I've been sick for years, im 44 cataracts, adult onset siezures ...iron deficiency anemia b12 anemia...joints ddd, if not lupus what else could it be?

Good question: There could be conditions besides lupus to account for iron deficiency and B12 deficiency associate with cataracts. Your doctor might want to go over your nutritional status and perhaps run some tests for metabolic syndromes. Lupus is an autoimmune condition with many presentations, but usually not the symptoms that you describe.

Dr Newman agreed

It sounds like: You are being worked up thus lupus would have likely been found. You are looking for a systemic disease that created all your symptoms instead of seeing these as individual problems. Everything u have is treatable but make sure anxiety and depression are controlled. Otherwise you may have a hard time focusing on what's right with yourself and the world. Good luck.

See below: Consider being checked for celiac disease if you have not already in light of your history of iron and B12 deficiency anemia.

Dr Newman agreed