I am 25 turning 26 this month and am tired or being sick all the time. Starting when I was several months old I have had eczema. My parents used hydrocorisone cream my entire life suppressing the symptoms so I still have eczema. I also have a history of digestive issues, I remember having stomach aches often since childhood. When I was 17 I decided to become a vegetarian. When I was in high school I had an abundance of energy. Then after becoming a vegetarian I became tired all the time, this probably happened when I was 18 or 19. I would go to the gym since going to the gym is supposed to give one more energy. I never noticed a change. I had thyroid tested when I was 19 or so and the doctor said everything was fine, so I went on being tired all the time. I went off the B.C. pill in October of 2007. I used to use the pill to suppress my periods. I would always get really bad stomach aches before my period I remember feeling like I could not move. I had been on the pill for almost 6 years. After I went off of it I started losing my hair, I at first thought that it was because I switched to a natural shampoo bar, but that didn't make sense. I read that it could be related to going off the birth control pill, but after a year of losing my hair, I needed answers. I went to see my GP and she did the thyroid test again. I remember I was driving when I got the results and I broke down crying because I was told that everything was normal. I thought how can everything be normal my health is poor, I am losing my hair, I am tired all the time and I am only 25. I did some research and found a endocrinologist. It took 2 1/2 months to be seen, she is supposed to be one of the best in Ventura county. I went there hoping my test results would tell me what was wrong. I was relieved she said my thyroid was on the lower side and since I do have symptoms of low thyroid which are my hands are always cold, my body temperature is low, she pressed her finger on my finger and it took awhile for the color to return and said that ws also an indicator. My iron and B12 levels were very low. She sent me home with an article on low iron levels causing hair loss. She put me on Soloxine, B12/folic acid/B6 sub lingual tablets and chelated iron pills. That was November 18th I have not seen any improvement. I heard about Bee's website and looked into it, I took the quiz my results were:
Your score is 105, or 18 percent
(Score 60 - 139) If you are a woman, Yeast-connected health problems are possibly present
All though I don't have a ton of symptoms, I still have symptoms of candida. Next I will post about what my symtoms are. Now I am off to a cooking class.
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