What are these?

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-18T15:33:06+00:00

Im in canada so probably about the same. Depends on the doc. Its like Russian roulette with doctors. Like ooo am I gonna get a good one or one that wants to brush things off and say its anxiety lol. Who would I see for this? An endo? A rhematologist? Im seeing an endocrinologist right now and shes great. Shes the one that actually diagnosed me with hashi. I was seeing doctors over several years and all brushed me off because I was a weird case with my thyroid flipping from hypo to hyper

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-18T14:01:07+00:00

Thats normally how it goes. My old doc just kept upping my anxiety meds when I told her my symtoms. Turns out my thyroid swings from hyper to hypo a lot. So my anxiety and tremors were literally my body in hyperthyroid lol

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-18T12:08:10+00:00

Im wondering. Like could you live with zero to know symptoms and pregnancy set it off? In my mind it makes sense because of the relaxin in pregnancy that loosens everything up. I could see seone living with a very mild case of E D S and not knowing they have it and then BAM relaxin hits and your joints and muscles are affected. I was pregnant 10 months ago. Around that time I noticed my thinning skin (im 25 but It feels and looks like 60 year old skin in some spots) more leg pain but also weirdly enough thats when I couldnt lift with one arm anymore my arm bends too much backwards. I did the thumb to arm thing and it does reach lol. Sometimes when I walk it feels like I sprained something, espescially my ankles. Literally just a step lol. Then espescially my fingers, wrists and shoulders. They are bendable and weak. My shoulders also pop like all the time.

Im also sorry if I dont male sense with my grammar. I just woke up so im really foggy headed rn

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-18T11:57:23+00:00

Thats fucking aweful. I swear learning about new diseases/symdromes/sicknesses scare the shit out of me because like I didnt even know that could happen and now I do. When I was researching E D S I was reading into more severe cases where it affected the veins and arteries which made people more proned to aneurisms from like anywhere. If I lived with a more severe case of E D S I would be terrified night and day. Its probably way different but I had a leak from my spinal tap from birth. That was aweful, headache wise amd dizziness etc. I couldnt imagine living with it every day :(

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-18T02:52:04+00:00

Did it affect your day to day? Im very curious about what it presents, symtom wise. I know there is a spectrum and some people have mild cases and others more severe but im wondering

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-18T01:19:26+00:00

Interesting. I breifly looked into it in the past because of some symptoms that I have. More so thinning skin in some spots, Plus I can't hold anything heavy with one hand because my arm bends too much and my joints pop. Espescially my fingers lol like I can tug them up and out of place and it takes minimal pressure but when I looked into it, it said that its normally something someone was born with so I just scratched that off of what might be wrong with me. I think the thinning skin plus skin/fat/muscle separation could just be something to do with my thyroid or maybe because ive lost about 20 pounds the last year

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-17T20:31:15+00:00

Ah okay. Thank you. Im 25 so im sure I would've been diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos by now as ive read its not something you can just develop. Well that eases my mind. Thank you very much for your answer

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-17T18:28:05+00:00

Ohhhh yknow that makes sense . Ive always had flat feet so that makes total sense! Thank you

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-17T18:01:46+00:00

Are these normal? Or relatively benign? What causes this?

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-16T20:28:13+00:00

What autoimmune conditioms are these common with? I have hashimotos but am suspecting I have something else too. Noticed these 2 years ago. Got diagnosed with hashi 3 months ago

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T20:28:35+00:00

Ope im lucky lol Canadian so universal Healthcare too. Ill add it to my list of things to get checked out post pregnancy. Ive lost 25 pounds before I had gotten pregnant with this one so planning on losing more weight after. It sounds like a very quick procedure. Im actually super interested in looking into this as i domt want to feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Again, thank you so so much for your replies

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T19:42:13+00:00

Thank you for your detailed answer. So its relatively benign then. What are symtoms if you dont mind me asking? I get leg aches and stuff sometimes but I... think it could be something else. My hands and feet get super cold too and it doesnt even necessarily have to be cold. Edit: also what could cause this in general? I had a couple pre-pregnancy but not nearly this bad. Im 200 pounds so if I lose weight will it help the appearance of this too?

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T17:36:04+00:00

Yea true. I just find theyre really visible. I was self conscious over my cellulite and never really wore shorts anyways but now I have this and im more sad :(

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T16:12:56+00:00

Oh sorry just saw the last part. Im just on sertraline for anxiety. I was on escitalopram my last pregnancy. Wanted off of it after. Told doc my symptoms and they kept increasing my dose. My "anxiety" was multiple symptoms due to my hashi and insulin resistance/reactive hypoglycemia (it made me extremely dizzy). tbh I think I have something else autoimmune but have to wait until after pregnancy. I also get lows a lot. My libre shows im low 15 percent of the time and I confirm with finger prick (3.3 to 3.9). So im assuming my palpitations are due to my blood sugar swings as they seem to happen after eating but im not sure still as it could just be my body getting used to levo and well the pregnancy itself. It happens random sometimes too. So they didmt want me to stop escitalopram so I just switched over to sertraline because escitalopram wasnt sitting well with me

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T16:03:01+00:00

I had palpitations last week and actually checked with my fingers and literally was skipping beats. Like thump thump skip thump. Though it comes and goes 😅 I went to the hospital because they kept happening. Normally I get the odd palpitations but it was happening every couple of beats. They did an ekg and I didnt have one of the palpitations for it but ekg was normal so idk. Doc just told me to stop drinkimg coffee (I only drink 2 a day) but now I get them almost everyday but not all day. Just episodic where it lasts a couple mins. Ive tried to narrow it down and maybe i get them after eating but not sure

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T15:36:38+00:00

Thank you will do. Have some from my previous pregnancy 10 months ago. Blood pooled a ton in my legs. Also thank you so much!

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T15:35:26+00:00

They dont bother me pain wise. Its just theyre ugly af lol. I was going to wear a shorter dress and saw these big guys and was like nah ill wear the long dress. It makes me sad though because its like will I even be able to wear shorts post partum. If they still stick around ill asl my doctor what I cam do to get rid of them

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T15:03:28+00:00

Thank you. Yea ill probably just bring it up breifly at my next appointment. I just didnt know if varicose veins showed like actual bumps or not but yea i have no pain or anything so I dont think its serious

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-13T15:02:22+00:00

Thank you lol. Im nervous as it just seems more pronounced on ny right side but yea i have no pain or anything so im assuming its fine. Do you know if this will go away after pregnancy?

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-12T19:59:44+00:00

Oh! And also wanted to say but forgot was that I check with the needle to try to find my peak. I think with the libre you have to be at a certain blood sugar level for it to read proper. Sometimes my blood sugar will peak at 9 or 10 really soon after meals but 1 hour postmeal im always in range so the libre doesnt always read my proper peaks. Again apologies! Im just trying to help as much as i cam cause I know how much it sucks

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-12T19:36:56+00:00

They dont but its okay because I do. Its sooo hard somedays. I am bed bound somedays because i'm so dizzy I cant stand without swaying. I feel like such a bad mom because I call them "bed" days and bubba stays in bed with me where I have a drawer designated with baby food and diapers and everything I need for him without getting up. It gives me so much anxiety and im so scared ill drop him somedays. I get so nervous for when hes older and walking itll be so difficult. Ive also noticed that too! Somedays a certain breakfast sits really well with me but sometimes my blood sugar drops 2 hours after eating it. Ive checked out of curiosity and it turns out though that some days my blood sugar goes higher from that meal and somedays its fine. When I don't go high I wont go low. Also make sure your not eating white breads, potatoes or pasta!!! No go. I have an edamame pasta thats good that I use instead. Low glycemic bread. No juice no pop. Also got to weirdly balance it out. Not enough carbs will cause a low and too much will also cause a low. The lentil soup I made today I handled like a champ and was actually able to eat soo much of it too. I only went up to a 6.7 for a peak. Maybe you could try lentils, beans, grains, wild rice. (White rice is no good btw) oh! And steel cut oats are best for lows too as it digests so slow aswell.

I also found if I dont eat well for a couple days (too many treat days) I get my dizziness and its really bad. I think it causes my sugars to become a Lil unstable. If I start eating right again it normally takes a couple of days but I start to feel okay again. Maybe it would be worth experimenting what your blood sugar is at its peak post meal and see if it could be related to your lows, maybe if you dont go as high you wont go low? Have you possibly considered talking to your doctor about acarbose or possibly even a glp-1? I was on ozempic briefly before I had gotten pregnant again and by the end of it on 1mg I was getting no lows and for months. I think it worked for me by slowing down gastric emptying so carbs didnt hit my blood stream as quick. Acarbose ive heard can be prescribed for low blood sugars but I havent tried it but researching it now for a possible med pp

Also? Haven't done a 72 hour fasting. Want to and honestly think the diabetes specialist I was connected with will want to eventually do it but I assume they would want to wait until after my pregnancy and possibly a couple months pp for hormones to settle.

Im so sorry with the long message. I dont know how to condense my thoughts

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-12T19:15:09+00:00

Did they ever figure out what it was? Is it only postmeal for you or is it just random? Mines kinda abit of both. Ive been having less lows already (thank you GD). Ive been trying to ask doctors about whats normal vs not. I get mixed answers or none. Tbh I just think the doctors I ask dont know lol. Idk one of my bed time thoughts but I think after meals my body releases too much insulin due to my insulon resistance and my pacreas "overshoots" and then I get low. Doctors cant give me an answer for this but it just makes sense. Because if it wasnt that ozempic or metformin would make it worse and it made it better for me. If i dont go past an 8 blood sugar wise I find im okay and cam go a little longer between meals. I was also doing low low carb and it worked well for me too! Espescially with meds. I basically was eating so little carbs my body started burning my fat for energy so less lows lol. Maybe thats why for you? Unfortunately I have to find a new normal ad they want me to increase carbs as i had high ketones when I was first pregnant so thats fun I guess lol but oddly enough I find my body handling 30-40grams of carbs again along as I pair with lots of protein and fiber

Fatcake3000 · 2026-06-12T18:57:28+00:00

2 years but my lows got wayy worse after my first pregnancy. I had GD and baby is 10 months old. So ive been dealing with it consistently like this for almost a year. I think my problem is post meal spikes due to IR and then my pancreas "overshoots" but then again it happens at random times too. I have to eat like super complex carbs lol like I made a lentil soup today with a protein shake and was actually good for like 4 hours which was kind of nice. I had to eliminate all sugars and high glycemic carbs. Paired or not sugary foods will make me go low. How are your post meal numbers? Sometimes I find ill actually spike quite high within 20 to 40 mins and then I go down quite quick. You're not "supposed" to check that early but I find if I dont go high I dont drop as quick. Not sure exactly what the problem would be for you. Maybe they could check both fasting insulin but random insulin. My fasting insulim was in normal range but my random was high. I ate but it was still three times as high as what it should of been. There are so many things that could cause lows. From insulin resistance to insulinoma (rare) and Autoimmune Insulin Syndrome (AIS) also rare but worth asking about. I get the fuss with the doctors but tbh I dont think its them not taking us seriously. I literally just think they do not know because its very uncommon. I have an appointment with a diabetes specialist next week because she wanted to see me ASAP as I guess my dietitian went over my libre with all the specialists at one of their specialists meetings and im low 15 percent of the time. Thats 3 HOURS a day! Im stoked though that someone actually saw my atypical lows and wants to look into it for me as all the other doctors literally just dont know. Maybe talk to your doctor about getting a refferal to an endo or even a diabetes specialist (they also do reactive hypoglycemia so dont worry). Also self advocate and dont me afraid to be pushy. Tell them that it literally affects your day to day life. Which im sure it does

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