Feeling Ill All the Time, I Need Some Advice... Posted: 03-31-07 17:29pm
hey,
Well i'm writtin this post about me, i
don't really know how to start it off so
bear with me. I'm 20 and from UK. I'm in
good health. I haven't been feeling myself
for a very long time. I have been in and
out the doctors for months. They say
nothing is wrong with me or relate it to
stress (which i aint stressed!)
A few months ago i was told i had a chest
infection so i was given some pills and
thats all. A couple of weeks later it was
ok. I have been having these coughs and
colds on and off and all resulting in
chest infection. I had a chest infection
for about a month or so at one time and it
wouldn't go.
Recently i was told i had another chest
infection and tonsilitis. I was given
pills again and was told to come back if i
still feel ill. I did and tehy gave me
some more pills and thats all. They just
fob me off really.
A few nights ago i came down with a very
bad headache. I took some pills and
thought it would go off. I fell asleep and
woke up again and it was worse, this time
i was feeling very sick and very dizzy
too. I got my mum and she gave me some
more pills which were co-codamol and went
back to sleep. But i couldn't sleep i was
throwing up instead. I was sick about 3
times and was still very dizzy and pain
everywhere. After i was sick my mum gave
me a flannel to put onto my head and some
more pills but nureofen, these worked. I
called in sick and i slept the whole day.
Didn't wake up till 6pm that day, i was
very drained.
This has been going on for ages and all i
seem to get from the doctors is ''your
stressed out'' or ''have these pills''.
Thier useless. I have been having a lot of
headaches, very dizzy and fainting a lot,
feeling and being sick, feeling drained
all the time and feeling like i have no
energy to do anything. I feel like this
nearly everyday for last 3-4months. I have
doctors on monday for blood tests, but i
like its migrane and something going on
but i don't know anymore, need help...
Can anyone suggest what it could be or
give me some advice? It's useless going to
my doctor like i explained.
I will appreiacate your replies, thanks xx
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HealthySex
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 414
Posted: 04-01-07 14:51pm
Like you said, it's probably useless to go
to your doctor, but it may not be useless
to go to A doctor. I've had doctors like
that too. They treat you for a few months
with drugs that don't work and then tell
you it's in your head. Well, that's when
you change doctors and find one that will
actually care to find a diagnosis rather
than simply act as a drug pusher and give
up if any real work is involved in trying
to help you.
In addition to that, you might be
interested in looking into alternative
medicine. Perhaps you could find a
Naturopathic doctor in your area.
Sometimes you can find Naturopaths that
are also MD's as well. The advantage of
alternative medicines is that they aim to
treat the problem at the source. Rather
than giving you anti-inflammatory drugs
for a headache, they attempt to find
what's causing your headache and aim at
solving that. The whole body is connected
and sometimes the whole body needs to be
treated. A problem in the knee can cause
problems in the chest. A heart problem can
cause headaches. Etc, etc. Alternative
medicine is more difficult though as if it
is properly administered it requires life
changes like exercising, diet, changing
your environment (air purifier, water
purifier, getting rid of household
chemicals), etc. Sometimes it's simple
enough that some supplements can help.
High quality vitamins are always a
recommendation (I find USANA to be the
best). Other times remedial supplements
might help, especially if it's a temporary
problem like an infection out of control
and chronic. However, other changes also
help fight the infection in addition to
just taking a supplement that kills
infections.
I'd think it'd be best to find a new
doctor and continue to find an answer.
Blood tests, heart tests, perhaps an Ear
Specialist (since you're dizzy) and so on
as your doctor recommends. However, I'd
hope you'd also consider seeking a
Naturopath's help. If nothing, he can help
you onto a healthier path. You might find
natural medicine (When I say natural I do
not simply mean herbs and vitamins to
replace drugs. I mean a method of treating
the body at the source of the problem.
Changing that which is imbalancing your
body's natural ability to heal. And using
natural techniques such as diet, exercise,
etc. Avoiding drugs that aim at the
symptoms rather than the disease. And
drugs that aim at the disease rather than
the source.) to be amazing and amazingly
complicated. I've been into it for several
years now and I'm constantly learning new
things. Just like the conventional drug
market it is a profit market. So of course
there are products that make big claims
with small delivery. That's why it's
complicated, because you'll have to work
around the marketing claims, and you'll
also have to realize it's not as easy as
taking a miracle pill. The best way is to
change your habits to bring about total
health. A Naturopath could help you,
because there's simply too much to learn.
He'd also be able to better recommend
where to look for your specific conditions
and what to do.
Sorry that I couldn't be of any direct
help to your specific condition. It's just
that I've found conventional medicine not
very adept at curing diseases, only
treating symptoms. I've also found them
inept at treating symptoms when all their
tests show nothing is wrong. Over the
years I've had several problems that the
doctors and conventional medicine have
offered me no help with, but through
alternative methods I was able to again
live.
Hope you find a diagnosis with a new
doctor, and of course help and relief.