Hi all,

Got an ongoing problem and the local gp doesn't seem to have any idea, hoping to go into town next week to see someone else but until then has anyone any thoughts?

I'm a 28 year male, 20 stone, 6'7'', 42 inch waist so slightly overweight but its never given me a problem. Usually I'm out and about during the day so light activity.

Over the past few months I've been getting daily headaches of various degrees - ranging from a slight dull pain to full blown migraines (by that I mean I can't stand any light, dizzy, nauseas and extreme pain - normally have to lie down in a dark room and take a good number of pink/yellow migraleve)

In conjunction with the headaches I've felt pretty run down, weak and light headed. Something if I turn round to fast I feel dizzy and have to sit down. My appetite has decreased as well.

This all started after a change in my diet - I used to eat a large amount of chocolate and fizzy drink each day. But my weight increased quickly, 3 stone in 1 and half years, so I knocked them on the head - now I hardly have any. Although I have noticed that I have various degrees of success in short term treating the problem with doses of chocolate or sweet ham / tea with sugar in..... I'm now wondering if there’s any chance I might be diabetic?

Would it fit in with the other symptoms? I did check myself with a boots kit and I was always between 5.5 and 6.8, even after not eating for a good few hours I was still only down to 5.5...

is it possible that my body is used to higher levels of sugar? Up till the time this all started I used to drink coke and eat chocolate every day and apart from the weight increase I felt healthy. Now i feel weak and tired (having a 30 min nap nowdays in the afternoon - that’s just not right for a 28 year old)

any thoughts would be appreciated..

thanks

Richard