New to the Board. Am I Experiencing Symptoms of Diabietes? Posted: 11-05-05 02:09am
I'm a 26 yeard-old male, 5'11,
160lbs........Ok let me start off by
saying that this has been an extremely
difficult month for me, all sorts of weird
things are happening with my health and
i've grown quite concerned. Bloodwork has
come back and nothing appears out of the
ordinary. Electrolyte levels were normal,
sodium levels were normal. Blood sugar
levels normal. The only thing that
turned up in my allergin test was an
extremely mild allergy to milk. I'm not
satisfied though and here's why........
For the past 9 months or so i've been
extremely fatigued. I've had a very
stressful period over that time, alot of
anxiety involved and depression, things
i've been prone to for some time now, but
I never sought treatment, wanted to work
it out on m own. I work in the restaurant
industry, for a while I was there 6 days a
week nearly 10+ hours a day. My eating
habits were poor, very spotty, and alot of
times I wouldn't eat dinner before i'd go
out at night with friends to bars and such
after work. I wasn't getting a whole lot
of sleep. I decided to get back into my
workout regime and after a lil'while I
started noticing a bloated feeling all the
time. I started noticing other changes as
well. For instance, my hair was starting
to thin out more than I had ever noticed.
Now I use a chemical relaxer for it once a
month, but I had never had thinning
problems before. My skin changed. I'm a
metro kind of guy, so I keep my arms
shaved and I never used to have problems
doing this on a daily basis. Now, my skin
is always too moist and I always get
ingrown hairs. The skin is generally warm
and i'm alot paler looking than I ever
used to be.
Continuing on........I developed an
overractive sweating problem sometime
around my junior year in college, roughly
5 or 6 years ago. I mean it could be
absolutely beautiful outside and i'd still
sweat under my arms, got clammy hands
alot. I get alot of ringing noises in my
ears. A couple of months ago I went thru
a period where my eyelid was fluttering on
a daily basis. I also noticed in that
same time frame that i'd wake up feeling
extremely anxious all the time and at one
point my heart beat started feeling
different, almost like a pounding drum in
my chest. I thought perhaps it might be
due to those nights I was out with friends
and we'd have a mixed drink which had
energy drink in it, not to mention I was
drinking one redbull prior to my workout
(3 to 4 days a week).
I think the thing that scares me most is
that now my eyesight is starting to blur.
I'm still find reading things closeup, but
my farsightedness has decreased
considereably. I used to be the kind of
guy who could read streets signs a quarter
of a mile down the road at night. Now
when i'm driving at night, lights are
blurry and I can't read streets signs
clearly until I get close to them. As of
late, my eyes are extremely dry and
sometimes they appear very irritated.
About a month ago I went to a wedding with
a girl I was dating I felt like I was
having an attack of some sort. I spent
the majority of the night feeling,
extremely flush, lightheaded, and ready to
pass out. I had a bit of a pain on my
left-mid section as well. Two weeks after
that I proceeded to get kind of ill,
prolly spent a week or so feeling
nautious, with reocurring headaches.
Moreover, i've had two very significant
migraine attacks in the past couple of
months. At work for the past month and a
half i'd spend nearly the entire afternoon
lightheaded, feeling like I could pass out
standing up.
As of late my calves and hamstrings are
constantly cramping up, i've actually
gotten charlie horses consistently in
those same areas over the past couple of
years, especially when getting up in the
morning. My mouth has been pretty dry
lately and I feel thirsty quite a bit. I
use the bathroom more than I ever have,
sometimes after only one glass of
something to drink. I should also say
that over that past couple of months i've
consistently gotten cravings for something
sweet after my meals. Furthermore I have
devloped a slight tingling/numbinging
senstation in my right big toe, on
occasional shooting pain in my right
hand's pinky, as well as a shooting pain
in my right lower hip where I assume the
siatic nerve is.
Does all of this equate to diabetes? I
actually woke up to hbo's real sports
today and I saw a piece they did on
hyponatremia. Now I will say that 8
months ago when I started up my workout
again, I was drinking tons of water in
that hour and a half I was at the gym.
I'm talking the huge, long bottles. In
some ways it kind of became a compulsive
habit, inbetween sets i'd drink water,
prolly filling up that bottle at least 3
times during my visits to the gym. When
i'd get home I be urinating up a storm.
Not to mention I drink quite a bit of
water while at work. Could maybe I have
caused myself damage?
Like I said, i've grown concerned, well
let's be honest - scared. I've always
been the guy with no allergies, never
sick, except for the time I had mono
during my freshman year in college. I
don't feel like "me" anymore and I need to
fix whatever is going on. I have another
meeting with my doctor tomorrow morning.
Thank you for your time.