Diagnose me:
Symptoms: Light Headed, Dizzy, Having Migraines, Weak, And Sometimes Having Blurred Vision.

I drink a lot during the day and I wake at night and drink juice,water or milk. I also drink SPRITE. Dehydrated? I don't think so... =/

I can get these symptoms whether I am standing or sitting...moving or still.

I am 11 weeks pregnant.

I have gallstones.

I take Tylenol for the migraines but it does nothing. I usually have to sleep for a little while to make the pain level go down.

The symptoms also make me very nauseous.

Nothing out of the normal for my urine.

PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS!

Sounds like you're pregnant to me ;)
I have those symptoms while pregnant, especially in the first trimester.
They go away after the baby is born.
That's just my opinion though, I'm not a doctor :) Ask your OB/Midwife at your next appointment.

PS: Have them check your blood pressure also!

What Steph said. And probably iron & proteins too

Ive had three babies before this and I KNOW each one is different but Ive never had these problems before. A family nurse talked to me and told me to get certain things checked out. she thinks it could be one or more of the following: Anemia, Gestational Diabetes or Preeclampsia (sp?)

Oh and HAHA! we have like the exact same name!

See a doctor! No-one can diagnose from a list of symptoms online. You need to see your own doctor who has your medical notes, can ask you appropriate questions, and examine you. To take medical advice from people over the internet is potentially dangerous.

You've already been given incorrect information on this thread. 11 weeks is too early for pre-eclampsia.

I bet you read this forum thread and rolled your eyes.

Haha, yes... The words "diagnose me" should never appear on any internet forum. It's just plain silly to take medical advice from strangers online.

But I love doing 'diagnose me' entries! ;D Although for things rather more tangible than dizziness! Gosh, I often get dizziness and I don't have any of the causes listed here!

She wasn't given that information from anyone on this thread. She was given that information from her nurse.

Listen to Red Fraggle. Bloop probably isn't a good supplement to a doctor visit.

Oh I just meant Steph's comments about "sounds like you're pregnant" But as far as the dizziness & weakness, I had that problem recently & my dr told me just up my proteins & it's helped greatly. She definitely needs to talk to her dr though

i am unable to give a medical opinion as i am not trained to do so. in my humble human opinion though i think "see a doctor".

wow SORRY for freakin making such a big deal! OBVIOUSLY I went to a doctor! Im not stupid. I just wanted YOUR opinions like I stated! And thank you MOMMY TO 3+1 For actually paying attention. UGH! I swear. NOW I know why I only use this site to write in my diary and not to make friends anymore....some people.

If you went to a doctor then why would you need our opinion? What makes you think that random strangers on the internet, most of whom aren't medically trained, and none of whom can examine you, would know more than your doctor?

Sorry, but as an actual medical professional I get very annoyed when I see people (usually with no medical training) giving out often incorrect medical advice online. It angers me because it's dangerous! Asking for that advice is just as dangerous.

it wasn't really obvious you went to a doctor. you never mentioned that in your original post and you asked random people online to diagnose you. why do you want our opinions if you've already seen a doctor? the most i know about pregnancy is that you have a small creature living in your for months that escapes out of your vagina if it can and that having said creature inside you for that long causes a lot of unpleasant physical ailments. given that's what i know, do you really want my opinion?

Yeah some people, how dare they give you decent advice

And how exactly does she know what is decent advice and what is incorrect advice? Given that the people giving it are not actually qualified to assess her online or give that advice.

@Redfraggle

I'm talking about the people who she is being rude to for telling her to go to a doctor.

Ah, I see. Yes, that (go see a doctor) is good advice!

lmao...u make me laugh

Obviously she's going to see a doctor. Is it really horrible of her to make a thread & make conversation with other moms? Also, if you find this stupid or don't have any information to give, why comment? How do you know she wasn't just trying to have a laugh with something that I'm sure can be stressful?

@mistress snape: it bothers me because it's dangerous (see my comment above). I'm pretty much the only person here who actually is qualified to give medical advice, but I'd never give it to a stranger over the internet who I haven't taken a proper history from, can't examine and isn't my patient. Because I can appreciate how dangerous that is.

@ ~RedFraggle~

I know I'm a little late on the reply here, sorry about that.

I understand that it's dangerous to get medical advice from online blog sites. But my question really I guess is more of a "how is this different" question. As in, how is this different from her asking.... say moms in a mom group? I mean everything you're told when you ask someone what they think of something or think something is ((like a mom group or a friend or a blog site)) you should take what they say with a grain of salt.

Would I do it? Probably, but more to see if something makes me think up questions that I may have not thought to ask the doctor. Would I take it as a final & worthy diagnoses? No, of course not.

I think I would feel more comfortable about medically based forum threads if the person posting the original topic stated "I've booked (or am in the process of booking) an appointment with a doctor, but I was just wondering if anyone has had similar symptoms or concerns?"

I think I was the first person to ask ~RedFraggle~ her thoughts regarding the nature of this thread (although I don't know which account I sent it from....knowing my luck it was my old account) and unfortunately she usually is the first person to be chewed up because of medical questions, ok probably second - after the original poster. She is one of the only ones (if not THE only one) who is really qualified in the medical profession and naturally she is going to be concerned when people start offering medical advice on a forum. She doesn't deserve the attacks she gets simply from telling people to book an appointment with a doctor instead of asking a bunch of people on a website. In my opinion - you might as well go to one of those online "doctors" websites that claim to be able to diagnose you simply from typing in a few symptoms. The amount of times I've had cancer or have been pregnant (even when I hadn't had sex in almost 2 years) was ridiculous. The only way you will ever get a reasonable answer to your ailments is if you book an appointment with a doctor.

If you have one or two symptoms like a headache or something...then I understand there's probably no harm in asking people what you should do. But if you've got a list of 4 or 5 symptoms and you feel something is wrong, book an appointment with the doctor. It's the first thing I'd do. I wouldn't even think of typing it out and asking for a response.

(To the orginal poster..please don't feel I'm attacking you...I'm talking about all the medical posts ever made and not specifically yours)

I can, of course, understand why people would come onto a forum and ask medical questions. I don't think the original poster was wrong and do believe she had the best of intentions - of course! - especially in regards to her health. I think I (and perhaps ~redfraggle~...but I can only speak on behalf of myself) would be more comfortable if posters would acknowledge that they had every intention of booking in to see a health care professional. I think there just needs to be some precaution taking on behalf of everybody.

ღExpecting#4 was just trying to get opinions and I understand that - I don't think she was wrong for doing so, and like I said - if it had been made clear that she had planned or was in the process of questioning a doctor - maybe there would be less drama eventuating from that.

~Redfraggle~ had the best of intentions, I've seen her comment on a lot of medical posts on bloop and I'm pretty sure on more than one occasion she's either said (or planned) on washing her hands clean of this sort of drama and just not offering advice anymore - unfortunately for her, it's in the line of her profession and alarm bells are naturally going to start going off when a person posts something. I know if I saw someone giving incorrect information on how to teach a child to swim, I'd probably start saying something, just like if a lawyer see's someone giving incorrect legal advice - he/she would probably say "hey err, you might want to see a professional".

Finally, I think some of the concern is that a person can give you the wrong information and they might tell you something extreme, and you could go into a panic and call every expert in town - there could be extreme panic. On the flip side - what happens if someone says "hey, I've had that before, it wasn't serious, just drink lots of water and get some sleep" - and what if it was something serious, what happens if thats the worse thing you could do?

There doesn't need to be all this disagreement and fighting between people. Both ღExpecting#4 and ~Redfraggle~ didn't need to feel under attack for BOTH doing what they felt was right - it's just two sides of opinion.

(ღExpecting#4 - like I said, please don't feel attacked by anything I've said, I really do hope you got the advice you need and I certainly do hope you are feeling better and it was nothing serious. Don't let anybody on a website ever make you feel bad about yourself or your intentions - I do believe you were just asking opinions and so on. ~RedFraggle~ - I was just voicing my opinion on the whole medical forum thread issue, I'm sure you have thoughts and views of your own, I was just calling it how I see it)

(don't you love how I either over-applogise everytime I voice my OPINION or I add a disclaimer to people at the bottom...silly me, I just like to keep the peace)