Hypotension And Body Aches... Posted: 09-04-07 22:11pm
Recently( like today) I was in the
hospital for mental health reasons :-\. I
had awful body aches and every morning
they would wake me up at 6am and take my
blood pressure and not seem to care that
it was 88/56. When normally I have high
blood pressure... usually around 130/83 or
so... Now mentally speaking I am bulimic
and I know that can cause low blood
pressure. But I've been bulimic for the
last seven years and I'm not nearly as bad
as I used to be. I am moving like an old
woman, because of the aches and pains...
Eventually I convinced him to take some
blood tests. And as far as arthritis it's
come back negative... arthritis? I feel
like he's not trying hard enough. I'm
nineteen... he also tested for lyme
disease, but only because a nurse made
him, because i stayed up the whole night
sobbing from pain and he finally put me on
celebrex, which minutely helped. As far as
the blood pressure, its still low...
another thing i noticed is that when i go
to fall asleep i severely twitch all the
time, like not just switch, but almost leg
or arm spasms... does anyone know what
could be causing this? He's my eatng
disorder doctor yet, he didnt even bother
to check my electroylyte levels... would
that do it? Anyway I spent 5 hours sobbing
today telling my psychiatrist i needed to
get out of here just so i could receive
proper medical treatment. He let me... I
go to another doctor tommarow...
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The Ginger 1
Supporter
Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Loony-tune-land, England
Posted: 09-05-07 16:38pm
Hi there ..
I'm so sorry to hear that you are having
such a crap time of it ...
I sympathise, but then, you don't need
sympathy as much as answers and correct
treatment ... you were right to insist on
a different Medical Doctor other than he
that is treating you for your eating
disorder .. I wouldn't like to say that
this is all connected, as you aren't
supplying your body, organs, bones,
muscles etc with the nutrition that is
requires.
When you see this other doctor tommorrow,
please make sure you tell him everything
... right down to the pills you have been
taking, and the twitching / spasms.
BTW .. Arthritus means wearing of the
bones, where they become weak and worn
down ... I'm glad that came back
negative.
I can re-post this in the 'Eating
Disorders' forum, just for now, so that
others that also have been or are
experiencing the same symptons as this,
can advise and help support you ..
