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Please help me with diagnosis as I've almost lost hope finding one

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dan33
dan33

Hi,

Long story short. I always wanted to become a big guy so I signed up to a gym and bought a couple of boxes of protein, after I've been drinking protein shake three times a day (about 75g of protein, my own weight was around 190lbs) and lifting weighs for about 6-7 months ( I gained around 12 labels of muscle weight during that time) I noticed that I had to pee with pale urine very often (sometimes around 20 times per day, 200-250ml of urine per 30minutes) for a day or two in a week. Then thirst joined so I decided to visit a doctor (I probably visited every doctor as a result):

1. Sugar - fine

2. Thyroid - more or less fine, the only issue is that antibodies to whatever (excuse my English) are a bit high, hormones are totally ok.

3. Tested for 8 types of infections - fine

4. General urine test - fine

5. Kidneys (and the rest of the torso) US - fine

6. Several other kidney tests (I visited a couple of nephrologists) - fine

7. Prostate US - they found some prostate problems, but I assume this could not be causing the symptoms

8. I also took several blood tests(creatinine etc.) which came out fine as well.

I probably forgot to mention some of the tests I passed but all of them came out ok. A couple of doctors sent me to a psychiatrist telling me my disease isn't somatic. I have no idea where does it come from, but here's a detailed description of the way I feel (this started happening about 6 months ago).

1. My lips and mouth are a bit try, I also feel strange taste in my mouth from time to time

2. I sometimes have a pain at my lower back/ribs (those are two different types of pain). When I push my ribs at the left/right side at the bottom I feel the pain's getting more sharp.

3. I sometimes feel that my mind isn't clear, it's getting harder to think (not too hard, but I feel a bit slower in my mind)

4. Usually I have less energy than before (before these symptoms started I had been a very active guy, I had always been into sports etc., now I just sit and eat)

5. Sometimes it's not comfortable for me to sleep on a left side, I prefer sleeping on my back.

6. I'm not really sure, but it seems that frequent urination is gone.

As said, I probably visited every doctor I could and all of them said I was totally ok. Am I looking at a wrong direction?

P.S. I have diabetes in my family: mother, brother, granny (type 2, others type 1), I passed several glucose tests and I also bought a glucometer to monitor sugar levels at home, I never saw anything strange there.

I would be happy to hear any advise as I'm already thinking about visiting voodoo shaman.

Thanks.

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  • dan33
    dan33

    Posted

    I also forgot to mention that it seems like my condition is like a sinusoid, I can feel totally fine for a week or too (no symptoms at all!), I'm into sports and normal life during these days, but then, out of nowhere I feel like a piece of sh*t for a week or two...then it starts over...I have an assumption that this is somehow based on the exercises, because when I feel fine I do pull ups, squats etc. those can't be compared to the weights I lifted before it started happening, but this is quite a load anyways.
  • dan33
    dan33

    Posted

    I think it's also worth saying that my urine used to smell bad (I'm not saying that I like the way my urine normally smells (: ), then it returned to normal.
  • dolly4
    dolly4

    Posted

    Hi Dan,

    I would ask you to take a look at this site. www.sjogrensworld.org When you read through it you will

    see that there are many people like yourself, who go to the Doc complaining, and feel that they are being classed as neurotic, or hypochondriac.

    We the members of this forum have a condition called Sjogrens Syndrome, some are really disabled with it and others suffer only milder symptoms, of which there are many!

    You will find all the info that will help you decide if you think you might have it, and need to see a Rheumatologist, he is the one Consultant who knows and should understand Sjogrens, which is a problem of our immune systems, Now I am not saying that this is what you have , only that it is a possibilityAnyway take a look and see what you think, and good luck, D

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