WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME??

[tryingtobemarypoppins]

Since my DS was born 17 months ago I have felt really odd.

Exhusted all of the time
No appitite, I hate all the fruit I used to love,
I feel glazy eyed
I feel a bit deaf
I have sudden erges in the evening for loads of sugar
I have headaches often
My mouth feels burnt

AM I GOING MAD?????

Nope but those symptoms do sound a right mixed bunch.

GP?

Any GPs out there!!

Anaemia can cause exhaustion, sore mouth, food cravings, headaches, and more.

Whatever it is, you are not going mad.

I am not a GP btw, nothing like!

Thanks Anarchy!

I wondered about anaemia as well

Also might be worth asking for a blood test to test your thyroid levels. Some of your symptoms are similar to those experienced when you have underactive thyroid.

exhausted all the time is very characteristic of lack of thyroid function

also the other thing that stood out was 'glazy eyed' - do you mean feeling kind of 'muzzy' like you can't fire on all cylinders? or organise your thoughts, cope with what you used to?

this was me, and I was diagnosed underactive thyroid and put on thyroxine which has helped alot.

marypoppins, I felt like some of these. Especially the tired one, go and see your GP and ask for tests for anaemia, diabetes and thyroid function also look here www.patient.co.uk/ it's the site my GP told me to look at.

I had the following symptoms

Constant tiredness
Frequent bowel movements
No or little interest in food
My hair was falling out even 4 months after stopping breast feeding
My eyes hurt
Really thirsy
Panicky feeling - palpitations

They tested me for all of the above mentioned and I have hyper thyroidism. Took about a month to settle down, but much more normal now.

Thanks so much for your thougts. My mum had an over active thyroid - I don't know if thats related? I am cold alot to at the moment, freezing feet. The 'glazy eyed' thing makes me feel a bit not fully in the room IYKWIM??

I will go and see the GP I was a bit worried they may think I was going mad.....

Could be diabetes - get it checked out. Good luck x

I was going to say thyroid. My SIL has underactive thyroid and feels like you a lo and I've read that it can come on after pregnancies.

See your GP.

sounds like an underactive thyroid - I felt the same as you described but felt much better when on medication