Electrolyte or some kind of horomonal imbalance?

Hormones
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Hi there,

I'm hoping someone could point me in the right direction to finally pinpoint what is going on with me.

For years I've had the following symptoms:

-excessive thirst (always thirsty/cotton mouth/dry throat, never feel quenched)

-frequent urination (I'm drinking a lot)

-Hair loss, front center hairline thinning (noticeable)

-chronic constipation (always dry/rocky--sorry)

-dizziness, feeling unstable

-easy bruising

-abdominal pain (often stabbing or like lightning bolts)

-easily fatigued muscles

-occasional heart palpitations/feeling like heart is pounding

-constant post-nasal drip (allergy medicines do nothing)

-constantly burning, watery eyes, sometimes causing vision problems

-no libido

-cold hands and feet

-fatigue, sometimes exhaustion

-stomach bloating

In addition, the following symptoms occur very frequently (some seem to come in waves and occur together):

-diffuse joint pain

-headaches

-mood swings

-cystic acne along lower cheeks and jawline

-extremely itchy spot on outer right thigh, no rash

I have recently done the following tests:

-CBC: marginally low WBC, not significant. Otherwise normal.

-HGB A1C: 4.8, est avg glucose: 91

-all other standard blood tests were normal

-Vitamin D was low earlier in the year, but I corrected it with supplements

-Rheumatoid Factor/C-Reactive Protein/Sjogren's/ANA/ESR: all normal

-Complete metabolic panel: normal

-thyroid antibodies: normal (TPOab was 44)

I went to an endocrinologist the other day, who basically shrugged and said she couldn't explain my symptoms. She ordered TSH (again), T3, T4, as well as another metabolic panel + antidiuretic hormone, but she told me she expects all of these to also come back normal.

I can't imagine that feeling the way I do is normal...especially considering that my lifestyle is very healthy. I'm a very normal weight (BMI 20), I eat a completely vegan diet (mostly whole foods- avoiding processed foods, added sugars, all oils, and watching sodium), I work out regularly, I drink only water and the occasional herbal tea...I should feel amazing, right?!

I will say that I've been on birth control most of my life, and I'm currently weaning off of it because I think it may be contributing to at least some of this. I've gotten off once before, and it didn't go well...so I went back on.

Has anyone experienced anything like this and figured it out? Or am I actually normal, as my blood tests thus far indicate?

THANK YOU!!!

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I really feel sorry for you. Probably because myself I have been struggling with issues similar to yours (I do not have the thirsty one). I do not know what to say other than : HAVE YOU HAD YOUR THYROID GLAND CHECKED? that would not explain the thirst though, I must say. Are your bowel habits normal? I guess you are young(ish)? Can you share your thyroid tests results? Anything to do about 'glands' is very complicated and there is a lot of 'gaslighting' from doctors. I am going at present through a very delicate time with my eighth endocrinologist since June 2015. If you can share in the forum the results of your thyroid tests... the constipation is due to hypothyroidism. I know it for a fact.  Do you feel the cold?. The mood changes is also hypo... the itching ... I am not a doctor, you need to know but from June 2015 I had to study a lot about glands and endocrinologists 'gaslighting'. That thirst... I wish I knew what to say about that... I wish you more luck than the one I have been having. If you read info (I do not use google anymore), you will find the pages which you can trust (not many)... and you will learn a lot.

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Yep, my TSH was 1.86 last we checked. I'm getting it checked again, along with T3 and T4. That'll all probably be normal, though. My TSH is always normal even if I feel bad.

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One thing I have learned is that I feel bad when the TSH is normal and I feel well when the TSH is out of whack :-) Some years ago I was told that I was Euthyroid. I was feeling awful... (my symptoms did not count of course). 11 months later I had an Addison's crisis. Since then I have been trying to help myself. I bought  books, 'googled'  questions... became more knowledgeable about where to go to find the answers... etc. TSH range is not right. But in Europe, US, Australia where I live, use a wider range to what it should be. Why? I know why, but I am not allowed to say in a forum.

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Hashimoto or Copper Toxicity. They often also go hand in hand. 

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Do you know your U/E blood results for sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine, and GFR? Sounds like your blood pressure is high as you state "feeling like heart is pounding". What is your BP?