exhausted feeling...

[SouthernBelle]

When I was younger, I used to clunk out for no apparent reason. Tested for lots of stuff. Nothing was ever resolved for sure, but best guess is low blood pressure. If it's already low, when you stand up it drops even lower as do you.


This could account for both problems above.

[Grog]

When I was younger, I used to clunk out for no apparent reason. Tested for lots of stuff. Nothing was ever resolved for sure, but best guess is low blood pressure. If it's already low, when you stand up it drops even lower as do you.

My dear partner had the same problem for a while. Missed a lot of school because he was always sleepy. Despite all the efforts, I don't think he ever received a definitive diagnosis.

He does have really low blood pressure and heart rate though (just like his dad I think).

[hellosunshine]

im going to EXPOSE myself,right!i nearly died of anorexia nervosa 20 years ago,3 1/2 stone.i now eat well,3,000 kcals a day to accomodate the bike,but am still quite light(so im told,i disagree)so when i feel this wiped out i wonder how the PAST may still linger and whether im really honouring my calorific needs,whether i should weigh more,several of the female racers in the uk are bigger than me,am i holding myself back with this lingering demon(its kicked into touch but its a daily battle)ive never told my coach as theres so much stigma attached to the illness and my own shame,i only ever get a relapse once a year but it always happens on the bike training camp,so maybe i should explain myself and risk it!ive discovered once your up to a suitable weight people assume that the battle is over.Like most illness' you tend to learn to live with it.HATE IT.ALWAYS LOATHE TO ADMIT IT.there again isnt it ace when you do survive some thing to be able to race and cycle and appreciate life,although im sure other sufferers would agree they may be left with other mental illness',which can be A PAIN IN THE ARSE,BUT FAR LESS EVIL THAN AN EATING DISORDER.......phew!soz if i went on a bit

[chickwhorips]

im going to EXPOSE myself,right!i nearly died of anorexia nervosa 20 years ago,3 1/2 stone.

i know what it's like. i have the same problem. my freshman year of high school i wore a men's size 36 pants. i lost the weight by eating right and working out. i wound up in the hospital for unrelated issues and lost even more weight. when i was out of the hospital and eating again i gained weight. i was scared i was going to be fat again and became anorexic. i still remember feeling tired, cold and out of it. my cousin who nearly died of it when she was my age, noticed what was going on and got involved right away and saved me. we both fight with it every day still.

i just wanted to let you know that you aren't alone. i can now talk about it, unlike before.

[LBTC]

My two cents, for what it's worth.

I had similar exhaustion issues last year. Was tested for everything, everything came back normal. I tried some things, self-diagnosed an allergy to ginger, did fairly well after cutting ginger out of my diet.

This year I have exhaustion, but also nausea and specific discomfort in the upper right of my abdomen. We've done several tests and my GP will recommend surgery to remove my gallbladder after he reviews the most recent test.

Recently I just read that people with gallbladder disease should not eat ginger. I'm thinking the GB has been my problem the whole time, but did not come into full symptoms until now.

btw, I do not have any gallstones, but do have thickening of the wall of the GB.

As an interesting note, when I was in grades 8-10, I tried to not eat anything. I never got skinny like models do, but was determined to kill myself by not eating just to destroy my mother. Yes, terrible, yes dysfunctional. I am still convinced I was supposed to be taller as I have a sister the same height who has hands and feet several sizes smaller than I do. I've always wondered what those years of undereating (was it anorexia? I don't want to lessen the severity of a disease with a willful desire to hurt someone else, so I say no) did to my body.

I was in my 30's before I found ways to be truly fit, strong and healthy, and have been dismayed at this recurring health problem that has stopped me. I'm elated to think that this pretty minor surgery may alleviate all that.

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say, except, keep looking for any possibility. Report EVERY symptom to your doctor. Have a CT scan done if you can and can afford it - I think they show the very most of what is going on with our organs. Don't stop looking for an answer, and don't try to solve the problem completely on your own. If you think it might be something, find out how you can test for it and get the test done. You want to keep exercising and you want to keep having fun!!!

Good luck! I hope you find a really good, definitive answer that is easy to fix!

Namaste,
~T~