Posted by Sara T on June 5, 2000, at 12:53:52
In reply to OK... am I mad or ill???, posted by NikkiT on June 5, 2000, at 8:24:17
> I've been doing some reading up on ALL my symptoms (not just the depression alone).. shall I list??;
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> Extreme tiredness, but unable to sleep
> Regular physical exhaustion
> Light headeness on excersizing
> EXTREME weight gain (3 1/2 stone in 18 months - but 2 stone of that is in last 4 months, and eating less)
> Panic Attacks (sweating, fainting, hyper ventillation)
> Mood swings - suicidal and cutting myself, to laughing an dlaughing for NO reason, to hating anyone that comes near me.
> Heavy prolonged, painful periods, with killer pmt
> Painful lumps in my arm pits (every couple of weeks)
> Stomach pains, always put it down to ibs.
> Pale blotchy skin...
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> OK, I'll stop there. I haven't really responded to any meds (other than getting worse at times), but, having read around, I have this feeling it could all be hormonal. I read an article on Poly Cystsic Ovaries, and I seem to match most of the symptoms. But, when ever I have mentioned to a doctor I think my problem has an underlying medical reason, they just dismiss and say "It's understandable you're trying to deny your psychiatric illness". So, they won't send me for further tests.
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> I am FED UP of being so damned fat (photos taken at week showed me quite how fat I've got), and I know when I see friends I haven't seen for months they're thinking "god, she's put on alot of weight".
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> Firstly.. do you think I might just be trying to deny any psychiatric illness...
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> or, if not, how on earth can I get some help to find the cause. The NHS in England is in a terrible state, and my own doctors surgery has a 4 weeks waiting list!!! From reports I've had, doctors won't investigate polycystic ovaries until a woman can't conceive.. I don't want to wait another 3/4 years, till I find out I can't have kids...
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> Grrrrrrrrrrr..
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> rant over, and thanks for reading (if you have!!)
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> Nikki the fatty blob!!!Nikki,
I'd like to add my two cents. I think you have cause to look at whether or not there is an underlying medical condition. Hormones (and thyroids) are not to be dismissed. I used to have terrible mood swings in my cycle. The tireness and dizzieness you mention along with the heavy prolonged periods suggest to me that you could be iron deficient too. If possible, I'd go to a gynecologist to check it out.
I'm at a stage in life where my hormones are low and what a difference it has made to have them restablized. I think Cam W. said in a post somewhere how interconnected hormones and mood are. It was in a thread about Wellbutrin and Menstruation, check it out.
I agree with the others, you are not crazy. You seem perfectly lucid to me, and you seem well within your bounds to demand that your doctors look further.
Sara T.
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