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goldenbadger47 said:Oh man, I'm so jealous... I won't even be hitting the beach this year. My boyfriend and I are busy fixing up our apartment, so there's just no budget left for a vacation...
I'll be crossing my fingers for your exam...👍 👍 mine is this Thursday.😲 😲
coppergardener;8818102 said:I wake up feeling absolutely wrecked.../QUOTE]
Regarding anemia—no, I’m pretty much 99% sure that isn't it. As for stress? That’s just my baseline 😬. The only time I actually let my brain idle is when I'm at the beach. Honestly, I've been living off half-liters of Gatorade, and I'll be totally burnt out from synthetic vitamins within a month if I don't stop—I don't take ANY! Though, yeah, I probably need more fruit in my diet.
My stomach is also giving me hell. I really ought to get a gastroscopy, but since I'm only 25, the doctors act all confused about why I'd even need one. Then there's the possibility of gallbladder issues, maybe a bacterial infection (which I've had before and likely have again), PCOS, plus allergies to basically everything under the sun.
What's there to say. I even briefly considered just checking out of it all, but what could they actually do? They'd just tell me—ovaries, stomach, nervous system are out of whack 😬 and send me for more detailed testing.
The reason I asked is because I don't think constant fatigue is something you should just brush off. It’s an indicator that something else is broken. I just wanted to hear from others dealing with similar issues...
ironseal13 said:Like the title says, I wake up every single morning feeling absolutely wrecked—like someone ran a steamroller over me all night. Though, if they actually had, my spine might be a little straighter than it is now... Every time I move after waking up, my joints make that clicking sound—you know the one. I feel trashed, even if I didn't hit the gym the day before. There’s also this constant "heaviness" in my head, mostly concentrated at the base of my skull. That’s the part that really worries me; I don't want to spend my mid-twenties feeling perpetually exhausted and basically walking around like a zombie.
I'm not sure if there's a connection, but I also have PCOS. I stopped treating it with birth control pills because the nausea was unbearable, and now I'm dealing with GI issues too (got an appointment coming up soon, likely looking at a gastroscopy).
Honestly, it's getting depressing. Not long ago, I was a healthy young woman—active, athletic, no acne, no excess hair, and without these massive emotional highs and lows.
If anyone has any advice, please share.
mistynomad39 said:The moment I read this, I thought of thyroid issues; I experienced something very similar when I was dealing with my own thyroid problems. Perhaps stopping the birth control wasn't the best move. In any case, you should probably see a doctor and get your hormone levels checked out.
coppergardener said:Absolutely. These kinds of health issues are almost always trivialized when they happen to young people. You know the drill—"Oh, you're sooooo young, you're so healthy, just wait until you're my age... blah, blah, blah." Well, I find myself wondering what on earth I'll be like when I actually reach their age, considering I’m already quite dysfunctional—and I don't just mean with my college coursework, but in my private life too. For instance, I am only 23, yet I've been dealing with this since puberty hit; stress has always been my primary trigger. However, the symptoms were so varied and frankly baffling that it took me until very recently to actually seek medical help. You start to fall into this trap of thinking everything is just "all in your head," constantly questioning where you went wrong, only to discover eventually that it isn't all psychological. This happens to so many people! Professional testing is non-negotiable because, with these types of ailments, you simply cannot arrive at an answer through pure speculation. You try one thing, then another, and in the end, nothing you attempted actually works. It is also incredibly easy for a doctor to brush you off—especially if you aren't literally crawling across the floor in agony—and honestly, they might have seen so much of everything that they don't even perceive you as being "problematic." Or, heaven forbid, they simply forget what they intended to do. In my own experience, during one consultation, the doctor told me he would provide a referral for certain tests next time; I showed up for the follow-up, and he looked at me as if he were seeing me for the first time in his entire life! I actually had to be the one to remind him what I needed. As it turned out, the results were poor. If I hadn't been paying close attention, I wouldn't have even received that referral. Therefore, the most important thing is to stay focused—you must study your own condition thoroughly, even if the symptoms feel vague or ill-defined. You cannot function properly, and this is definitely not something to neglect. If you feel the need, do not hesitate to switch doctors. Make yourself a competent participant in the conversation; that way, they will take you seriously, rather than treating you like one of the dozens of patients passing through their office daily—most of whom are just elderly folks who lack any medical literacy and will swallow any pill without even glancing at the instructions. Thankfully, I have a deep interest in medicine and access to plenty of information, so I don't rely exclusively on whatever my doctor tells me. Otherwise, I would be absolutely screwed. I truly pity those who lack access to information, because they are forced to rely entirely on someone else's judgment and someone else's focus—and let's face it, that is not always reliable.
ironseal13 said:Man, I was losing it. And I don't just mean mentally. 😬 I was waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning almost every single night because of the nausea. Just imagine dealing with that for two years—I switched from one brand of birth control to another, and within six months, the nausea was back. Honestly, I haven't even had the energy to try alternative stuff like macrobiotics or homeopathy. I'm pretty much done with being poisoned by big pharma.
mistynomad39 said:Perhaps it might be for the best if you stopped taking them altogether. I started on Celest, which left me feeling like I was in a coma, but I've been on Diane for two years now and they seem fine—though I certainly wouldn't take them if I didn't have to. I make it a point to take mine at noon every day; I noticed that if I take them in the evening, I end up feeling nauseous the next morning, whereas taking them mid-day makes them feel almost unnoticeable.
Maybe you should see a doctor and ask for some systemic testing, though it could potentially be an issue with your kidneys. I felt like a completely different person once I started taking my kidney medication; before that, I felt utterly depleted and lethargic, as if I simply couldn't bring myself to care about anything.
ironseal13 said:Yeah, maybe it is the kidneys. Thanks for the heads-up. 😘
Kyle Nelson2 said:Maybe get the thyroid checked out, run some liver enzyme tests, and see what those labs say... if it turns out to be a neck issue, I guess you could start hitting the foam rollers or something.
mistynomad39 said:You’re very welcome, though I suppose I’m just hoping it turns out to be nothing at all—and if it isn't, well, maybe it won't be such a big deal either. 😘
Zachary Thompson9 said:So you drop a thread about tiny little earbuds at 4 AM, then four hours later—boom—this headline? Real classy move there. 🙂
Is this a case of chronic insomnia, or have you just finally lost it lately?
Zachary Thompson9 said:hahaha. seriously though... my bad. 🙈
look, all those search terms you listed—they sound absolutely lovely on paper. but I’m struggling to see why you're putting yourself through this kind of hell over it.
how long has this "stiffness" been hanging over you? is there anything else going on... and what makes you think you're actually dealing with depression?
