Hello,
I found this group while doing a google search looking for "answers" to
my many symptoms.

I am beginning to feel like I am just going plain old crazy.  Let me
start by saying I have been diagnosed with NOTHING.  Every time I go to
the doctor, I feel like they do not listen to a word I say.

"It" all started about 3 years ago.  I was having diarrhea every time I
ate anything.  It didn't matter what I ate or when I ate...I had to be
sure that within 15 minutes I had access to a bathroom.  I got so sick
of it, I went to the doctor who told me it was probably my gall bladder
and ordered an ultrasound.  Well when I went back to see him for the
results, the first thing he asked me was how many drinks a day I had.
I had no idea what he was talking about.  He explained that my gall
bladder was fine but my liver was not.  He then determined that because
I do not drink alcohol, that I had what he called "fatty liver".  He
gave me a printout of a diet plan and that was it.  Shortly there
after, I was left with no health insurance and have none to this day.

The diarrhea problem went away and has not returned. Then I began to
get these weird rashes. I had one on my waist that went from my belly
button to my side.  It was bright red and did not itch but hurt.  I
went to the doctor (a different one) 3 times for that.  They prescribed
all sorts of things and he told me it was from wearing my jeans to
tight (which I don't). After that one cleared up, I got another one
(about a year later) that started on the back of my arm and was about
the size of a quarter.  It seemed to "spread" and I had about 5 or 6 of
them.  I went to the doctor and they did a "scraping" and had no idea
what it was.  It took months for it to go away.  Then last August,
while trying to sleep, my head began to itch terribly. I immediately
thought I perhaps had lice, but the next morning, I had these red rashy
like spots on my forearm and all over my legs.  I then thought maybe I
had poison ivy as I had been in the woods the day before.  After trying
to self treat and it only getting worse, I went to the doctor who said
he had no idea but thought maybe it was scabies.  He wrote me a
prescription for some cream to kill them and although I didn't believe
that was what it was, I did it.  Well, that didn't help at all.  About
a week later, I broke out in a different type of rash that was on my
neck.  It itched terribly and began to spread to my face so I ended up
in the emergency room.  They had no idea what it was but put me on
prednisone.  It took about two months for both rashes to clear up.
Four weeks ago, I broke out in these tiny little blisters that itch
only before they appear.  I only have maybe 10 or so of them on my arms
and legs but I also have some other weird things going on.  I have
these tiny red spots, about the size of a freckle.  There are three on
my forehead, several on my chest and a few on my leg.  They don't itch
or anything, they are just bright red.  I also have tiny bruises.  They
are about the size of a finger tip.  They appear overnight and are very
purple then fade within a day or two.  My eyes are so dry I feel like I
have sand in them.  And my knees hurt....worse than usual.  I've always
had knee pain whenever it is going to rain...ever since I was about
four years old but they have hurt for weeks straight.  Yesterday, I was
getting in my car and suddenly, my neck hurt.  It feels like my
shoulder is out of joint and my arm feels funny right down to my
fingertips.  I went to the doctor last week (a clinic at the local
health dept.) and she said it was "probably scabies".  I wanted to
scream.  I asked her if there was a test they could do to make sure and
she said no, and wrote me a prescription for keflex. I started taking
that last week Wednesday only to discover I am allergic to that (I am
allergic to penicillin too).

For anyone who actually read all that, I have to say....THANK YOU!  I
just need to get this off my chest as I feel like I am all alone and
going crazy.  The only person who does understand is my mother who I am
currently not on speaking terms with.  She has fibromyalgia and Lupus.
She told me last year that is what she thinks I have because I have
these tender spots on my back that hurt like heck if I touch them.  My
husband thinks I am nuts because I was always making him look at my
back and see if there was a visible bruise.  I am a stay at home mom to
five children.  I have no health insurance and therefore cannot afford
to be constantly going to doctors that ignore me.  Does any of this
sound like lupus?  I was tested for it once a few years ago and the
doctor said I did not have it because some level was not high enough...

The only "sign" I have for sure is the butterfly rash but I am a
redhead and my face has always been red.  I was once treated for
rosacea but had to stop taking the meds because I became pregnant.