I am not sure where to post this thread, so please forgive if I posted in wrong location...
I am a 36yr old male.
I have always been in tremendous physical shape and extremely healthy (very rarely got sick ie... flu, colds, etc...).. but this all changed after 2002... My first 2 or 3 years were very hard (but I accepted the responsibility and challenge)... I endured long working hours .. not to mention that I needed to maintain my physical fitness levels that I had to still incorporate workouts/strength training at the gym, so i would have to incorporate gym time between my missions.... my work schedule flying is 5 days on/ 2 days off... with constant daily delays I am lucky if I worked no less than a 10 1/2-12hr day (and this is just domestic missions not including international).. I was lucky if I was getting at least 6 hours of sleep a night due to arriving late at my home residence and/or mission destinations and having to be back at the airport early the next day for my next mission.... I remember clearly one particular day in december of 2005, I woke up in the morning "not feeling quite right", later on that day I went to the gym for a workout and I had no energy, I felt kind of "blah".. this apparently was the start of something not good... so from this point on as the months and years have progressed with my job I started to get sick more than usual, my fatigue levels increased tremendously, I started to become less motivated to workout, I have become physically weaker, I started feeling depressed, my libido decreased tremendously (although ironically I could still perform but what good is that when you dont have the desire), I started to become very agitated and irritable, etc...
Fast Forward to the present.... all my problems have increased tremendously and more problems have arisen... I am experiencing tremendous insomnia and if Im lucky enough to fall asleep I will wake up at least 4 or 5 times a night (the only way I can sleep is if I take ambien).... I now experience Hypoglycemia symptoms constantly... I never was a coffee drinker, I drank an occasional cup ever now or then but now if I drink a cup of coffee I get Hypoglycemic.... I always feel like im catching my breath, when I stand up from sitting or lying down I get dizzy/light headed... now im experiencing diffuse hair loss ( i have no balding or recession just constant shedding all over my head) and the list goes on..
Each day I am becoming a shadow of myself more and more.... my wife doesnt seem to understand my plight and I feel so helpless as I drift farther and farther away from my former self... My wife is an awesome person and I am so moody toward her and she doesnt deserve this... I explained to her what i am going through and she says she understands but she really doesnt understand cuz we get into fights when I become irritable and I tell her its not her its me...
I have had blood work done several times and the only thing that draws red flags is my testosterone (free and total) is low normal, vitamin d3 deficient.... Diabetes A1c test was normal.... I had a saliva cortisol test performed back in November 2006 (Neuro Science) and it came back 8.3 @ 8am (normal), 2.8 @ noon (low), 9.6 @ 6pm (extremely high), 2.7 @ 11pm (high)...... now this test was back in 2006 so i assume its probably much, much out of whack....
I have been to several doctors and have had no help.... the most recent endo that I saw gave me a blood glucose meter and told me to take my blood sugar before and after I work out... my blood sugar is always in the high 60's/low 70's after i finish working out....
I wish i could be more detailed in my post in regards to timelines and happenings but believe or not just writing this post is taxing the heck out of me....
does anyone have any ideas on what to do or any doctors in the northern new jersey area that can help...
thank you
I am a 36yr old male.
I have always been in tremendous physical shape and extremely healthy (very rarely got sick ie... flu, colds, etc...).. but this all changed after 2002... My first 2 or 3 years were very hard (but I accepted the responsibility and challenge)... I endured long working hours .. not to mention that I needed to maintain my physical fitness levels that I had to still incorporate workouts/strength training at the gym, so i would have to incorporate gym time between my missions.... my work schedule flying is 5 days on/ 2 days off... with constant daily delays I am lucky if I worked no less than a 10 1/2-12hr day (and this is just domestic missions not including international).. I was lucky if I was getting at least 6 hours of sleep a night due to arriving late at my home residence and/or mission destinations and having to be back at the airport early the next day for my next mission.... I remember clearly one particular day in december of 2005, I woke up in the morning "not feeling quite right", later on that day I went to the gym for a workout and I had no energy, I felt kind of "blah".. this apparently was the start of something not good... so from this point on as the months and years have progressed with my job I started to get sick more than usual, my fatigue levels increased tremendously, I started to become less motivated to workout, I have become physically weaker, I started feeling depressed, my libido decreased tremendously (although ironically I could still perform but what good is that when you dont have the desire), I started to become very agitated and irritable, etc...
Fast Forward to the present.... all my problems have increased tremendously and more problems have arisen... I am experiencing tremendous insomnia and if Im lucky enough to fall asleep I will wake up at least 4 or 5 times a night (the only way I can sleep is if I take ambien).... I now experience Hypoglycemia symptoms constantly... I never was a coffee drinker, I drank an occasional cup ever now or then but now if I drink a cup of coffee I get Hypoglycemic.... I always feel like im catching my breath, when I stand up from sitting or lying down I get dizzy/light headed... now im experiencing diffuse hair loss ( i have no balding or recession just constant shedding all over my head) and the list goes on..
Each day I am becoming a shadow of myself more and more.... my wife doesnt seem to understand my plight and I feel so helpless as I drift farther and farther away from my former self... My wife is an awesome person and I am so moody toward her and she doesnt deserve this... I explained to her what i am going through and she says she understands but she really doesnt understand cuz we get into fights when I become irritable and I tell her its not her its me...
I have had blood work done several times and the only thing that draws red flags is my testosterone (free and total) is low normal, vitamin d3 deficient.... Diabetes A1c test was normal.... I had a saliva cortisol test performed back in November 2006 (Neuro Science) and it came back 8.3 @ 8am (normal), 2.8 @ noon (low), 9.6 @ 6pm (extremely high), 2.7 @ 11pm (high)...... now this test was back in 2006 so i assume its probably much, much out of whack....
I have been to several doctors and have had no help.... the most recent endo that I saw gave me a blood glucose meter and told me to take my blood sugar before and after I work out... my blood sugar is always in the high 60's/low 70's after i finish working out....
I wish i could be more detailed in my post in regards to timelines and happenings but believe or not just writing this post is taxing the heck out of me....
does anyone have any ideas on what to do or any doctors in the northern new jersey area that can help...
thank you