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please look at lab work/symptoms and help


I am a 29 year old female, mother of one (three year old) I don't smoke, don't drink, don't do drugs.  Overall I am fairly healthy.  But I feel unhealthy all the time, please help.

Here's the facts:
Positive Tilt Table Test
Potassium = low 3.3 - doc. recommended suppliments
SGPT (ALT) = low 8
Esinophil% = high 3
hematocrit = 36
MCHC = low 33.8
Vitamin D = low - levels not, but enough that my doc recommended suppliments
Everything else appears normal, I even had: thyroid tests - TSH, T4, T3; ANA Titer; Cortisol (AM); ESR (Sed rate); B-12 level check; Protien; Albumin; A/G Ratio; Globulin; and CBC work-up

Here's the symptoms:
fatugue
numbness hands and feet (possible carpal tunnel)
restless leg syndrome
shortness of breath with little physical assertion
weak hand grip
cognitive fog
memory loss (short and long term)
weakness
hoarseness (voice changes, hard to explain)
slightly enlarged tongue
thinning hair
skin changes (no wrinkles but I am aging very quickly)
Skin tags
loss of elasticity in skin
headaches
mood swings
climbing steps or sitting for a period of time can bring symptoms about
joint pain (knees, elbows, hands - i have even had fluid removed from my knee that appeared "clean")
occasional chest and rib pain
pale
dark circles under eyes
Non-restorative sleep

What could be wrong with me? I have found a few possibilities but I don't know what tests I need, or if I'm even on the right track.  
Possibilities:  Amyloidosis
                    Leukemia
                    Renal Insufficiensy
                    Parathyroid disease
                    Villous Aedenoma
                    Renal Tubular Acidosis
                    Fanconi Syndrome
                    Cystinosis
                    Sarcoidosis
                    Myelofibrosis
                    Multiple Myeloma
                    Gout
                    Hashimoto's Disease (and other thyroid disorders)
                    Aldosteronism
                    Cushing's Syndrome
                    Adrenal Tumors
                    Hepatic Dysfunction

My doc. just wants to treat my lab work with suppliments, rather than finding a cause for these abnormalities, what should I do?  I feel like I am being robbed of my life, my quality of life *****, I can't do anyhting I am always sick.  Where do I turn?

Any help would be greatly appreciated - PS last year an MRI of my brain revealed chiari malformation with syrinx - however, 2 specialists and a neurologist deemed it asymptomatic. - no other signs of brain disorders (MS, etc.)
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on Jan. 29 2009
TSH was 2.24

on mar. 14, 2009
TSH was 1.92  uIU/ml  (0.34-5.60)
T4, free was 0.75  ng/dl  (0.61-1.12)
T3 was 1.19  ng/ml ref range: 0.58-1.59
B-12 was 482  pg/ml  (180-914)

Any thoughts?
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What were your thyroid levels?  Can you post them, along with lab ranges?  

Also, what was your B12 level? With lab ranges?
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