A Very Sick American Seeking Help

Note: Posted in behalf of an elderly American living in Colombia

Please help me. I am a 70 years old person living in a 3rd World 
South America Country, where medicine is of more inferior quality 
and bereft of human feeling.

A feeling of sadness has been dominating my life in recent weeks. 
It's an empty feeling that doesn't go away. Relationships and 
activities I once enjoyed have lost joy. I can't sleep, and when 
I am able to fall sleep, I find myself waking up too early in the 
morning. I am having trouble concentrating  and remembering and 
making decisions. I am experiencing crying spells and an unexplained 
dizziness and ringing in my ears with a sudden loss of hearing. My 
vision is also getting worse with every passing day. A mild headache 
is my constant companion. I dread going to bed because I am anxious 
over my ability to fall sleep. No sooner I place my head on the 
pillow my neck begins to pain.

My blood pressure is under control. My chemistries, with the exception 
of my Alkaline Phosphates, (303 U/l), Creatinine (1.28 mg/dl and Uric 
Acid (7.0 mg/dl), are all within normal limits.

I just finished explaining all my symptoms to my disconcerted physician, 
and all he did was scratched his forehead with his left hand, while writing 
a prescription for sleeping pills with his right hand. He seems to know 
less about my problem than I do. 

Suggestions, Please!

Pete Lawrence
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