So, I have a tendency to think I have some kind of health problem, and normally I can’t help it. My stupid brain thinks everything is a problem. So, lately I’ve been tired a lot, hungry at random times (which I’m normally not), and excessive thirst, as well as random muscle aches and joint pains. The main thing is the fatigue. It’s been going on for a while now, so I decided to do a little research into it. I know I don’t have diabetes, because a year ago I was scared I had it, but my mom assured me I didn’t. Some health problems with symptoms that applied to me were hypoglycemia and chronic fatigue syndrome. The symptoms for chronic fatigue syndrome applied to me greatly.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Here is my commentary:
I have definitely had fatigue for over six months. I think it started happening when I stayed up real late for a sleepover in July-ish, and had a monster headache. My mom figured I had just stayed up too late, but ever morning I woke up feeling really tired, which proves the next point. It does seem to kind-of worsen with activity, but I haven’t been alert enough to notice.
Lately I have been feeling pain in the joints and muscles. I figured it was because of ballet and how hard I was working. I also had pain in the thumb joint, I figured that was because I have double-jointed thumbs.
As said earlier, I have had a LOT of fatigue. I don’t know about that inability to expertise part, I just have been not wanting to do the excercise. I had to look up malaise (it’s the sense of general discomfort), and I think that applies to me.
I have noticed I have had a lot of confusion lately, which goes along with forgetfulness. I have been forgetting where I put everything, what day it is, when something happened. I do have a lack of concentration, I can’t seem to focus on one thing without being distracted. It’s hard when I’m trying to have a conversation.
Yes and yes. I have been waking up in the middle of the night a lot, as well as not being able to sleep in the middle of the day when my body is tired.
I have had a lot of anxiety, as I normally do, but I never figured that it applied to anything. I figured it was normal. I have had a lot of apprehension the last six months or more, so.... I’m checking off a lot of the boxes.
Depression-sometimes. I don’t really know how to identify if I am depressed at one point or another, because I’m feeling so down. Headache: I don’t get them a lot, about less than once a month, but when I do get them, they HURT. Like, I figured that was how all headaches feel, but when I talked to my mom about it, she said it wasn’t normal. I have checked off the rest of the boxes in that row as well.
So, help me out here! Does anyone else have this? How do I talk to my mom about it? Help!
