January - June 2011
Being a full time masters student, working part-time, and interning part-time, upset stomachs and exhaustion became a normal part of my life considering everything I had going on and the amount of stress that came with it.
The first year of my grad program ended, summer was well on it's way, and I was feeling happier than I had felt in years, but I realized I still felt exhausted. I was only working part time at a stress-free job that I happened to love, so why was I still feeling like this? Summer was my time to go out and have fun with my friends yet I had no desire to do anything. In fact, the exhaustion seemed to get worse. I had a difficult time getting up and out of bed in the morning and I could barely make it until 2 o'clock in the afternoon without feeling the need to sleep. I also realized that although my stress was gone, my upset stomachs were still prevalent.
Knowing that something wasn't right I began to analyze the situation more. I did some googling in attempts to problem solve the situation and the first thing I came across was dehydration. Well I wasn't drinking nearly enough water as I should so I began to drink water more and more every day... I still felt exhausted and had upset stomachs and now I also had to pee all the time. Realizing that the water consumption was not helping I thought maybe I also needed to change my eating habits. I did my best to eat three good meals a day and have small heathy snacks in between but it still wasn't helping so I added in a daily multi vitamin... nothing... still exhausted with upset stomachs almost every day. So I finally decided to make an appointment with my primary care physician.
