Very interesting. I had to look up Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis and Irlen glasses. I had never heard of either before. I’m glad you got workable diagnoses and found modifications and treatments that help.

I completely understand the avoidance phase I find the medical/industrial complex to be time consuming, expensive and frustrating - at best. I have a much better track record of correct diagnosis then they do. However I do feel compelled periodically to give them a chance to verify my diagnosis. As I have been wrong a couple of times I am lucky my GP trusts that I spend hours researching. When I tell her what I think is wrong, why and what I think she aught to do about it - she generally complies. I know I am extremely lucky in that arena.

Doesn’t it totally suck when you tell a physician about a symptom and they blow you off because they have no answer? Like if they have no experience with it, it doesn’t exist.

I have often wondered about autism, especially Aspergers. I have qualified as “most likely Aspergers” with all the on line tests I have taken, but only in certain categories. But of course anyone with SPD would have to wonder if they were autistic, as the sensory difficulties are the most “problematic” symptoms autistics suffer (I read that somewhere just recently).