No, I do not believe most ill people are hypocondriacs, that condition is actually pretty rare and I'd hazard a guess and say most will take the insinuation as an insult on here. Either I be a vegetable and do nothing and feel ill, or I be a vegetable, feel ill and try and find answers, even if it's hopeless searching or not. Regardless of whether I am on the right track or not, I did not ask to be in this situation and I very much doubt anybody here did. the reason I'm on here or any other forum is to try and find a way out.

If I dont do that, can you suggest what I can do? Get on with what life? This is what brought me online in the first place, not actually being able to "get on with a life".

If I didnt' feel ill all the time, I'd be up and about. In fact, if I ever get a day where i feel even remotely normal, I am not on here at all. The first thing I do is want to go and see people. It hardly seems my fault that this doesn't last and I'm back as I was.

Overanalysing didn't get me to this place, being forced into a position to figure out why I felt ill all the time did. Whether I am analysing or not, I remain the same. You'd be surprised at what people can do when they feel even remotely "ok".

I hope you can enjoy the rest of your life, most of us can't and live from day to day in hopes something will turn up or change. Not doing anything is not an option. Even if we are coming up with nothing at the end of it, as soon as we stop searching and trying, that is truly giving up.

Many people do find the answers and move onto a life, some have already gone from this forum. The people here today are not all the same ones that were here months ago (a few are). Many come and go and you never see them again. Some report back they are well now and are working.

Why not hope to be that way and keep trying? Better than doing nothing. You may notice people here talk about many things other than amalgam toxicity. There are many factors that could be happening and at least attempting to find some relief perhaps from someone else's suggestions to make life somewhat more bearable is enough.

Discovering the reason? that's another story. I'm not psychic, so I keep trying.