Do you ever feel sick but can't explain what's wrong?

[texasgirl2]

I get this feeling sometime where I just feel sick and I only want to sleep. I lay in bed crying because I feel horrible, but I can't say that anything specifically hurts, and I'm not throwing up. I will sleep hours more than I normally do, or need. Has anyone experienced this or know why it happens? I just feel so sad and bleh and tired and sick all day but I don't know what's wrong. How can you go to the doctor with no symptoms for them to start with? If you have ever experienced this or know why this happens please comment!

[Anonymous]

yea it happens. for me it was a number of reasons. first you can be depressed with low serotonin (happy hormone) levels, you can be stressed out bummed about life in general and have low esteem. also it can be anemia which is what I have, its when you have low hemoglobin (oxygen) levels in your blood and low red blood cell count and no iron, happens to a lot of women mostly, and you feel weak, tired, sleepy, no energy, feel like fainting. you should go to the doctor and get a blood test done, you don't need symptoms or an excuse to go to the doctor you should go every 3-5 months for a regular checkup to make sure everythings okay. a blood test will show what's wrong in your body. she will check your thyroid hormone levels, check for anemia, and lots of other tests.

also another thing is a UTI, you might have an infection in the urinary tract which can cause dizziness and fainting and make you sleepy because your body is trying to fight bacteria and produces a lot of white blood cells.

just go for a checkup.

[Opinion Owner]

it can be a blood pressure problem too, you might have low blood pressure which makes you sleepy, eating more sodium may help with that but either way you need a blood test and doctor visit.

[rachiee]

Are you depressed or stressed out? Sounds like this is depression to me. Try to get out of the house and do fun things to stay busy.

[texasgirl2]

school and stress are pretty big right now, but what I hate is when I feel like this I find it hard to concentrate and study which makes me get bad grades which then makes me more upset. I feel constantly behind and stressed until I get lucky and catch up one weekend but a week later its back.

[Debs5595]

I get this way sometime and it usually turns out that my sugar has dropped

[TheDigitalSaint]

Have you ever talked to a doctor about depression or MS? If not, getting checked up certainly wouldn't hurt if these particular episodes are frequent occurrences.

[texasgirl2]

I've never told anyone about them. I tend to just be in bed when I can, but I typically have things to do during the day so I push past it and go to bed early. I've never been to a doctor because my parents don't believe in depression. They don't think it is real and that the pills help. Plus they always say that I should never have any reason to be unhappy with my life because I have a relatively good one, which is true so I don't really have a reason to be depressed.

[TheDigitalSaint]

You may or may not have depression. You might have an issue with MS, or your thyroid. It could be any number of things. At your age, it isn't normal to feel sick with no readily apparent symptoms. Remember, it might not be depression. Just getting checked up once in a while doesn't hurt. You could look into community health clinics to see if you can be checked up without your parents knowing. You really don't know what your issue is until you see a doctor.

[texasgirl2]

The problem is that I'm under them for insurance so if I do, I would have to pay out of pocket and I really don't have the means to do that and I won't for several years. It has crossed my mind that it might be something like depression or something similar, but there just isn't anything I can do about it. thanks for your answer though. I was just hoping it would be easier :(

[TheDigitalSaint]

Although I know a significant amount about mental and psychical health, short of running tests on you, I can only provide an incomplete diagnosis. There's simply not substitute for checking up on your body and mind by a doctor. You need to talk to your parents, but don't mention depression. Tell them you feel tired all the time, more so than a girl your age should. Also, there are public health centers that have low or no cost services. Talk to other family members to help convince your parents.

[texasgirl2]

I have tried telling my parents that I am tired all the time. They told me to be more active and work out and it would go away. I had blood tests done over the summer because I was so tired and I actually was passing out, but they never figured out what was wrong, just that my body was fighting something off but they didn't know what. I don't know if that was something different or if it was linked.

[TheDigitalSaint]

That's certainly NOT normal. Passing out without extremely strenous exercise is not something a healthy young woman does. You must talk with your extended family or someone your parents trust to get someone else on your side. You could have MS, a nutritional deficiency or any other number of issues. Simply put, you need to convince someone who can help you talk with your parents that this is a serious medical condition, not something you have dreamed up in your mind.

[texasgirl2]

thanks. and I did go to the doctor for the passing out because I got really sick at one of my jobs, where thankfully my grandma is my boss and she was there so she freaked out because I suddenly felt sick and got pale. the doctors didn't find what was wrong even after blood tests. I haven't passed out since. when I had this prob in high school, my mom had me start taking vitamins because she figured it was anemia since it runs in my fam, but the blood test shows I don't have it.

[TheDigitalSaint]

It could be low blood sugar, low potassium, or a variety of things. You need more tests run. You start by informing your doctors what you've already tested for and get second opinions as to what it might be. It isn't always easy to diagnosis, but that's why more testing and second opinions are necessary. I had issues with my colon a while back, but it took several doctors and lots of tests before we narrowed it down. Try, try again.

[texasgirl2]

ok thanks. The next time I have access to a car I will find a place to go and see what I can do.

[TheDigitalSaint]

Talk to your grandma again and get her advice. You want emotional as well as physical support. With help, I hope you find out what it is as soon as possible so you can enjoy life to its fullest! :)

[texasgirl2]

Ok. Thanks. and yeah it would be nice to not feel this way before an exam. It makes it hard to study. And it always seems to happen before an exam...or maybe that's just because I always have one lol.

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