waking up from a 20 year coma

On the heals of writing about my difficulties with employment I decided to take time off work to a) escape my crazy boss and b) get my brain working again. I succeeded on both counts, for the most part.

Of course I'm still working on finding a way to escape my boss while I'm actually at work, but that's a whole other story.

What happened while I was off was that I got in to see a new doctor who specializes in integrated medicine (loosely translated it means he's enough of a kook in the medical field to actually have read up on how to treat me). He agreed to order a 4 point saliva test for me (not covered) which measured my cortisol and DHEA levels. Then he correctly diagnosed what I had suspected: my adrenals are shot. The probably have been for TWENTY. YEARS!

Will someone pls explain to me how this kind of incompetence is possible in a supposedly 'developed ' country like Canada?

So I ordered an OTC adrenal supplement online (not available in Canada) and my doc sent me a prescription for DHEA through the mail. That's right. THE MAIL. No inconvenient second visit necessary or arguments re: how to treat me because a) he did a thorough history and assessment up front and b) HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.

I have energy. I am up. I am up and about. I speak. I'm almost making sense. I have enthusiasm. The only problem is that I've basically awoken from a twenty year walking coma.

What the hell am I supposed to do now?