But I can't help sharing that you also almost perfectly describe my (large and growing) chronic patient community as well Dr. Brogan, which includes
persons of all types usually with hypermobility (often diagnosed as fibromyalgia, and occasionally but rarely with
Hypermobile Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome), depression, anxiety, mild autistic traits (or related to
people on the spectrum), driven, Type A (for adrenergic, smile), perfectionistic, high achieving, driven, artistic, and creative who eventually succumb to secondary aotuimmune disease and all manner of issues from chronic inflammation.