[kris9999]

This is long and could be triggering...

So first I would like to say that I do have a doctor but he's a perv so I don't want to go see him and make my emotional problems worse unless I absolutely have to... Now on to the fainting and what not...

So ever since I was in elementary school I've suffered with an ED... In elementary school it wasn't technically on purpose but my mom worked long hours and got paid very little. We were on the free lunch program and I was so embarrassed of being poor that I never used it so I never ate at school. I knew how to cook my own food by the time I was 7 because my mom was never home to cook for us, once I caught a towel on fire I stopped cooking and would only eat about once every two days because I was terrified of cooking.

Once I got into middle school the ED became worse and intentional... I wanted to be down to 99 pounds (I'm 5'9) because I over heard my mom saying that that was the perfect weight. I ended up keeping this ED until I was 17 and ended up getting down to 102 (probably lower but I hardly ever weighed myself back than and 102 was the last time I weighed myself when I was skinny). When I met my husband he was eating fast food all the time and at first I wouldn't eat it but after getting the depo I started.

Than I started to over eat. I ended up gaining over 100 pounds and continued to over eat. Than in July 2008 my ED came back and I was on a 200 calorie a day diet. Because of this I ended up fainting and stopped breathing for close to 3 minutes from what I was told. My doctor told me that my heart nearly gave out because of the lack of protein and all... That was the first time in my life I had ever fainted. I soon after sought help for my ED and I am at a healthy weight but I eat more than I should probably. I eat so much junk food, just last night I ended up having 2 big bowls of ice cream and I can't even remember all the things I ate during the day.

So I wake up last night and go in the kitchen. After standing not even a full minute I ended up falling down and nearly fainter. I had to lay on the kitchen floor for about 5 minutes before I had enough strength to stand up. That is the purpose of this thread. I'm wondering if it could be possible that it is a blood sugar thing and if so does that mean I might have diabetes now since I do eat a lot of sweets and it still happens? If not any ideas on what this may end up being? I'm confused and worried, I don't want to die next time...

I know I should probably see my doctor about all of this but mostly I'm hoping to get some reassurance here so I wont have to see him and can wait until I get a new one! Any input or advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

[bebop]

you really should see a dr about this and if you know anyone that has a testing machine for your blood sugar get them to check it for you. being diabetic is no fun. but being diabetic is so much more than eating sweets! it is carbs also. anything white as they say. potatoes are my weakness. anything starchy. please have it checked.

[kris9999]

I eat a lot of carbs as well... I'm actually surprised with how much I'm eating that I'm not gaining weight. All I eat is very unhealthy foods. I guess I will see the doctor than. I have to go in next week to have my lithium levels checked so maybe I can make an appointment while I'm still in there... I just really don't want to be around that doctor. He's WAY too concerned about my physical relationship with my husband. I went in for chest pain and the entire time spent in there was talking about my relationship. Same thing Tuesday when I went in to be put on psych meds. He wants to do a bunch of tests on me that I don't need and tests that I've already had done... He's just an all around creep. But I guess I do need to get over it just to make sure things are OK.

Thanks for your reply bebop and I take it you have diabetes? If so I am terribly sorry. My mother n law and my aunt have it. My aunt has the one where her blood sugar stays high and my mother n laws stays really low. ((((((((((bebop))))))))))) (if OK)

Thanks again for your input...

[anna342]

You should see your GP. The might want to test for diabetes, but also thyroid problems and stuff like that.

It may help you or not, but sometimes I have low blood pressure and I find drinking sports drinks helps a bit. I think they have electrolytes or something in them.

[kris9999]

I am still getting VERY dizzy, even throughout the day... It seems to be getting worse and also along with this, even though for once I am drinking water, I'm still so thirsty and my head aces much more than normal and I just feel like crap! Ugh I am hoping, realy hoping, I don't have diabetes

[kris9999]

Since the dizziness is getting worse, comes even within 15 minutes of eating a meal now... I went to the ER, they did all kinds of tests. EKG, blood, blood pressure and urine... Only got the results of the urine test back before they let me go. It was so busy after 5 hours they still hadn't gotten my blood results back. Not to mention the doctor was a moron... Well he didn't listen at least. I told him about everything, told him when all of this started (few weeks ago) when I started my meds (3 days ago) and he assumed I was dehydrated. So of course I got a wonderfully painful IV stuck in my arm the entire time...

Than he finally comes in saying "Your electrolytes were normal it must be the lithium... You need to cut down to 600mg a day" (I'm on 1,200) I than told him that I just started the lithium but the problems have been going on much longer than I've been on meds and he said "You didn't tell me that. Well go to 600mg and call your doctor for an apointment to get your results" Why cut down when it's NOT the lithium?! It really ticked me off and by this time I'm bawling because I hate spending that much time at the ER only to return feeling just as bad as when I went in. I told him the fluid didn't help and I was still very dizzy but I was released anyways, nearly falling over walking out the door on my own. On the way to the ER, btw, my military ID was "confiscated" because it was expired. Than on the way home from the ER, already an emotional wreck from what's happened before and during the ER visit, my husband calls. My daughter found my hidden private journal and he read it.

So that was the wonderful cherry on this terrifically terrible day and I feel better now, only because I just ate, but soon I will be feeling bad again. And I am SO thirsty! I am drinking non stop even while I had the IV, and using the bathroom non stop so I'm annoyed about that.

Oh and yay, I get to see "Doc Perv" for my results. The creepy doctor who loves to know all of the details about my sex life, every visit, no matter why I do in. Fun fun!!!!!

[VickiesPath]

Doc Perv is getting his thrills by asking you irrelevant questions. He's abusing his authority. That is non-professional. Tell him you want a female staff person in the exam room with him when he sees you. If he refuses, then refuse to answer some of his questions unless he can tell you why they are relevant.

You had eating deficiencies all the while your major organs and systems were developing. There could be any number of things that might be a little bit off. I'm not trying to scare you. It seems that you might benefit from finding someone who specializes in eating disorders and knows what they can do to body systems and running a battery of tests on you to find out what is going on. You mentioned that you have had a bunch of tests done already. It seems that a more organized approach might result in a quicker answer. You certainly are having some problems with the fainting. That would frighten me.

[kris9999]

Thanks Vickie for your reply! I know Doc Perv is getting off on the questions he's asked me but when I told my insurance company about it, and the hospital he works at... All that was said was I needed to change doctors. I tried to change doctors because of it and they are making it a never ending process of changing doctors. Hopefully this week my husband will take off work and come with me so I don't have to deal with the perv on my own. I understand that maybe he needed to know if I was pregnant before putting me on certain meds, but he didn't need to know how often my husband and I are physical or if I enjoyed it and things like that when I wasn't even in there for those type of problems. Chest pain and meds for MI are not relevant to sex. Ugh!!! Anyways...

I have had an ED, I've had one since I was a child. I went from being anorexic for about ten years, to being a compulsive over eater for about four years to being anorexic and bulemic for another year. Finally after I fainted last year... My daughter and I lived alone, in a new state where I didn't know a soul. I knew if something happened to me that no one would know or even think about checking on me for weeks and by than it would have been too late for my daughter. So I asked for help. I slipped a couple times on my road to recovery but over all it was a success. January will make a year since I got better. I thought it was October but it's January.

Unfortunately when you have an ED, just because you get better, doesn't mean that the damage already done to your body will go away. I'm learning that the hard way already with heart problems and now this. Hopefully I will get an answer when my blood tests come back, if not than I will seek a specialist for what is going on with my body. Thanks again for your comment and I hope you are doing well!!!

[Rhapsody]

Fainting can be caused by so many different things (some that are serious) so I can only suggest that you see a doctor for a check up with x-rays and a full blood work up.... ((( hugs )))