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Help diagnosing multiple symptoms

Hello. I am a 24 year old female. Ive become trapped after a year of doctors visits and an untreated illness. I have now diagnosed myself with multiple disorders that my doctors have confirmed to be true. Ive visited a pshyciatrist on a monthly basing and he has been unable to provide a solution to my issues. Here is a list of my symptoms along with examples of situations. I appreciate any help/input I can receieve.
- Shaky hands constantly. Has been happening since I was younger.
- Extremely restless legs. They do not shake. I must have them bent at all times, other than standing. I sit on them while in chairs or have them up against my chest, as well as while driving. I have a horrible habit of chewing my cheeks, excessively until they bleed, and cause weeklong welts.
- Dizziness. Get extremely light headed when standing up. Vision gets black, feel a rush throughout my whole body, head gets a heavy feeling, I smell a strong chemical and need to sit down immediatly. Some times this results in blacking out for seconds to minutes.
- No energy. Lazy, no motivation to get up and ready for the day (ex. doing hair/makeup). Vehicle and house is a mess. Cannot work out, exhausted during and after when I try. Out of breath shortly (athsma).
- Focus. Cannot focus on more than one thing. Ex. being on cellphone, reading, writing.
- Dazing out. Someone will be talking to me one on one. As hard as I try to stay focused and listen to what they are saying, I cannot remember a thing they said. I have to stop and remind myself to actually listen to them. Almost been in car accidents due to dazing off in space and not focusing on the road (Ex. staring at something in distance).
- Chronic fatigue - Absolutely exhausted. Regardless of amount of sleep I recieve I have such extreme tiredness that I fall asleep uncontrollably. (Ex. falling asleep while driving and shaking head to keep awake, falling asleep suddenly while working. Not knowing ive fallen asleep until I wake up to my head jolting sideways). Falling asleep in meetings. Sleeping in vehicle during my work lunch breaks.
- Borderline personality disorder
- Depression
- Anxiety

So far I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (Abilify 5mg & Seroquel 75 mg0), depression and anxiety (Cipralex 15 mg). Last week I went to the doctor advising them I think I have inattentive type ADHD due to symptoms I have. After doing a checksheet they agreed it definitely could be ADHD and possibly a minor case of narcelepsy. Which I am now prescribed Concerta 18mg. I have been on it for 6 days and I have not noticed one difference. I am still exhausted, tired and falling asleep at my desk. My main issue right now is the fatigue. It has become so severe that it is affecting my life, safety and ability to work.  I was on long term disability from May 2015 to May 2016. My managers are starting to take notice of my fatigue and falling asleep at desk. I cannot function whatsoever and I need new eyes and advice as to what it could be.

Doctors have ruled out low iron. thyroidism and anemia.
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There are some vein compression conditions that are known to cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome but doctors still rarely diagnose them. Nutcracker Syndrome has long been known to cause chronic fatigue syndrome and another similar one that I have called May-Thurner Sydrome has been causing me chronic fatigue and possibly mild narcalepsy as well since I was 13. If you're like me and don't have any blood clots or DVT's then most doctors wouldn't even think of this condition but it known to cause extreme fatigue, anxiety, and depression. I had a stent placed for this in my Left iliac vein 2 months ago by the next day my chronic fatigue and symptoms of narcelepsy were gone. It's nothing short of miraculous the problems I was having for the past 25 years were gone after having this simple stenting procedure. I've also read other stories of people going to get a stent for May-Thurner for some other problem it was causing and having their Chronic Fatigue "cured" almost immediately as well. I would recommend going to see an Interventional Radiologist as they are great doctors that deal with this condition and finally discovered the underlying condition that has caused me so many problems most of my life. I also sent you a private message with more info. Hope this helps!
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You should look into Lyme Disease as a possibility. I know from personal experience. Doctors don't think to check for Lyme Disease, however, even if they do test you for it, the tests are VERY unreliable. They only detect 50% of cases of it. Lyme Disease can cause all the symptoms that you have. Many people suffer with symptoms just like yours (I did) and they go from doctor to doctor looking for answers, and no one even has any. Lyme Disease really is something that the medical community just isn't up to date on, sadly. There is a great Lyme Disease section right here on MedHelp, I would definitely go and post there. Very helpful people in that section.

I was feeling all kinds of symptoms just like you for MONTHS and the doctors just kept sending me in circles. I couldn't even work for months. so it was really awful.

Good luck with everything!
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