SYMPTOMS

UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT GAIN

MOON FACE

HUMP

STRETCH MARKS (BREAST,LOWER STOMACH,NOT ALWAYS DARK)

FLUID RETENTION (ANKLES AND FEET)

HUGE STOMACH AND BREASTS

LOW BACK PAIN

SPASMS HANDS ARMS FEET FLANK BACK

WRINKLY HANDS AND FEET

PURPLE LIKE BRUISES LOWER LEGS

BROWN FRECKLES TOP OF FEET

RECEEDING HAIR LINE

HAIR FACE LEGS STOMACH (SOFT FAIR)

BLOOD PRESSURE UP AND DOWN

FATIGUE

NIGHT LEG JERKS

TWITCHING MUSCLES (TIRE VERY EASY)

RED SKIN FACE

PUBIC HAIR LOSS

MISSED PERIODS (THEN BLEED FOR WEEKS ON END)

ACID REFLUX

BRAIN FOG

GET TONGUE TIED

HEADACHES NOT SEVERE

DIZZY SPELLS

NAUSEA

BAD SKIN HEALING

ALLERGIES

NO ENERGY DRAINED

EYE AND LIP TWITCHES

COUGHING SPASMS

PANIC ATTACKS

SENSITIVE TO NOISE AND SMELL

DIAGNOSED WITH HYPOTHYROID FIBROMYALGIA

WAITING TO SEE SPECIALIST

HAD 1 OVERNIGHT DEX TEST THREE 24HR URINE TESTS (TWO HAVE GONE MISSING ) BOTH DEX AND URINE TESTS CAME BACK NORMAL RANGE I HAVE BEEN GIVEN 3 MORE URINE TO DO AND THATS ALL THE TESTS I AM GETTING SO I HAVE HAD TO ASK TO BE REFERRED TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO TEST PROPERLY

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE CUSHINGS ?

WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK AND THANKS TO ALL ON THIS SITE IT HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL

A LITTLE HISTORY

i was born weighing 11lbs 3oz quite a weight for parents who were both small i was the youngest of five (all normal weight)i then apeared to be normal weight untill i got to about 7 then the weight gain happend but in those days no one knew why i was grosely over weight unill i reached puberty and somehow it dissapeared over night from that moment on i have never been a big eater very aware of my eating habits and even for ten yrs of my life i was bulimic for fear of gaining the weight back again i never eat takeaways i dont eat marg butter etc i never eat fried food and rarely eat bread and i take sweetners instead of sugar i do crave salt on occasion but the doctors find this hard to believe lol my main problems started ten yrs ago when i went from a size 10/12 to 18 in 3 months no change in diet it has always remained the same after some pesistant persuasion at the doc saying im cold tired etc i was diagnosed hypothyroid and started on 25mg thyroxine i now take 200mg a day they wont give anymore even though i an slightly under i never returned to my normal size but was able to maintain a size 14 for years then 6yrs ago i woke one day with purple marks on my lower stomache no change in weight mind it was after this about 6mth that my weight has been gaining by the year but its my stomache i have swelling fluid in my legs my face has totaly changed in features and that realy upsests me just would like my face back please as you can see the change in my pictures over the last year i also have a list of symptoms its not nice to gain weight but its even more soul destroying when you have no control over it