我最好的一個朋友,和我無話不講,像孿生姐妹一樣。聰明能幹,腦子特別好用,對人對事黑白分明,一是一,二是二,好就是好,不好就是不好。事業心很強,大家都認為她是一個career-driven、事業型的女性。為了丈夫的事業和孩子,為了全家人能在同一個城市生活,那年她決定放棄人人羨慕,還有可能進一步提升的工作,和家人搬到了墨爾本。
一段時間以後,她病了,她感覺自己真的病了。她的健康狀況不明不白地越來越差。一吃早飯胃就燒得難受,常常隻能不吃早飯就去上班。坐幾十分鍾火車去CBD開會都是實實在在的掙紮。她那時很幸運,可以在一定範圍裏自由安排工作會晤的時間。為了和從西澳過來的頂頭上司會晤,她可以先回家閉上眼睛躺在床上兩小時,不管睡不睡得著,體力恢複一些以後才再去開會。頭疼,脖子疼,全身肌肉疼,大大小小的關節疼,白天無精打采,晚上躺在床上頭暈,不能入睡,視力感覺模糊,為一些小事常常生氣。情緒低落,以往在人堆裏開朗愛說愛笑愛張羅的她,朋友聚會時少言寡語了。
看了GP無數次,檢查這檢查那,什麽似乎都正常,醫生說她沒病,隻是頸椎有點不好。建議她去做一些自己喜歡的體育活動或鍛煉,而且要長期堅持。明明白白是病了,醫生卻說她沒病,除了給她開安眠藥,其它什麽藥也沒有。於是她又嚐試了按摩,中醫中藥和針灸,可健康狀況還是時好時壞。
後來隻好請假在家休息,養這不知是什麽病的病。病假用完了,用年休假,年休假用完了,用unpaid leave,最後被裁員了。拿了一筆不錯的收入當了全職太太。
她的很多症狀,都和抑鬱症表現相似。隻是那時她和她周圍的人,對抑鬱症一無所知,也沒人往那方麵想。不明白的是,她的GP為什麽就沒有給她在這方麵提個醒,掃掃盲呢。
Actually, so far my doctors still quite confuse my symptoms. Two family doctors all told me their never saw any patients like me, even though my blood test results indicate I am under the post menopause level. I had visited a psychiatry and told him I was extreme fatigue, muscle pain, heart beat fastness and depression. They asked me if I wanted to suicide. So strange!!!
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有意思的是,如今的更年期綜合症似乎比上世紀要常見得多。我們是否可以把這和精神方麵的因素掛鉤呢?
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Very true, it took her quite a while before she realized that she may have depression. Even today, I am not sure if she admitted fully that she had depression, although she was diagnosed by her doctor.
Hope you will get better soon. Be happy.
There are quite a few similar symptoms of these two, I guess. The professional should be able to help. I have a friend she is over 60 and nothing happened during her menopause while others do have difference level of health problem.
看看這個視頻,可能對她有幫助。
http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C36966/2e1ecbc47d333ddd01913a2e0a4e5c44
醫生因為有責任,有一點懷疑的就亂說,或者是不十分確定的事情就不說,都是常見的。
每個人最後還是自己對自己負責。