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Itchy Skin, Heat Intolerance, and Weight Falling Off
The story of my diagnosis
All these symptoms started hitting me. It didn’t connect that it was all related.
I was in my twenties. I was a full-time college student working a full-time job. My life was busy.
Six weeks after the onset of my symptoms, it started to become more noticeable to me and I made a doctor’s appointment. I only had one complaint then and that was the feeling of going to pass out. I never had fainted but I felt close to it many times.
I remember fighting on the phone with the appointment setter who didn’t want to see me for feeling like I was going to pass out. I begged her and she allowed me to make an appointment.
When I saw the doctor and he retook my vitals a second and third time, I knew something was really wrong..
How it started
These were the symptoms I started having six weeks prior:
- Itchy skin
- Heat intolerance
- Voracious appetite
- Weight loss
- Rapid heartbeat
- Bulging eyes
The itchy skin was a nightmare. I had huge rashes all over my arms from scratching. My skin was scaly.
