I have never been off sick from work (apart from the odd week for a cold) so not sure what is reasonable or not and how to go about it.
a couple of years ago I was diagnosed with ME but I have managed to live pretty normally and work etc. 4 months ago after some worrying symptoms and tests, I was diagnosed with an Atrial Septal Defect (essentially a hole in my heart) which has caused the right side of my heart to be enlarged and I am awaiting surgery to close it. To top it off, I also have endometriosis.
Over the past few weeks I have felt extremely unwell and not myself but I don’t know the cause. It seems like an ME crash, extreme fatigue, waking up feeling groggy and hungover, not being able to get through the day without going back to bed, a constant headache, and I fainted a couple of times last week. I haven’t been able to go into the office. I am incredibly stressed at the moment because I don’t know what’s wrong with me. If it is my ME, I feel I need to take a few weeks off completely to rest and not worry about work. And try to ease some of my stress because I feel like I am in a loop that I am unable to get out of. I have started to feel incredibly depressed and have dark thoughts because I can barely function day to day and am spending most of my time in bed.
Work see very understanding but would it be reasonable at all to ask a GP for a note? Would they give one for this or am I likely to be refused? I don’t know what to do
editing to add I have had my bloods done and everything has come back normal