Anybody fancy diagnosing me online?! At my wits end!

[DottyDash]

I think I need to get my ar*e back to the doctors but I just know they'll tell me I'm fine and I don't think I can take the embarrassment So......can you lovely ladies please listen to my symptoms and decide if either a) I'm a complete hypochondriac or b) I need to push this a bit more?

Ok, I have:
absolute bone numbing lethargy (not constantly so bad but always there iyswim);

mad thirst, but generally only at bedtime;

the desperate need to wee but again usually only at bedtime (this can keep me up for hours!);

a constant battle with my weight, which just seems to yo-yo nomatter what I do;

issues with my eyes and dizziness.

After the birth of Dd2 i was told I had problems with an overactive thyroid (I have always been slightly sceptic of this tbh, mainly because I must be the only person with an overactive thyroid who is also a size 18 . I have been on Carbimazole for a year but the problems are still there.

So, what do you think? Am I just a nutter or should I try to get someone to listen to me about this just being 'not right'? Anybody else had these symptoms at all?

Right, I'll shut up now, thank you if you got this far

Sounds like diabetes to me, not that i know anything about it but symptoms sound like my friend who is now diabetic.

definitely worth a trip to the doctor. They'll check for iron, thyroid and diabetes.

I was thinking thyroid tbh.

You need to get your bloods checked again

Thanks for quick responses ladies
I had been wondering about type 2, i'm sure when they first diagnosed the thyroid that they checked for diabetes and the result came back as thyroid. Could there have been a change from the original results? Sorry to be so clueless...but i really am!

Agree with Riven, the lethargy, thirst and peeing sounds to me like diabetes.
Go and get tested.

Have you checked the side effects of Carbimazole?

Good thought, I hadn't even thought about that. I'll do the dreaded google now!

Snap Dottydash

I am tired - GP says well you have ME what do you expect (ME has been in remission for 7 plus years)
I drink like a fish - GP says well drinking is good for you (I say what 3l a day of fruit juice?)
I get dizzy/lightheaded - GP says 'low blood sugar' have a snack (well see I drink 3l a day of fruit juice my bloody blood sugar can't be low)

Blood tests say everything is 'fine' & within acceptable limits

Huh??

We have a history of thyroid problems in our family, and it is notoriously difficult to get the medication just right. It can take a lot of tweaking of dosage and brand until the medication is really effective, so I would have no hesitation in going back to your GP as often as it takes to get you feeling well and energetic

agree with the other ladies - get tested for diabetes.

It's so annoying isn't it Katymac? My Mum has ME so you have my hugest of sympathies, soo not fun.
I have just checked the side effects of the tablets I'm on and none of them ring true for what I'm feeling
Guess I'll have to go back, reel it all off again and wait for them to find nothing wrong again....meanwhile I go quietly (or not so!) mad. Grrrrrrr

My most bizarre symptom is that I wake up to drink (not to wee you understand - just drink) at least once a night

That's true Verity, I have been on the same dose for a year or so now too. It could be that (I so want them to find out it's not my thyroid - can you tell! - anything to explain why I'm the only fat person with an overactive thyroid!)

Ah Katy! Now I wake up to wee then bizarrely have to drink - it's as if I have to refill the bladder!!

& despite drinking all those calories & eating a good (well reasonable) 3 meals a day

I bounce between 10 & 11 stone - never below 10 or above 11

My weight seems to be gradually creeping up at the moment, but then I'll go through stages where I'll lose a fair bit without changing a lot. It really is very, very perplexing!!

Classic diabetes symptoms, get a request for a Glucose Tolerance Test GTT.

If it is, it can be well managed with diet and exercise (and possibly hypoglycaemic medication).

Good luck, don't be worried, early intervention is the best course of action.

Katymac,

'I get dizzy/lightheaded - GP says 'low blood sugar' have a snack (well see I drink 3l a day of fruit juice my bloody blood sugar can't be low)'

Have you correctly understood the concept of low blood sugar? It isn't really about what you drink or eat, in that sense - in fact the higher the concentration of sugars, (ie fruit juice) the more likely you are to have highs and lows.

When you have the juice it sends your BS rocketing, then it comes down and you feel dizzy...so you do it again, etc etc

Perhaps try drinking something less sugary - dilute the juice, or have low sugar squash or water. You might find it evens you out a lot.

3L of orange juice is about 1400 calories so I would guess that if you are eating an average diet as well and not losing weight your thyroid is definitely not under control. I would go back to the doctor ASAP.

I find that orange juice gives me sugar rushes and drops in blood sugar too, so it might be worth removing it from your diet and replacing with water plus a low GI snack?

Actually it's worse & better than that

DH says I only drink about 2l a day (he buys it so he should know)

But it's 203 cal per 100ml so that is worse isn't it

I don't eat badly.....quite well actually

Have you been checked for anemia?

I don't know about DottyDash - but I have been checked for anaemia/Thyroid/diabetes & something else that escapes me

Ask to recheck for diabetes with the GTT test where you have blood tests at timed intervals over a 2 hour period after drnking a measured amount of glucose in a drink.