medical question

Emily wrote:
I've been running a 102 degree fever for the past two weeks and have
been so tired I can barely get to work. Finally made a doctor's
appointment (with a new doctor) today, but wasn't planning on getting in
the same day and had taken Tylenol for the fever...so no fever when I
showed up.

Long story short, he ordered some blood work, but told me he thinks that
I am depressed, since I have fatigue with no fever. He said that if the
blood work comes back normal, he's writing it up as depression.

Obviously he's an idiot, since 1) fatigue has so many other causes and
2) I don't have depression, never have. This is just a bogus diagnosis.

My concern is, if he writes this up in my medical records, do I have to
report it to the FAA? I'm really terrified of this.

NO, not unless it is really true. It takes more than blood work to
determine if you have depression. I takes an evaluation by a
psychological professional.

Michelle P

"Michelle P" wrote in message
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Emily wrote:
I've been running a 102 degree fever for the past two weeks and have been
so tired I can barely get to work. Finally made a doctor's appointment
(with a new doctor) today, but wasn't planning on getting in the same day
and had taken Tylenol for the fever...so no fever when I showed up.

Long story short, he ordered some blood work, but told me he thinks that
I am depressed, since I have fatigue with no fever. He said that if the
blood work comes back normal, he's writing it up as depression.

Obviously he's an idiot, since 1) fatigue has so many other causes and 2)
I don't have depression, never have. This is just a bogus diagnosis.

My concern is, if he writes this up in my medical records, do I have to
report it to the FAA? I'm really terrified of this.

NO, not unless it is really true. It takes more than blood work to
determine if you have depression. I takes an evaluation by a psychological
professional.

Michelle P

Quite Right.

Also there is a difference between "being depressed", "Having Depression",
and a diagnosis of "Clinical depression" which is what the FAA is looking
for.

Al G

Well, it appears there WAS a good explanation for the fatigue, and it
certainly wasn't depression. Try feeling not tired with a hemoglobin
level of 9.7 g/dl.

Sigh...back to the steak and no tea diet. The good thing is, I'm
guessing he'll drop his "depression" diagnosis now.

Emily wrote:
Well, it appears there WAS a good explanation for the fatigue, and it
certainly wasn't depression. Try feeling not tired with a hemoglobin
level of 9.7 g/dl.

Sigh...back to the steak and no tea diet. The good thing is, I'm
guessing he'll drop his "depression" diagnosis now.
Glad you got that cleared up. It's easy to be "depressed" when you are
anemic :-). Try spinach (oh damned, we can't get that anymore!). Iron
supplements taste awful, but...

Margy

Margy Natalie wrote:

Emily wrote:

Well, it appears there WAS a good explanation for the fatigue, and it
certainly wasn't depression. Try feeling not tired with a hemoglobin
level of 9.7 g/dl.

Sigh...back to the steak and no tea diet. The good thing is, I'm
guessing he'll drop his "depression" diagnosis now.

Glad you got that cleared up. It's easy to be "depressed" when you are
anemic :-). Try spinach (oh damned, we can't get that anymore!). Iron
supplements taste awful, but...

they can't taste any worse than liver. :-)

Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:
Margy Natalie wrote:

Emily wrote:

Well, it appears there WAS a good explanation for the fatigue, and it
certainly wasn't depression. Try feeling not tired with a hemoglobin
level of 9.7 g/dl.

Sigh...back to the steak and no tea diet. The good thing is, I'm
guessing he'll drop his "depression" diagnosis now.

Glad you got that cleared up. It's easy to be "depressed" when you
are anemic :-). Try spinach (oh damned, we can't get that anymore!).
Iron supplements taste awful, but...

they can't taste any worse than liver. :-)

Matt
Liver is out of the question. Hey, spinach is probably ok if it's cooked!

Emily wrote:

Liver is out of the question.

why not? foie gras (that's liver too) on toast with a
nice Reisling or a Gewurztraminer... hey, you got to do
what you got to do for your health! :-)

--Sylvain

Emily wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:

Margy Natalie wrote:

Emily wrote:

Well, it appears there WAS a good explanation for the fatigue, and
it certainly wasn't depression. Try feeling not tired with a
hemoglobin level of 9.7 g/dl.

Sigh...back to the steak and no tea diet. The good thing is, I'm
guessing he'll drop his "depression" diagnosis now.


Glad you got that cleared up. It's easy to be "depressed" when you
are anemic :-). Try spinach (oh damned, we can't get that
anymore!). Iron supplements taste awful, but...


they can't taste any worse than liver. :-)

Matt

Liver is out of the question. Hey, spinach is probably ok if it's cooked!
If you can find it! I bought collard greens today.

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
they can't taste any worse than liver. :-)

There's a reason that liver gets smothered in onions... And lots of ketchup,
of course... Sometimes I'll fix some beef liver smothered in onions... I get
a taste for it perhaps once every 15-20 years...

Howdy!

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:
Margy Natalie wrote:

Emily wrote:

Well, it appears there WAS a good explanation for the fatigue, and it
certainly wasn't depression. Try feeling not tired with a hemoglobin
level of 9.7 g/dl.

Sigh...back to the steak and no tea diet. The good thing is, I'm
guessing he'll drop his "depression" diagnosis now.

Glad you got that cleared up. It's easy to be "depressed" when you are
anemic :-). Try spinach (oh damned, we can't get that anymore!). Iron
supplements taste awful, but...

they can't taste any worse than liver. :-)

Chopped chicken livers are way yummy...if made correctly (and it isn't
hard)

yours,
Michael


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