Body Aches

[IceniWarrior]

Had this since my teens, several times a week. Imagine a headache but in your body. Not exercise pain, not arthritic pain, just like a headache in my limbs.

Been to the GP several times throughout my life, and even to a rheumatologist but nothing diagnosed. I also get tired a lot. But I can exercise and am able to complete hour long martial arts classes or run a half marathon etc and feel great, which I think they ruled our chronic fatigue for, which is in my family.

Just aching now and feel very foggy / tired and just feel fed up. Is it just normal pain?

U describe me. Had this for years. Been diagnosed with fibromyalgia then told it wasn’t that. Told my muscles are fine.

I gave up trying to get help as everyone just says it is in my head. Sometimes when I get in from work and sit down for a bit I can barely get up again as everything hurts so much.

I find I like swimming and that seems to help a bit. But I totally understand how u feel

Have u had your b12 and vitamin d checked. When they were at the beginning of trying to find out what was wrong with me I had blood tests done. Both came back low.

IceniWarrior if it was me, I would look at my diet. Do you drink fizzy drinks? Eat lots of sugar? Eat processed foods? When I was 20 I had an allergy test and found I was allergic to white bread - not the wheat- so I cut that out and lots of aches and pains disappeared within a week! Even now, if I have white bread too much I get shooting pains in my arms.

I'm a veggie but have ate meat for about 25 years of my life and still felt the same. I eat a minimum of 5 a day, lots of tofu, pulses and nuts. Wholemeal bread, rice, pasta. No fizzy drinks, mainly water, tea and herbal teas and treats generally at weekends.

BMI 22.

I take a B supplement. My DD8 was horribly deficient in D however, even though she spends time outside and eats a D rich diet.

Are those blood tests you can order online any good? Regardless, I've had all the blood tests.

I sleep well too. But still feel tired in the morning. I do work at a desk sometimes with minimal breaks.

Well, if it was me, I would be heading down the complimentary therapy route - kinesiology, bioreasonance, vega testing - all those therapies that medics say can't possibly work but somehow do help a lot of people.

Did you get a print out of the results from your GP?

I had a load of tests at one point and I wasn't informed that I had low ferritin. I discovered by accident when my then GP tried to fob me off and I asked reception for all my test results.

And yes the online blood tests are fine especially the cityassays vitamin D test. The risk you have with the ones with vials is that you don't get enough blood out so don't get results, so I choose to pay extra to use the phlebotomy department at my local hospital.

For what it’s worth. I cut out wheat and dairy and I’m still eating free of these even now. And it didn’t change my pain one bit.