At The End Of My Rope

[rainbowgoddess]

am 31 years old I have iron and folic acid deficient anemia, along with that I have extreme fatigue to the point I could sleep 15 or more hours continuosly and still feel like I have not slept a wink, with that comes with the loss of sex drive. There are times when I do not have a bowel movement in an entire week and then times when I have several loose in a day. I have had a headache for 1 month it stopped hurting for about 4 hours after the er gave me an IV with Torridol. I have brittle nails and hair .I also have left upper abdominal burning and pain, I have not been able to function normally for about a month and have no idea what to do next. They have completed blood work and so far the only thing that came back was anemia. The er completed a ct scan of my head and they said it was normal, They have prescribed percocet to me for the head ache which is not helping by the way. I am not one of the people who like the feeling of being drugged I would prefer someone find out what is wrong and help fix me then drug me. Does anyone have any idea what this may be? I have not told my dr about the pain because when I went for all of the other symptoms I was not having that pain. My mother told me 2 days ago that her grandmother passed away from leukemia so that has me worried as well. About 6 years ago I had my gallbladder removed so Im almost certain it is nothing to do with that. I believe I suffer from lactose intolerance I have severe gas, stomache pains etc with milk products but still feel nasueas all the time.

[sickchick]

Sex drive loss, extreme fatigue, constipation... could be Adrenal Fatigue.

Do you have light sensitivity or do you crave salt? Do you have dark circles under your eyes?

lovelove

[rainbowgoddess]

Oh My yes I do crave salt and I have dark circles under my eyes! I have been craving salt so much I feel like I could drink and entire container of it.

[ohsotired]

Wow. As I was reading this, I thought maybe I had written it and forgotten. You sound a whole like me, except for the gall bladder part. That and after my MRI for the head aches for six weeks straight, my doc didn't prescribe me a thing, or even suggest a follow up visit.

I have no real advice, as I'm still going through testing myself to see if we can figure out what the deal is. I just wanted to say that you're not alone, and I wish you much luck and a speedy recovery.

[sickchick]

Kay Sweetie, Dr Collette is going to write you a prescription for Adrenal Fatigue

morning: 2 RAW ADRENAL caps (I eat Solaray)

1 vitamin C (1000 mg)

1 200 MG Magnesium Chelate

noon: 2 Raw Adrenal Caps

1 vitamin C (1000)

1 200 MG Magnesium Chelate

bedtime: 2 Raw Adrenal Caps

1 vitamin C (1000)

for mild adrenal fatigue it will take about a year to heal

severe 2 years.

For hair|nails take 5000 mcg of Biotin a day (that is from the adrenal fatigue too)

I have this...

Make sure your supplements are gluten free!

I get my Solaray @ Health food store you can order online if you do a search.

Be well!

[ravenwoodglass]

Are you gluten free yet? Your issues do sound like they could be celiac or gluten related. I would ask the doctor for a celiac panel if he has not done one yet. If he has and it was negative and you don't plan on having an endoscopy then give the diet a try. That should be your first step and if the issues don't resolve after a few months gluten-free then start looking for other causes.

For the fatigue you may not be utilizing B12. I would add a sublingual B12 to your diet on a daily basis and see if that helps.

The advice to supplement your glands is appropriate IF you know for sure that they are deficient or you are under the care of a naturopathic MD who has determined they would be beneficial.