Sleepiness, obestiy, and depression: Endocrine disorder or l Posted: 10-11-06 11:27am
I have been asking all over to figure out
what is wrong with me but it just seems
like no one believes me when I explain to
them what is going on. They just think I'm
a lazy fat girl who doesnt "want" to make
anything of herself and her
future......especially my parents.
I am constantly sleepy and tired....infact
exhuasted would be a nice way to put it. I
don't go to school (home
schooled....sleepyness was part of the
reason I left school in the first place)
so I have plenty of time to
sleep.....usually 14-18 hours a night on
average, I can't sleep anymore than that
cause it just gets uncomfortable and my
back starts hurting from laying so
long.....but if I could I would sleep alot
longer. I wish I could sleep all day, I'm
just too sleepy to fully focus on
anything, even if I want to.....it's as if
I have no choice. As if I am a slave to
my sleepyness. I have a huge problem with
waking up in the mornings...im not sure
why, even if I want to it's impossible to
get myself up and out of bed.
I can drink all the coffee and energy
drinks I want and take all the cold
showers I could possibly take but it makes
absolutely no difference, it's like the
coffee goes in and just sits there,
nothing at all happens except for a
stomache ache or two cause of the
irritants....my eyes are always so heavy
and it's impossible to focus on anything.
My parents think I'm just lazy and that I
dont want to exercise and lose weight
(which I would do anything in order to be
able to do), but I can't manage to get
enough energy to burn any amount of
calories. I just feel if I were more
energetic and awake I'd finally be able to
lose weight and not gain it back times
2.....maybe I could even graduate by next
year (I can finish school on my own
schedule cause of my online academy. As
long as I can stay awake long enough to
finish a coarse or two....or if I had
enough focus and energy to.)
I persuaded my dad a while back to talk to
someone (doctor friend) about my situation
and the guy told him i'ts nothing, just
me. He said I don't make the
effort.....fact is I shouldnt HAVE to make
such an enormous effort. I should be able
to wake up and stay awake effortlessly, I
mean the human race has been doing this
effortlessly every day since the dawn of
time......why must it be so difficult for
me???
I don't think I have any other symptoms or
problems, my knee's don't buckle
simultaniosly, I don't just faint and fall
asleep...or lock up all of the sudden, I
do find it difficult to wake up and can
fall asleep any time, any place as I
please but other than that I don't think I
have any sorts of sleep-breathing
problems.....just breathing trouble in
general whilst I'm awake ( I have a BMI of
35.2, it's not unexpected). No leg/foot
tingling......hmmm, what else, well I
think thats about it for symptoms, or as
far as I know atleast.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention, I have
been having these sleeping issues since I
was 13-14 and it got a whole lot worse and
out of control over the time untill at 16
I left school. Now I can't keep a single
job, no matter what time of the day I need
to work.....no matter what I have to do,
it seems as if just keeping my eyes open
is enough to tire me out completely.
According to your symptoms (sleepiness,
tiredness, feeling existed, lack of will
for anything, unable to go to school…)
you might be experiencing some kind of
depression. One of the signs of depression
is lack of will. Obesity might be a direct
consequence of having no physical activity
and taking energy drinks. You can stop
taking energy drinks and coffee
immediately. It seems that you need
medical help to identify the reason for
depression. It is possible that depression
is only a symptom of an endocrine
disorder. You can go to your GP (general
practitioner) at once.
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