Hello. I'm seventeen years old. To first make things simple i have a disease called graves disease, never had sex (so i know i'm not pregnant otherwise i would have been pregnant since the age of twelve) and wondered if this had anything to do with it, i'll explain.
When ever i stand up i feel really dizzy and then sit down again, grab my head (tightly sometimes) and look down. The dizziness lasts for about five minutes, at usual. But it seems to be getting worst now. When ever i stand up i feel dizzy, light headed and have to sit down. It now lasts for about half an hour. If i'm ill then i pass out. The last time i passed out i found myself on the dining room floor with my dog, Pip lying beside me nudging me with his nose. I had to get up, so when i did i felt light headed again and lied back down on the floor with Pip again. Yestrday, after my boyfriend went back home we were talking on MSN and i started to feel really ill and dizzy at first so i told him i was going to sit on the floor. He did watch me because i had webcam on as well. I started to talk to him while sitting on the floor. I started to feel like passing out again so i told him i was going to lie and on the floor and if i didn't answer then i can't get up again or i'm passed out. Of course he typed "JO DON'T LIE DOWN!" so i didn't and stayed sitting up. He told me to go to bed so then if i pass out it won't be on the floor. I nearly fell down my stairs twice, and passed out on the floor. I woke up this morning relising i was on the floor and couldn't get up for about an hour. After an hour i had enough strengh to stand up.
When i do pass out and then wake up again i feel very weak and i can't get myself up straight away. Sometimes i'm lieing on the floor for half an hour before i have enough strengh just to sit up again. My arms feel very weak and every time i lean on them i fall down again. This isn't normal and i know that. I don't think i have Thyriod storm, which is the fatal thing after graves disease. If this is any more help, i can feel the thyroid gland in my throat (again) and my mum can see it. I hate doctors, they scare me, but i don't want my boyfriend to keep worrying about me because his got exams soon and i don't want him worrying about me in his exams. I know i should see a doctor, but can some people please help me out here first, i will be ringing the doctors shortly but i just want to know what other people may think first.
Thank you, for reading and your help if any.
When ever i stand up i feel really dizzy and then sit down again, grab my head (tightly sometimes) and look down. The dizziness lasts for about five minutes, at usual. But it seems to be getting worst now. When ever i stand up i feel dizzy, light headed and have to sit down. It now lasts for about half an hour. If i'm ill then i pass out. The last time i passed out i found myself on the dining room floor with my dog, Pip lying beside me nudging me with his nose. I had to get up, so when i did i felt light headed again and lied back down on the floor with Pip again. Yestrday, after my boyfriend went back home we were talking on MSN and i started to feel really ill and dizzy at first so i told him i was going to sit on the floor. He did watch me because i had webcam on as well. I started to talk to him while sitting on the floor. I started to feel like passing out again so i told him i was going to lie and on the floor and if i didn't answer then i can't get up again or i'm passed out. Of course he typed "JO DON'T LIE DOWN!" so i didn't and stayed sitting up. He told me to go to bed so then if i pass out it won't be on the floor. I nearly fell down my stairs twice, and passed out on the floor. I woke up this morning relising i was on the floor and couldn't get up for about an hour. After an hour i had enough strengh to stand up.
When i do pass out and then wake up again i feel very weak and i can't get myself up straight away. Sometimes i'm lieing on the floor for half an hour before i have enough strengh just to sit up again. My arms feel very weak and every time i lean on them i fall down again. This isn't normal and i know that. I don't think i have Thyriod storm, which is the fatal thing after graves disease. If this is any more help, i can feel the thyroid gland in my throat (again) and my mum can see it. I hate doctors, they scare me, but i don't want my boyfriend to keep worrying about me because his got exams soon and i don't want him worrying about me in his exams. I know i should see a doctor, but can some people please help me out here first, i will be ringing the doctors shortly but i just want to know what other people may think first.
Thank you, for reading and your help if any.
Yes, you are right in knowing you need to see a doctor. If you can see something on your thyroid, you need to have it checked out for a lesion or growth of some kind. Surgery might be in order. Talk to your mom and together go in to see the doctor. They are not going to hurt you, just help in the way they know how to. It is better to be safe now than sorry later and if you have to look at it as preventative as opposed to a life or death type situation. Go see a doctor as soon as possible and find out for sure what is going on with your thyroid. It could be nothing but at least you would have a peace of mind and you would not be worrying yourself to sleep, ass I suspect you are. Good luck and let us know what transpires. Any other advice out there?