Can I Find a Nutritionist Online? I Need Help So Bad.. :( Posted: 02-15-06 14:21pm
Is there any way I can find a nutritionist
online to ask questions too? I feel that
if I went to my doc about my multiple
health issues,that he'd just subscribe
drugs. Of course drugs would cause other
probs down the road.
I feel like I have some major disorder or
disease. My whole body has not felt
normal since 2003. I am so honest. I
started working for mcdonalds in june 2003
and quit may 2005. I am thinking that
eating all that food might have weakened
my bodys immune system.
I was diagnosed with ibs back in 2004.
When I quit mcdonalds a lot of my stomach
probs disappeared. However,i still get
discomfort a lot still. At night or in
morning mostly. Lots of digestive
problems still.
Here is the most annoying of all. Moving
feelings in my body from my feet to my
head. These feelings are just everywhere
in my body and in my nervous system. It
seems like they are tingly and moving. It
is so hard to explain. I also get a
weakness with it in my whole body. If I
am sitting down on a couch and change
positions,i get this heavy feeling in my
chest and my head. This is all I can
remember for now,there is much more.
Allergies and sinuses. I am congested
every morning when I wake up and basically
all day. I have tried a lot of allergy
pills and sinus pills. Nothing really
works. I have sinus pressure every day.
I work in walmart as a cashier and it
seems to be worse there. I am there 39
hours a week so.
Tmj. Where do I start with this? I am
trying to eat softer stuff. The pain is
so bad at times in the back of my head and
in my face. I also have pain in my neck
and cheeks
wow. Hm,is that all of it? Probably
not,because theres so much more other caca
I cant even describe that I experience. I
feel so hopeless. I feel like I can't get
help and that my parents dont believe how
bad it is. Sometimes I am very miserable
for 2 or 3 days straight or a week or two.
Actually,the summer of 2004 was better
then last summer. My sinuses were better
in 2004,but my stomach probs were worse
then in 2005. So,different months have
been worse in different ways. The last 7
months have been very bad though. Mostly
because of my tmj and sinuses. The
feelings in my nervous system and body is
the one thing that never changes. It has
been every day since the fall of 2003 when
all my crap started.
I wish I could get help. Its been over 2
years and I cant take all this caca every
week and every day anymore. I hate god!
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kevin10
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 13
Posted: 02-22-06 01:47am
Ugh,
my stomach wasnt that weird til tonight.
How its been last few nights. Worse at
night. When I got home from work tonight
I really felt it. I got home from work
around 11:25 pm. I was really hungry but
yet I had this discomfort. I was sittin
on a couch watching a dvd and when I
started to move to get up, I got this
weird discomfort feeling from my head into
my stomach. Its really weird. Of course
ive been experiencing this kind of caca
for last 2 years. I dont get it..The
stomach probs and the weakness and the
head all seem connected...
Ugh..
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catswold
Supporter
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 404 Location: Flint, Michigan
Posted: 02-27-06 15:28pm
Kevin,
they probably are all connected. You
aren't going to like this, but I think you
should try an anti-anxiety medication. I
know from experience that tmj and stomach
problems are directly related to stress
and how we handle the stress in our lives.
I am not very good at it so it attacks
my tmj. I take an anti-depressant and
just started a small dose of an
anti-anxiety drug to help me not clench my
teeth while sleeping.
Also consider that you might have
fibromyalgia. Fibro can cause all the
symptoms that you have been mentioning
here and on the tmj forum. It is also
made worse with stress.
Talking with a therapist who "specializes"
in helping people cope with stress and
pain is also a possibility. I know it
would help me if I could just find one I
could afford.
I'm not saying you are crazy or anything
of the sort, so don't even think that.
Some of us handle stress better than
others. Most people have a problem with
stress which is why they smoke or drink or
eat too much or even exercise. At least
exercise is a healthy way to handle stress
if we don't overdo it. That (stress) is
why we all have too many headaches and tmj
and ulcers and lots of other things.
There are some good drugs out there now
available to help us who have a harder
time dealing with the stresses and we
might as well use them. Just always do
so under a doctor's care so you don't hurt
your body, etc.
You are probably mad at me now kevin, but
I really just want to help. Pain is no
fun and a life sucker. We all struggle
with it and there is nothing wrong with
asking and getting help to cope with it.
Quality of life is the big issue here.
Take charge and do what's best for you
physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Take care kevin,
carol
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kevin10
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 13
Posted: 02-28-06 00:29am
Well,
i am going to see my family doctor
wednesday morning. I told the lady on the
phone that the basic symptoms were
heaviness in chest for 2 years and
weakness. I didnt tell her about the
moving feelings cause thatd be to hard to
explain. Of course I wrote down all of my
symptoms on a piece of paper to show the
doc. Main reason im going is because of
my whole body feeling off or crappy all
time and all the moving strong feelings
and tingling and stuff..
Im nervous... :(
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catswold
Supporter
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 404 Location: Flint, Michigan
Posted: 02-28-06 08:14am
I'm glad you are going to the doctor's
wednesday. Tell them about the crawly
feeling as that is a symptom of
fibromyalgia. I don't know how they test
to find out if someone has fibro. A good
friend has it and i'll ask her. Maybe
some of the other support sites can give
you some info about it so you won't go in
blind.
The anti-depressant I am taking is prozac
and I think it has helped more with
physical pain than depression but since it
can possibly cause night-time
clenching/grinding, I also take a small
dose of buspar at night, which is an
anti-anxiety drug. I have really noticed
a difference with my tmj and energy level.
I don't need to sleep as much since I
started the buspar.
Do all your research and have everything
written down when you go into the
doctor's. If they start to fluff you
off, come right out and say you need help;
that you want to feel healthy.
I will be hoping and praying for you and
the appointment. Please let me know how
it goes.
