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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are medical conditions that could result in unexplained weight loss, disrupted sleep, and low motivation/fatigue. Have you done any bloodwork?[/quote]

For example:

Addison’s disease: weight loss, difficulty falling asleep and frequent wake-ups,  fatigue.

Hyperthyroidism: weight loss, irritability, nervousness, difficulty sleeping, fast heartbeat, fatigue

Type 1 diabetes: weight loss, extreme irritability, fatigue/low motivation, frequent wake-ups due excessive thirst/urination and muscle cramps.

If you haven’t done bloodwork, I’d ask for a CBC, metabolic panel, and thyroid panel.

- not a doctor but have been through it[/quote]
Kids don't skip class for these and then lie about it.[/quote]

No, but kids who feel terrible in non-specific ways, who are underslept and extremely low-energy, and for whom the change has been incremental, unfolding over a long period of time rather than acute and sudden, might experience their situation as a general “I can’t deal” feeling. And kids do skip class for not being able to deal.

There’s just no reason not to rule out medical conditions as a part of all of this. [/quote]

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