I'm feeling miserable and sick, but I don't know what kind sickness I'm feeling so I don't know how to treat it. For two weeks I've been under immense stress and a time crunch. I've been slowly depriving myself of sleep for two weeks. My days are so busy that I barely ever have any free time.
In addition to academic stresses (like tests and projects) and the lack of sleep (three hours on Thursday to finish an art project after studying for an AP us history exam for the entire week) I'm a competitive swimmer. By late Thursday night (or early Friday morning, however you want to see it) I was experiencing a sporadically runny and blocked nose. I'd also been experiencing a lot of pessimism, (i'm usually really optimistic and hyper) dizziness, and fatigue that week. I also kept falling asleep whenever I could. Then at swim practice on Friday, I pushed myself too far and started crying because I was so tired/stressed/depressed. My head also felt like it was going to explode. Then I fell into some kind of body lockdown, according to my friend, because of low sugar levels. My breathing was sporadic, I felt detached to my surroundings, and i was spazzing and shivering. My coach forced me to drink some apple juice, and later when I calmed down she told me that I was dehydrated, and that was why my head was hurting. When I researched it later, it sounded about right, except that my headache was more due to the lack of sleep rather than the lack of water (although it WAS true that I hadn't been drinking very much that day. I just generally didn't feel thirsty). I was weak and off-balance for a while after that, but recovered well enough to make it to a shopping trip I'd promised my friends, which was supposed to be my reward for a hard two weeks. Although I felt tired, I pushed it away while I shopped. It was only when we parted at 10 pm when I realized how seriously immensely tired I was. i went straight to bed as soon as I got home, but lay awake for almost a half hour, unable to go to sleep. When I was woken up nearly 12 hours later, I had the symptoms of a cold (sore throat, stuffed and runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes, headache. All of which I'd been experiencing before, but with the addition of a sore throat and an increase in severity.)
What is my condition? Is it a mix of several diseases? Because maybe dehydration is one of them, but I don't think it's the only thing I'm suffering from.
In addition to academic stresses (like tests and projects) and the lack of sleep (three hours on Thursday to finish an art project after studying for an AP us history exam for the entire week) I'm a competitive swimmer. By late Thursday night (or early Friday morning, however you want to see it) I was experiencing a sporadically runny and blocked nose. I'd also been experiencing a lot of pessimism, (i'm usually really optimistic and hyper) dizziness, and fatigue that week. I also kept falling asleep whenever I could. Then at swim practice on Friday, I pushed myself too far and started crying because I was so tired/stressed/depressed. My head also felt like it was going to explode. Then I fell into some kind of body lockdown, according to my friend, because of low sugar levels. My breathing was sporadic, I felt detached to my surroundings, and i was spazzing and shivering. My coach forced me to drink some apple juice, and later when I calmed down she told me that I was dehydrated, and that was why my head was hurting. When I researched it later, it sounded about right, except that my headache was more due to the lack of sleep rather than the lack of water (although it WAS true that I hadn't been drinking very much that day. I just generally didn't feel thirsty). I was weak and off-balance for a while after that, but recovered well enough to make it to a shopping trip I'd promised my friends, which was supposed to be my reward for a hard two weeks. Although I felt tired, I pushed it away while I shopped. It was only when we parted at 10 pm when I realized how seriously immensely tired I was. i went straight to bed as soon as I got home, but lay awake for almost a half hour, unable to go to sleep. When I was woken up nearly 12 hours later, I had the symptoms of a cold (sore throat, stuffed and runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes, headache. All of which I'd been experiencing before, but with the addition of a sore throat and an increase in severity.)
What is my condition? Is it a mix of several diseases? Because maybe dehydration is one of them, but I don't think it's the only thing I'm suffering from.