Summer of 2010: Very suddenly starting having bad abdominal pains about 20 minutes after eating that would last a few hours. I could not find a specific kind or amount of food that made symptoms worse or go away. I also had diarrhea or else constipation maybe every other day. I had trouble sleeping on and off until Fall 2011. I also developed sudden eye irration. I could not open my eyes they would hurt so bad. I had to use a ton of eye drops for the first time ever. I previously had excellent vision, but after this I could no longer see the board from the back of the classroom. I had trouble seeing people's faces walking down the street. The eye irration ended after the summer, though. During that summer I worked for maybe 4 hours a day infront of a computer doing data entry, so I thought maybe it was just from that. My eyes no longer hurt and I see fine.

October of 2010: I went to urgent care one evening. I had a high fever, and was growing more lightheaded all day long. I felt too weak to do anything and felt very nauseous. The doctors said I had a virus (they couldn't identify it) that was causing my body to not retain fluids. They gave me about six bags of fluids and ice water. I went home and felt better in a couple of days.

After that, I started having a lot of fatigue. It didn't matter how much sleep I got. I was always run down. I was also having bad abdominal pains and diarrhea and constipation. I saw an internist who did a lot of tests. No celiac disease, no ulcers, no abomdinal cancer (he did a CT of the abdomin and couldn't find any abnormalities). He did find I had hypothyroidism. It has been corrected with levothyroxine since April according to lab tests. However, my symptoms weren't going away.

Summer 2011: I had such horrible fatigue I could hardly carry the laundry basket up the stairs. I would have to sit down and rest. It was like I had just run a marathon. Right before this I had ran on occassion and rode my bike multiple times a day. I was having trouble riding my bike due to fatigue. Sometimes I had to lay down to brush my teeth because I was so fatigued I could not stand. I had headaches, which is unusual for me. I had difficulty doing everyday things during this time due to fatigue.

Fall 2011: I saw an endrocrinologist to see if this was due to hypothryoidism even though it seemed to be corrected according to labs. He did not think it was a hormonal problem. He brought up POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia) when he noticed my heart rate increase upon standing. It seemed to discover this by accident. However, he said he did not know much about POTS. I was having difficulty sleeping. When I lay down in bed, my stomach or my legs would move (like a muscle spasm). This went away after a couple of weeks and I could sleep fine.

My abdominal pains went away around the time. Around the same time in September, I woke up and parts of my mouth felt numb. By the afternoon, the numbness had spread rapidly to my entire body. It has remained this way for two months. I also have not been able to taste anything in this time. It is not a decrease in taste, but a complete lack of taste.

The numbness feels like novacane wearing off. I can tell if something is touching my skin, but the sensation is greatly diminished.

Fall 2011: I saw a cardiologist to have a tilt table test for POTS. They weren't convinced I had POTS, but saw my heart rate went up in the doctor's office when I went from laying to standing. The tilt table test said my laying heart rate was 50-60, and standing was 90-120.

I have never fainted and my blood pressure does not change. My headaches have gone away. The fatigue is bad on some days and not on others. For the past two weeks I have not felt it much.

October 2010: Decided to see a neurologist, although I have to wait until January. No one has a clue what is going on.

So current symtoms:
-Heart rate increases by 30 to 60 bpm when moving from laying to standing
-Ageusia (complete inability to taste)
-Whole body numbness (can still feel some sensation. I'd say it's at least half of what it used to be)
-Fatigue that comes and goes and doesn't correlate with any kind of activity or amount of rest.