To think I’m dying? Any doctors around? 🙏

[Garret]

Got worse over a couple of weeks. Tiredness. Squishy tummy and no appetite. Aches and pains. Buzzing sensations all over. Back and neck pain. Joints hurting and clicking. Muscles twitching and hurting. Feeling wobbly. Now struggling to walk because of muscle burning pains. Anxiety and panic.

GP is totally unconcerned. Checked me over and said I haven’t lost muscle strength, range of movement, tone or sensation. Took some blood to test for vitamin deficiencies (I often have these but never felt like this before). Told me to address my anxiety and referred me to the psychiatric nurse.

I’m hysterical. Imagining I have some awful disease. How can the GP not be worried when I have such severe symptoms? Please help me if you can.

Thank you @SerenityNowInsanityLater. The GP said it’s plausible after I showed a photo of my DS’s red face. Still won’t test me for it though. Told me it’s a self limiting illness and I have to rest for a few weeks and see if it resolves. Can I ask if you had any treatment that helped?

At least the GP listened - that's something. Rest up and you can always go back if it doesn't ease and ask for a referral to rheumatology if the GP agrees.

I'm sorry that you've had such a time of it OP. I had menopausal anxiety recently and it was such a struggle to get the young female GP to look past anxiety when I was discussing other issues. Very demoralising. She eventually backtracked and changed her mind.

That’s a bit harsh!

I was trying to reply to someone who I thought was being a bit harsh on the OP, but I don't seem to have got the hang of replies. Apologies.

I can't see anything on your post that indicates you are dying. I get the feeling you are getting hysterical over something that probably has a very simple explanation it is just finding out what it is. I think your biggest problem maybe hypochondria. They aren't severe symptoms and I'd gladly swap your issues for mine any day. You need to work on your anxiety that's your biggest issue from what I can see. Good luck in getting to the bottom of whatever it is.

I haven't rtft but has anyone suggested psoriatic arthritis to you? I saw you have psoriasis. One in twenty people with psoriasis go on to develop the associated arthritis.

I had psoriasis for quite a few years before the arthritis started. Prior to medication it was quite debilitating....some days I could barely move, i remember not being able to walk downstairs forwards because of the pain. Severe aches and pains, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chest problems, many of the symptoms you describe.

Psoriatic arthritis can also affect the eyes, the heart, digestive system, liver. It can be accountable for a massive range of symptoms if left untreated.

I have fibromyalgia. Nothing showed up in any tests but it .doesn't make it any more real. Fortunately the gp and neurophysiologst took me seriously and prescribed gabapentin and amitriptylene for the pain and cramps. I can only function because of this. You may not have fibro but don't be fobbed off until you have definite answers.

Prescribing guidance for iron supplementation has changed:

https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/anaemia-iron-deficiency/management/management/

• Prescribe all people with iron deficiency anaemia one tablet once daily of oral ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate, or ferrous gluconate — continue treatment for 3 months after the iron deficiency is corrected to allow stores to be replenished. If this is not tolerated, reduce the dose to one tablet on alternate days, or consider alternative oral preparations.

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It's now considered by NICE that one tablet (or one tablet every other day) is as effective as taking three tablets a day - much of which is not absorbed by the body and may result in gastro upset.

Severe symptoms?
Hysterical?

Have you always been a hypochondriac?

Hi OP. Just writing this to hopefully reassure you as I know the anxiety can become worse than the symptoms.

2 years ago, I was 6 months postpartum from my third daughter. My symptoms started with tingling and numbness in my left hand. This travelled until eventually my entire left side was numb and tingly. I wasn’t walking with a limp and hadn’t lost any muscle strength but it was like I had laid on my left side for hours and the sensation was awful. I also had it in my face. I then began getting horrible shooting pains in my legs and arms, like I’d run a marathon but I hadn’t!

After many, many GP visits I was eventually sent for an extensive MRI which came back completely clear. I still get these symptoms intermittently, they’ll come back for a week or 2 then go again. They freak me out everytime. But I’m still here… & the doctors are not concerned. Just to let you know it’s not always as catastrophic as you first think.

Im not saying your symptoms are only anxiety (that used to piss me off) but having gone through what you have in the last few years, I would be surprised if the anxiety isn’t playing a part. All the best 💐

& to all the posters being horrible to OP, you clearly haven’t ever experienced health anxiety - & it shows. If you can’t be kind shut the f up. 👍🏼

Have a look at polymyalgia. Common after covid or a similar virus.

Im sorry OP but your messages really contradict each other and you are drip feeding.If you can't use your hands how are you typing on here?
You mention very rarely going to the Drs but you mention a breast cancer scare. You just aren't going to get a diagnosis from a bunch of women on the internet.Its just feeding the whole thing. As someone else said, go and see a different GP.If the outcome is the same you will just have to listen to what you are clearly being told. As someone who has just narrowly avoided death with no symptoms, your OP saying you think you are actually dying seems a shade extreme!

You don't need to use your hands to type - voice recognition software can be used.

Hi,

I had this and it was my anxiety. I literally felt like I was on the back of a bus vibrating.

I have EDS hypermobility type plus POTS and vitamin deficiencies, they all come hand in hand. The joint issues sound very much like hypermobility and the buzzing feeling is your nerve endings which suggests b12 deficiency. If you have been put on a dosage of iron, your b12 intake will be increasing so probably need to up that. You need testing to see if there’s a reason you are deficient. If you are on Facebook there’s an excellent Pernicious Anaemia/b12 deficiency support group on there which helped me a lot

Do not let them fob you off! Ask for a neurology referral and as others have said, don’t google anything. Unless the dr Google’s something to show you. I was like this for 18 months until I saw a locum who actually examined me. I had a one MRI, an ultrasound and blood tests. I got two diagnoses within days. The C word (still going through treatment) and multiple sclerosis. I too was passed to a psychiatrist and each time I went to the drs, they’d fob me off and say I had a UTI. Go private if you have to and are able to. One of the reasons I divorced my ex husband was because he was a GP and would say things like “don’t go bothering them with your silly problems”. Change GP surgeries if you need to. You need someone who is supportive and understanding.

Yes I am using it right now but it will randomly put.‘s in the middle of the sentence and it won’t make sense I’ve re-read emails I sent Annes a well have a have a. And will just make no sense even though I’m speaking clearly, and have no accent.

Your period is regular during much of perimenopause. It can last for around 10 years.

Give it a rest with the be kind bullshit. It helps nobody.

Charming Jazzyfips. I agree with illbebythesea.

perimenopause?

Pandering to people isn't kind it's enabling.

100% agree
It's patronising and enabling