So I’m 22 years old and I’ve struggled with my health most of my life. This is probably gonna be really long, but I’m very ill and really need advice. My history: I was born a couple weeks late, always had social issues, I was terrified of social situations. Developed OCD late elementary school and had throughout middle school. I realized I was constipated all the time in middle school and started having insomnia and always had nightmares when I did fall to sleep. I also ground my teeth in my sleep. Also I had trouble concentrating and difficulty urinating. By 14 I started getting d ...
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Hi. I’m 22 had problems with my health for around 10 years really. Insomnia, sleep paralysis, hypoglycemia, orthastatic intoleraance, cold all the time, extreme fatigue, extreme sugar cravings (candida probably) and digestion issues and a ton more. Had constipation most of my life, when I turned 18 I started having mucus and gassy bowels frequently. I also had pain under my rib cage. Once tested to have elevated liver enzymes, but went back to normal, pain came from time to time though. When I turned 20 I had severe acne, no topical treatment responded to and they found I had elevated test ...
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Hi. I’m 22 and have a ton of health problems, you can read my other posts if you want more details, but basically I’m very ill and have been having problems my whole life and I believe the source is mercury. My mom had 20+ mercury fillings put in before she got pregnant with me, also I had a ton of vaccines. I want to try IV chelation as I’ve heard good things about it. But am having trouble finding a doctor in my area who does it. Does anyone have any recommendations of one who tests for heavy metals and does IV chelation. DC would be preferable as I’m closest to there or montgomery co ...
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Hi, I’m 22 years old and have many health issues. Extreme fatigue, digestion completely screwed up, orthastatic intolerance, hypoglycemia hormones screwed up (never get periods), sleep problems, low cortisol levels at every level of adrenal saliva test and tested to be slightly hypothyroid and have a ton more problems leaving me to the point I can barely function and spend all my time in bed. My health has been declining dramatically the past 6 or so years of my life. I have tested positive for an acute infection of lyme disease on two occasions, but also negative on two occasions. T ...
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I am similar to you. I am 22 been sick since preteen years. I never recall having mono although have tested positive for a past case of EBV. Have also tested positive for lyme once, although further testing was all negative. Also have very low iron levels. I suffer from severe fatigue, weight loss, hair loss, stomach issues as well. I have not solved all my problems, but I am working to get better. First thing you need to do is find a new doctor. Not a conventional one, they will tell you there is nothing wrong with you. Find a functional one. You obviously have toxicities in your body. ...
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Thanks I have already spent $900 and I am not better at all. I’m scared to spend more and treat the wrong illness and make myself sicker. If I get any sicker I won’t be able to work even part time (which is all I can do now unfortunately). I have been gluten free for 4 months and have not noticed any significant improvement. However I work at a sandwich shop and I’m not sure if breathing it in could make me sick? How did you detox mercury and get tested for it?   [End]
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Yeah I probably do. The thing is when you get lyme for a long time as far as I know your body loses the ability to detox mercury so you become mercury toxic. Which is why people with it get so sick I believe. So I’m not sure if the problem is I just have lyme and need to get rid of that so I can detox mercury or if I don’t have lyme and just happen to be mercury toxic. I don’t want to make a mistake and treat the wrong thing, so I don’t know what to do.   [End]
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Thank you. I’ve been gluten free for 4 months actually. And dairy and sugar free and haven’t had any diet soda in around 6 months. Also no fake sweeteners.It hasnt really helped at all though.   [End]
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Hey, I’m looking for advice. I’m 22 years old, been sick most of my life. Didn’t really start noticing problems til middle school. But before that I had extreme social issues, wouldn’t talk to anyone in elementary school, sat alone, had OCD tendencies, was very anxious about social situations, easily upset and angry (manic tendencies) and trouble staying focused. I don’t know if this signals something was wrong. By middle school I had minor physical symptoms: constipation, insomnia (took around 2 hours to fall asleep usually). Developed full blown OCD at 13. By 14 in high schoo ...
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Thanks for the advice. I don’t have Addison’s though. Probably adrenal fatigue although the endrocrinologist I went to denied that. She did an ACTH test on me which came back normal. I read was not an accurate test for adrenal fatigue anyways. But she ended up telling me I was just depressed. And yeah I def think I have low stomach acid. I’m blood type A and I heard they do. I had an X Ray done on my stomach once not too long ago and they said I had tons of gas in it. I’m always bloated...   [End]
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thanks not sure i could do that though cause of my hypoglycemia and constant thirst   [End]
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thanks for the advice though   [End]
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That is nice you are helping my daughter. My family refuses to believe I’m actually ill. My mom told me I had to be on antidepressants for at least 6 months and only then if that doesnt work we can consider I might have a physical issue. Well I never took them cause I was scared what they would do to my body. She dug through my packpack found out and we got in a big argument and she told me she was tired of me so she called the police on me and filed a petition I be institutionalized. She told me since I had decided to bail out on life because of my ”psychological need to be ill” instituti ...
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Yeah probably. I called my mom the other day and asked her exactly how many mercury fillings she had before she got pregnant with me. She said AT LEAST 20. I was screwed even before I was born :(   [End]
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I tested negative for all coinfections actually. So I don’t know. I also only tested positive for an acute test of lyme and was negative upon retesting so I don’t know.   [End]
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So I’m 22 years old. Had issues with my physical health since middle school, around 11 years old, or at least that’s when I first noticed. It started off just constipation and insomnia.Oh yeah and when I did sleep I often had nightmares. Earlier than this as a kid I was almost a complete loner, I was terrified of social situations and talking to people for some reason. Psychologically I also had some OCD tendencies and slight anxiety starting around 10 years old. By 13 I had extreme OCD, which eventually went away on its own, I guess cause I couldn’t keep up with all the rituals but I stil ... [Image Embedded Here]
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So I’m 21 years old and I’ve had health problems since I was in middle school/ high school. It started out with insomnia, which kept worsening. By the time I was 14 I had dark circles around my eyes constantly, even when I caught up on sleep. I had rumors at school going around about me that I was drug addict because of this. By the time I was 16, my insomnia had worsened, and when I did fall to sleep I had sleep paralysis.I also developed hypoglcemia. I was also cold and tired all the time. By 18 I started having bowel issues. Mucus and lots of gas in them. By the time I was 19 I develope ...
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Are you sure I have fatty liver disease? I have had my liver enzyme levels tested twice and two abdominal ultrasounds. All of which came back normal. Wouldn’t they be abnormal if I had that? and what kind of diet should I be on?   [End]
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My tongue and gums don’t burn. I never really paid much attention to my saliva and I don’t really have much of it so I’m not sure. Maybe in between I guess. Other than my eyes I haven’t had any complexion problems except the acne which is gone now except for scarring because of yaz. I do have really pale skin I don’t know if that means anything. As for my weight I don’t put weight on easily, more like the opposite. I was only 110 lbs at 5’6 when all this started to get really bad, now I’m down to 104 lbs because I’ve skipped a lot of meals due to the fact I’m at college alone and rarely ha ...
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Hey everyone I’m new here. I think I may have problems with Candida, but I’m not sure. I’m 21 now. I’ve always had some mental and physical health issues since I was in middle school, but I was still able to function. I dealt with insomnia since middle school which worsened in high school. By the time I was 14, a freshman and high school I had a darkness around my eyes underneath and above that never went away and I still have, even when I caught up on sleep. People at my school spread rumors I was on drugs because of this and made fun of me. I’m not sure if this was due to insomnia or so ...
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