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Hello all,

I am seeking answers as i am almost at my wits end end with my problem. I have have all sorts of bloodwork done and everything comes back with normal results. I just recently had my thyroid levels checked including t3 and t4 and that is normal. I guess what i am wondering is what could be me causing these symptoms i am having? my doc told me that he has to think about it and told me he is going to check my "cortisone" levels next. It seems that all firmness in my face has been lost, my hair texture has changed as well as my skin, it almost feels like rubber.My nose is extremely smooth as well as most other parts of my skin on my body. I also get loud rumbling in my stomach after eating and my bowel movements are not as they shoul be. My appearane is not as it was I look older...I have been under constant anxiety over an event some 10 months ago, could stress cause my face to become wrinkly and saggy due to cortisol levels?

plese help
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All the ranges for thyroid at western medical doctors are too wide to convey abnormalities.
Find a PRIVATE lab like Genova diagnostics, there are lots of them, and pay them for the tests. You will find shockingly different results.Then take the tests to another doctor. If your doctor is telling you they are normal, chances are you need a new doctor. If he needs to think anything over, he is not competent to help you...find someone else in a hurry.


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We'll if there was concern of HIV - that now should be eliminated with the test. You don't have to worry about that.

It's hard to figure out what going on when nothing is working.

Get a full hormone panel done too. Run through the mill on Vit and Mineral testing. Sometimes the little things that pop up are found and can make a world of difference to feeling good again.

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no I don't have the results of those tests, the only other bothersome symptoms I am encountering are eye floaters. It just seems so unreal that all of this started happening at one time. My mind keeps playing that it is HIV related facial wasting although that I have tested negative, soo scared and frustrated
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393685 tn?1425812522
Stress can break down cortiosl levels and wreck havoc on them. Most of the time if you are releasing too much of the "flight or fight" hormone that will delplete you and make you feel dragged out.

Most of the time people with chronic stress and adrenal fatigue after a long period complain of packing on excessive amounts of weight. Are you symptoms above the beginning and end to all your symptoms?

You could be having issues with the thyroid too. Normal is not NORMAL for all. Do you happen to have those tests?

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