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Should I make an appointment?

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Squirrel3 · 31/01/2006 09:24

I haven't had a period since early December, the past week or so I have had really bad period type pains but no period. I am so tired too, I'm going to bed at 9pm as I am so exhausted, then waking up at 7am still feeling like I could sleep for another 7 hours. I feel so tired I feel like I could cry, I try to just get on with it but I feel myself getting a bit 'confused' and I'm not sure what I am suposed to be doing. I've never felt like this before.

I started a new job a week ago, so it could be stress related, but I supose that it wouldn't explain why no period since early Dec, would it?

BTW, I can't be preg, dp had the snip 7 years ago. I had a blood test a few months ago (as I was feeling a bit washed out) and they say everything is normal.

I don't want to waste the DR's time by going there again to have another blood test that comes back normal (I felt as if the Dr didn't believe me and dismissed me as being a time waster), should I wait another week to see what happens or make an appointment today?

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jambuttie · 31/01/2006 09:33

you go to the docs girl

WigWamBam · 31/01/2006 09:37

Make an appointment.

When you had your blood tests done, did they check your thyroid function? The symptoms you describe could point to a thyroid problem.

LemonTart · 31/01/2006 09:37

The fact they took a blood test last time shows that they believe you and are taking it seriously. Maybe his manner was offhand - his problem not yours. You are not a time waster and are feeling unwell. Ok, they have ruled out some things and have left it to see if it sorts itself out. It hasn?t, you feel exhausted etc - go back. That is what they are there for xx
Can you ask to see a different GP at the surgery? Or even ask the GP to phone you for advice.
Don?t leave it if you are feeling this awful

acnebride · 31/01/2006 09:40

a second set of bloods should show if something has changed since the last set. Definitely go. Write down the symptoms and worries in case you feel confused when you get there? i usually forget half of what I would like to say.

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Squirrel3 · 31/01/2006 09:41

I wondered about thyroid function as I have put on weight and I have joint pain too. I think that my thyroid function was checked, but if it is only slightly low do they do anything? Would they tell me if it was only sightly low?

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WigWamBam · 31/01/2006 09:51

Ask them to make sure they check the levels of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) as well as the levels of thyroxine themselves - your thyroxine levels can seem OK or only slightly low, but if the TSH is high then it means your body is working overtime producing TSH to keep the thyroxine levels OK. Ask them to check for anaemia as well.

I agree with acnebride - write everything down in case you forget or get confused.

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Squirrel3 · 31/01/2006 09:57

Thank you WWB, I'll have to write that down, there is no way I'd remember all of that.

I will phone the Dr in my lunch hour and see if I can get an appointment for this evening, thanks for the nudge, I needed it. I felt like I was going mad, the DR saying nothing is wrong but I know something is not right.

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WigWamBam · 31/01/2006 09:58

Is there any chance that you can ask to see a different doctor this time?

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Squirrel3 · 31/01/2006 10:09

I can try, but usually you see whoever is available at the time. You have to phone the surgery on the day you want your appointment, am if you can see the DR in the morning and at lunch time if you want to see the Dr in the afternoon, if they are fully booked its tough, you have to try again the following day.

I had to keep trying for three months to get a smear test and considering I am suposed to have them every six months I was getting a peeved to say the least!

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chapsmum · 31/01/2006 10:45

I've said it before squirrel, Drs are being paid to help you to feel better and be healthy, not to make judgements on you. If you feel there is something wrong, go back

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Squirrel3 · 06/02/2006 10:12

I have at last made an appointment with the GP, its 10.50am today, I've written down all of the stuff I want to say, feel like an idiot going in with a list though.

Its with a different Dr, a woman Dr, I hope that she doesn't think I'm a time waster.

I'll probably burst into tears when I get in there, I feel close to tears at the though of telling her how I am feeling. She will probably think I am depressed and put me on AD's, I know I'm not depressed, I sometimes think I am going mad but I'm not depressed.

Please tell me not to chicken out!!!!

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chapsmum · 06/02/2006 10:22

Your doing the right thing squirrel, good luck, hope you get the answers your looking for!

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Squirrel3 · 06/02/2006 10:25

Thanks chapsmum

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Squirrel3 · 06/02/2006 11:27

This Dr thinks it may be a hormone problem. I had got to have a blood test first thing in the morning tomorrow (because that's when the levels are highest) and I may have to have blood tests every month for three month to see what is happening with the hormone levels and see a hormone specialist. So it still may be a while before I know what is going on but at least she took me seriously.

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