Well, first time ive ever posted on an
online forum abouts health issues but its
been getting me down for 6 years now and I
just want to get it off my chest.
Well im 17 now, going on 18 in Jan. From
what I can remember, ive had constant
heart palpitations for the past 6 or so
years now, and im mean constant, 24/7,
never ceasing. It has always made me self
concious, and combined with the fact im a
little overweight, I HATED school,
absolutely detested in and never ever
enjoyed it.
As time went on things seemed to be
getting worse and worse. I have constant
headaches, for example even when I wake up
in the morning, sometimes however they
arent so bad but generally I always have
one. I sweat alot for no reason, no
profusely, but enough to make my underarms
wet when I havent even been doing anything
strenuous, even during winter this
happens. I have more hair than a girl
should on my body, eg. my lower stomach,
not so much my chest but there are a few
stray hairs there, my lower back is
probably the worst, my thighs, and even my
arms seem to hairier than a normal girls.
I cant breathe through my nose at the best
of times, I can but it is a real effort to
do so and I can never seem to get enough
oxygen that way, and always have to resort
to mouth breathing after a minute or so.
Ive had alot of problems with stomach
cramps over the past few years which also
interfered with school alot, every second
day nearly id have one. I also have
shortness of breath which ive noticed more
in recent times, but the newest is feeling
lightheaded / faint. For the past 5 months
or so, if I stand up for too long I start
to feel really faint and like I need to
vomit aswell, only relieved upon sitting
down which is very embarassing in social
situations. In general im also very tired
and can never seem to get a good nights
rest.
Phew! But still more to come.
Cant remember the exact dates but around 3
or so years ago I went to see a
naturopath (to see about my stomach, none
of the other symptoms as I never told my
parents). She really had absolutely
nothing to say, can only remember her
checking my heart aswell and letting us
know I had a slightly abnormal heartbeat,
to which she said its nothing to worry
about as alot of teens have this. Was on
some sort of tablets for my stomach but to
my knowledge they didnt help one bit.
In the meantime id been to the doctor only
a few times, one for a bad cold most
likely to get antibiotics, and another for
a checkup as I was joining cadets and it
was a requirement. Never told her about my
symptoms though, all she done was check my
blood pressure and listen to my heart and
didnt have anything to say about that
either, apparantly was all good.
Next we went to see a naturopath in
Bundaberg about 1-2 years ago, again to
see what he recommended for my stomach. To
say the least, he was absolutely amazing,
we did not say a word about ANYTHING, he
just looked at my eyes for a few minutes,
then sat at his desk with his eyes closed
and proceeded to rattle of hundreds of
things and if it was fine or not. He even
picked up that id had a traumatic
experience a fews years previously, and
surely enough there was, my beloved cat
darcy had to be put down due to cancer,
and both my grandads passed away with a
matter of weeks of each other. By the end
of the session I was in tears, after
consoling me for a while enough to
recover, he went on to making his list
with what he found and the meds he
recommended. I dont have the list with me
right now but will state as much as I can
remember :
- I was apparantly very very low on
magnesium, he was shocked, so was on
magnesium supplements for over a year, if
they helped at all it wasnt much because
im still having palpitations to this day
just as bad.
- Candida of the stomach
- Lactose intolerace (which I already
knew, but as I said we told him absolutely
nothin)
- Wheat, yeast intolerance to some degree,
and minutely to peanuts and apparantly
citrus also.
- Some virus or bacteria in my sinus
- And some sort of hormone imbalance
I was sure there was more but its all I
can remember right now. So this news was
actually great for me because it explained
all of my symtoms, I was so exstatic that
I might actually feel better one day soon.
But after taking all the meds he
recommended, it still hasnt helped to this
day, I really want to go back to see him
again and probably will in the next few
months, cant recommend him enough, but
maybe that medicine just wasnt right for
me.
After suffering all through highschool
even moreso than primary, I finally gave
up and left yr 12 in april of this year. I
would love to get a job and finally be
able to start earning my own money but I
feel I cant because id be miserable
working with the way I still feel, so im
really at a loss of what to do.
The most recent visit to a doctors was
actually only a few weeks ago, this time
about the palpitations as I finally had
the nerve to subtly start letting my
parents know. So off we went, I told her
all the stmptoms ive been having. The
appointment really only lasted a few
mintues.. she basically asked how my diet
was (which to be honest isnt all that bad
compared to some people) and told her I
was lactose intolerant, so I never have
milk or dairy products except the
occasional cheese etc which doesnt seem to
bother me. I said I also has a dislike for
red meat so I rarely ate this. She looked
at me like I was an anorexic and
accusingly eyed my mum as if shed be
starving me or something. She then said I
may be iron deficient (which I honestly
thought I might be) which would be causing
the palpiations are tiredness etc. She
didnt even bother to check my heart, blood
pressure or none of the usual things, nor
was worried that I couldnt breathe through
my nose, and pretty much ignored this
fact. All she done was made me get a blood
test, a urine and stool sample, which
everything pretty much came back oki dokey
except a tiny deficiency of my iron
'stores'. I queried her about the
magnesium levels and she said all was
fine, but I read on the net that true
levels cant be known just from a blood
test as only 1% of the magnesium in the
body is in the blood. She prescribed me
with some iron supplements, a 100mg dose
each tablet which I have to take every
day, have been on them for a month now
with no felt improvement.
I then had to take a full allergy test, ie
the substances and the pricking with a
needle. I was apparantly allergic to alot
of things, most severly however was
cockroaches and cats, and some types of
moulds. ( I knew about the cats though as
I found myself starting to get slight
reactions from my boy Ajae, eg, redness of
the eyes if I rubbed them, which ive
learnt not to do) and maybe a few sneezes,
but not chronic hayfever like she seems to
think. Other than that, there was mild
reactions to some grasses, chicken,
lobster, banana, most animal dander,
pine.. , and a few others I think.
So after that we had to meet with her
again with the results of the allergy test
and she then recommended me for a
"desensitisation" needle for the
allergies, but which I dont really see the
point because I dont get chronic hayfever,
but the earliest I could get in was April
next year.
So now im stuck in a dead end and I dont
know what to do, I really dont believe
that desensitisation needles are going to
help me in any profound way and to be
honest I dont really want to start them
and going back every week and month to
have them again. She didnt solve ANY of
problems, and as I just said I have no
idea what to do now..
Sorry for the huge essay to those who
could be bothered reading through it, I
just needed get it off my chest and get
the opinions of a few other people, as the
doctor, and now my parents (after
complaining to mum every day saying she
hasnt solved anything) still believe
everything is fine and dandy.
Im sure ive something but you can get the
general gist.
