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Diagnose me

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Greenturaco22 · 04/05/2024 15:05

Any suggestions what might be wrong with me please. I do plan to go to the GP about this but wanted your thoughts.
I am late fifties, around three stone overweight. Generally reasonably healthy apart from this problem. I work in a full time job which is demanding and tiring but I don't feel accounts for how awful I often feel. I am five years post menopause, no HRT or anything.
I would say two thirds of the time I feel ok, maybe a bit tired. The other third of the time I get spells of 2 - 5 days where I am extraordinarily fatigued to the point that my body hurts, I get aches and pains throughout my body, brain fog, feel almost like I might pass out sometimes, feels like I am going down with flu kind of ill feeling. Body ache and pain interferes with sleep despite the overwhelming fatigue. I can just about get through my working day then have to go to bed in the evening. Any days off, when I feel like this, I can barely function and have to do the bare minimum and rest. This can last a few days then I go back to feeling ok-ish again, and repeat. This has been happening for a couple of years (yes I know I should have gone to the GP by now).
Any thoughts please.

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ShinyBandana · 04/05/2024 15:06

Diabetes?

ShinyBandana · 04/05/2024 15:09

Sorry that was a bit blunt.

what I should have said was get yourself to the GP , as planned, and get some blood tests

justasking111 · 04/05/2024 15:09

ShinyBandana · 04/05/2024 15:09

Sorry that was a bit blunt.

what I should have said was get yourself to the GP , as planned, and get some blood tests

This for sure

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CornishPorsche · 04/05/2024 15:10

You need bloods done.

Iron
B12
Thyroid

Too many options, can't say without the blood test results but there are several common possibilities.

Icanseethebeach · 04/05/2024 15:10

Could be some thing as simple as anaemia. Do you take vitamin D supplements?

Greenturaco22 · 04/05/2024 16:59

I do take vitamin d supplement, and magnesium

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Greenturaco22 · 04/05/2024 16:59

Thanks everyone

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HÆLTHEPAIN · 04/05/2024 17:12

I have CFS and Fibro and it sounds like my life (only I can’t work anymore).

Roundandroundthegard3n · 04/05/2024 17:12

I was going to say diabetes too

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