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  • Tell that to the several doctors who ran bloodwork tests on me and assured me everything's normal.

  • Nothing is going on. I've had tests done and seen several doctors, nothing's wrong.

  • They've ran loads of bloodwork tests on me. Only thing that came back low is my white cells, but I was told that's normal because as you age your immune system declines, after your teenage years.

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    Probably my weirdest life hack/party trick

  • I've seen many doctors, though.

  • Yeah, my periods are the same. At most, 3-4 days early or late sometimes.

  • Sorry about your sister. My thyroid is fine, if you're implying it might be that with me. My TSH was 1.8. I feel like my brain could be magnifying the extent of these, and could do with coping strategies. Even my own family have said I need to stop complaining about my health and to get on with it. IgA is normal, so I don't have anything autoimmune going on, otherwise those would be high.

  • It is normal. The several doctors I've seen have told me it's normal and my own family have told me I need to stop complaining about my health and to get on with it.

  • I don't. Even my family have told me I go on about my health too much and to get on with it.

  • I've had multiple opinions and all have come to the same conclusion. Einstein once said the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting a different result, and I've done that enough already because I have a stack of papers about a magazine's thickness in lab results.

  • Hypochondria can also include having normal symptoms but making them out to be more of a big deal than what they really are. For example, there's lots of men who will call a cold "man flu". That's a form of hypochondria since most people get colds but deal with them.

  • I just need to be strong, and get on with it.

  • How long does it take for you to get out of that feeling of coming to after general anesthesia when you wake up?

  • I'll be strong.

  • Off the top of my head, without getting my magazine-thickness stack of lab result papers I had them print out, I've had TSH, hb1ac, potassium, sodium, urea, LH, FSH, prolactin, DHEA, testosterone, androgens, b12, folate, ferritin, full blood count, full white cell count, IgA, calcium, estrogen, ca-125, cholesterol, etc tested.

    My white cells have been low since the testing began, but I was told this is normal because as you age your immune system declines.

  • You say that like "good advice" doesn't mean obsessively going to the doctors to get more lab tests that are going to come back normal. I've seen several doctors and have a magazine's worth of papers of various lab tests I've had since last year. They say the definition of being a bit mad is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results...

  • It's not about what they can see. I've had bloodwork done, and I've seen the lab results for myself since I requested to have them printed. I'm no longer going to pursue this because at this point it'll be like I'm a hypochondriac unhealthily obsessed with her health. I've got other things to do in my life. I just need to get on with it and cope with it.

  • For your energy levels, do you drink energy drinks? Caffeine makes me feel nauseous, so for me, they're off the table.

    And I've had several doctors do bloodwork, and everything's come back normal. My white blood cells were a bit low, but they've been like that for at least a year. I was told it's normal though, because as you age your immune system does decline.

  • Are you 100% sure you're not experiencing those symptoms? It's possible you've gotten so used to them that your brain's filtered them out. I know someone who had issues with his spine, and while the issue that would be causing pain is still there, he no longer feels it because he's used to it.

  • I've seen several.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Women 30+, how do you deal with all these symptoms? I've been dealing with all of this ever since turning 30 (am 32)

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    32 year old woman and turning 30 hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm not in my prime anymore that's for sure lol