I'm a 17 year old, not overweight, though I could exercise more. I've had fairly vague symptoms that have progressively gotten worse over the past few years. Mainly neurological, although I have other issues as well.
My family is poor, and we rarely go to the doctor unless one of us is acutely ill, so I'm looking for some help here as my parents would never arrange an appointment unless I was "actually sick" (they're the "unless you've got a fever, you're not sick" type)
So, here's what's up on my front.
I have polycystic kidneys (with no family history of Dent's or PKD)
eye problems including: progressive loss of peripheral vision, difficulty focusing, myopia, heavy floaters, mild photopsia (esp at night), and a strange thing where if I focus on something (esp. with left eye) I get this creeping fuzzy blob and the image (especially bright light) looks like it's dissolving (hard to describe)
progressive slight difficulties with speech, balance difficulties, coordination difficulties, fatigue, feeling of detachment.
nausea, which is disrupting and problematic. I get random spells of severe nausea every few days, they can come after eating, or out of nowhere. Antacids have no effect.
Hypercaluria, hypercalcemia, kidney problems including a kidney stone at age 7.
Frequent GI pains and disturbances (I eat healthily).
I have a strong family history of mental disorders on both sides, including major depression, severe bipolar, schizophrenia, and substance abuse problems. My paternal grandmother died of a cardiac arrest of unknown cause at age 30, she was healthy before then. My paternal grandfather had multiple heart attacks throughout his life and died at age 60, my father had a heart attack at 50 and has a murmur and an arrhythmia.
My older sister has many of the same issues, especially with the kidneys (she has frequent stones, polycystic kidneys, and occasional hematuria) and with the neurological issues. She also has severe anemia.
Okay, thanks for reading. It's probably not something to worry about too much, but the myriad of little things has completely and utterly taken over my life for the past year and a half. It's what I think about probably more than 60% of the time, which is why I think I'm probably overreacting. IDK though... I just want an answer one way or another.
My family is poor, and we rarely go to the doctor unless one of us is acutely ill, so I'm looking for some help here as my parents would never arrange an appointment unless I was "actually sick" (they're the "unless you've got a fever, you're not sick" type)
So, here's what's up on my front.
I have polycystic kidneys (with no family history of Dent's or PKD)
eye problems including: progressive loss of peripheral vision, difficulty focusing, myopia, heavy floaters, mild photopsia (esp at night), and a strange thing where if I focus on something (esp. with left eye) I get this creeping fuzzy blob and the image (especially bright light) looks like it's dissolving (hard to describe)
progressive slight difficulties with speech, balance difficulties, coordination difficulties, fatigue, feeling of detachment.
nausea, which is disrupting and problematic. I get random spells of severe nausea every few days, they can come after eating, or out of nowhere. Antacids have no effect.
Hypercaluria, hypercalcemia, kidney problems including a kidney stone at age 7.
Frequent GI pains and disturbances (I eat healthily).
I have a strong family history of mental disorders on both sides, including major depression, severe bipolar, schizophrenia, and substance abuse problems. My paternal grandmother died of a cardiac arrest of unknown cause at age 30, she was healthy before then. My paternal grandfather had multiple heart attacks throughout his life and died at age 60, my father had a heart attack at 50 and has a murmur and an arrhythmia.
My older sister has many of the same issues, especially with the kidneys (she has frequent stones, polycystic kidneys, and occasional hematuria) and with the neurological issues. She also has severe anemia.
Okay, thanks for reading. It's probably not something to worry about too much, but the myriad of little things has completely and utterly taken over my life for the past year and a half. It's what I think about probably more than 60% of the time, which is why I think I'm probably overreacting. IDK though... I just want an answer one way or another.
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