my cortisol via p.serine or maca doesn't really help the depression/anxiety)
I also coughed up some white fluid the other day, around the same time the pain started going to my chest.
My whole body feels weak, I'm so tired and thirsty.
The symptoms are getting slightly worse everyday, my body feels like it's about to collapse from stress.
Oregano oil and
Grapefruit-Seed-Extract make every symptom disappear temporarily but I have to take extremely high dosages(3g+
Grapefruit-Seed-Extract or 10-15 drops oregano oil for a couple of hours relief ) and the symptoms come back within about 5-6 hours after I stop using it (I'm not sure if they're helping via anti inflammatory or anti bacterial mechanisms).
The gse gets used up too quickly, and the oregano oil feels like it's burning my insides at that dosage and any lower has very little effect.
To top things off, my autoimmune skin condition (which permanently destroys the skin and damages the muscle underneath(morphea) has been spreading rapidly since eating the cheese, it has never done this before.
I've been to the Dr.s 3 times these passed 3 weeks, 1st time they blamed anxiety. 2nd time they said it's food poisoning and that it will pass, 3rd time they said food poisoning doesn't last this long and that it's probably all due to messed up stomach acid after the infection, and that I should come back if the symptoms get worse.
I'm going back to the GP in the next couple of days to really fight my corner to find out what's wrong, but I've been failed by the NHS so many times I have little faith they will find the problem. Especially in a short space of time, the
Depression gets worse each day and I feel like I'm about to collapse from the stress, which they say is psychological.
Is there any test/supplement I should try perhaps? Should I be demanding anti biotics asap? I'm gonna try using colostrum, l glutamine, zinc l carnosine, coconut oil and plantarum 299v see if that helps at all.
I suspect that my adrenals were fairly weak before this event for many reasons, and this infection (or whatever happened after eating the moldy cheese) has just sent them over the edge, leading to depression/anxiety.
I feel like i'm about to feint unless I drink salt water or have a banana.
I don't have a lot, but at this point I'm willing to spend any money necessary to stop feeling like this asap, don't know how much longer I can take it. ( I have told the DR this, so they prescribed valium, which made the depression/anxiety 10 times worse)
Anyway, thanks for your time, any help is much appreciated
- AL