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would you push for something more? (GP)

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doc192 · 03/01/2024 10:07

I've been having these symptoms for a couple of weeks. I will feel fine and then suddenly feel sick and sometimes violently shake with it too (teeth chattering etc..). It feels like I'm going to vomit but I never do. This gradually wears off but can last for a little while before it does. It happens at any time of day or night and has been stopping me sleeping. In between these episodes I feel my usual self and can eat, go about my day etc.. it doesn't feel like a bug to me.

I visited the GP today as its been going on for a couple of weeks and no one else in the house (DH and 3 DC) are ill so thought surely not a bug.

They took BP readings which were apparently a little high but not a concern (180 / 70 - I'm 29) and then said it's probably viral and come back in a few weeks if no change.

I thought I would at least be offered a blood test or something given the symptoms and the fact no one else is unwell.

Aibu if not gone by this time next week to go back and ask for a blood test instead of leaving it for weeks?

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EverDecreasingStandards · 03/01/2024 18:11

Ihatethenewlook · 03/01/2024 10:45

This is how blood tests work- they take some of your blood and check for any abnormalities which can help with a diagnosis. It’s a medical procedure that says ‘what it is you are actually suffering with’. There’s nothing magical about it. I’ve known someone with similar sounding symptoms who had actually been exposed to a toxin. Now have a little guess how the doctors diagnosed it?

Yes but A GP would not rush to order a specialist tests based on the symptoms. I was asking if op had something in mind because, at best, a GP would only order routine blood tests, none of which would show up an exposure to a toxin.

Merryoldgoat · 03/01/2024 18:17

180/70 is extremely high - was that the average of three readings? Or just one of three? Or the only one taken?

doc192 · 05/01/2024 12:03

Well last night was the worst of all, I'd had my usual spells during the day of feeling sick and shaking and then when I went to bed I started feeling very 'weird'. I was shaking and it felt like my heart was fluttering and it was like I couldn't get enough breath. I convinced myself this morning it was just a panic attack but it was
very scary, i honestly thought I might be dying and nearly rang an ambulance.

It was just 1 reading they took at the GP.

I have no idea if it's related either but I have a couple of tattoos I got years ago that all raised up and went itchy when I had this turn last night which was very weird. Never had a problem with them before and they are years old.

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doc192 · 05/01/2024 12:05

So now feeling unsure as to whether this is a new symptom and i should go back or whether I'm just causing myself to panic about the existing ones.

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Fiddlerdragon · 14/01/2024 13:52

How are you now op?

Basilsage · 14/01/2024 13:57

The 180 score for BP was concerning

TooBusyGazingAtStarss · 14/01/2024 14:05

OP I hope you're okay. If you haven't gone back to the doctors yet, I would get in ASAP

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