Starting my journey

Hi everyone, I’m Bailey and i’m 19, I’m unsure if this type of post is allowed but I’d like to know how you guys started your journey to diagnosis or if it was brought up to you first, How can I better vouch for myself in getting the testing needed for diagnosis, any diagnosis at this point I am exhausted.

i’ve been struggling with severe flakey scalp and very thick skin spots (matched with dermotillamaina) since I was probably 14, My joint pain (right knee specifically is where I first noticed it) started around the same time after physio and everything basically they told me it’s just pain. My joint pain has gotten progressively worse over the years to the point my hip and right leg sometimes bring me to tears and I just have general joint pain every day, my eye floaters started earlier this year, and I sleep nearly 14 hours a day. I’ve been told everything is fine, today I was concerned about “exema” behind my ears and was just looking around to see how to help it, i’ve come to realize that my symptoms are something deeper and my laundry list of them match Psoriatic Arthritis almost to a T.

Thank you for listening.