20th April 2005
I am 22. I posted a while ago on the anemia forum.. doctor told me my red blood cells are small. I did not read any replies (if there were any), the thread seems to be gone.
Here are my symptoms, I've had these for years.. probably 5-6 years.
Always extremely tired. I can never get enough sleep. I can never concentrate. I sleep for 8 hours, wake up.. after about an hour I start yawing and then I sometimes just go back to sleep or take a nap.
Hair has been falling out since I was 14. I always thought it was heredity.. and it most likely is, but I realized that it's falling out FAST. Does heredital hairloss get triggered at age 13-14?!
I can not sleep on my side. This has not always happened and I remember being able to sleep on my left or right side. Now a days if I stay still or lay on my arms, they start to ache and tingle. Almost like they are falling asleep or no blood is going to that area.
I have a hard time falling asleep. I am always thinking. My brain is always processing something, usually nothing useful. I feel like I have so many things in my head at once. Like I need to explode.
I've been very very easily irritable lately. Lately being for the last 4-5 years.
I work out everyday. It had no affects on the above symptoms. I started taking Accutane a week ago, that doesn't seem to have any affect on the above symptoms either.
I am in shape and I eat healthy. Practically no sugar, no caffeine. I used to have a lot of these and now a days. since I quit eating those, I just feel SLIGHTLY more tired.
Do these sound like anything physical? I know I probably suffer from depression, OCD, etc but recently the doctor told me that my red blood cells are small. He asked me if I had anemia and I - being clueless as to what he was talking about - just gave him a funny look.
Here are my symptoms, I've had these for years.. probably 5-6 years.
Always extremely tired. I can never get enough sleep. I can never concentrate. I sleep for 8 hours, wake up.. after about an hour I start yawing and then I sometimes just go back to sleep or take a nap.
Hair has been falling out since I was 14. I always thought it was heredity.. and it most likely is, but I realized that it's falling out FAST. Does heredital hairloss get triggered at age 13-14?!
I can not sleep on my side. This has not always happened and I remember being able to sleep on my left or right side. Now a days if I stay still or lay on my arms, they start to ache and tingle. Almost like they are falling asleep or no blood is going to that area.
I have a hard time falling asleep. I am always thinking. My brain is always processing something, usually nothing useful. I feel like I have so many things in my head at once. Like I need to explode.
I've been very very easily irritable lately. Lately being for the last 4-5 years.
I work out everyday. It had no affects on the above symptoms. I started taking Accutane a week ago, that doesn't seem to have any affect on the above symptoms either.
I am in shape and I eat healthy. Practically no sugar, no caffeine. I used to have a lot of these and now a days. since I quit eating those, I just feel SLIGHTLY more tired.
Do these sound like anything physical? I know I probably suffer from depression, OCD, etc but recently the doctor told me that my red blood cells are small. He asked me if I had anemia and I - being clueless as to what he was talking about - just gave him a funny look.