Bit of background as i don't know if it's relevant but almost 2 years ago i went to gp as i was tired all the time (have been for as long as i remember), kept going dizzy/faint and occasionally my heart would race or become suddenly become slow and heavy, like just making it beat was hard work iyswim and i would get out of breathe. Also, for as long as i can remember i very rarely need to poo, maybe once every 10 days, despite what i eat/ how much i eat.
First time i saw GP he said it was probably do to the stress of moving, and told me to take it easy.
I went back a few weeks later as there had been no improvement and he took some bloods but didn't tell me what for, the blood tests came back and he just said that there was 'something up' with my liver and kidneys and asked if i had been drinking before the blood tests, i told him no, i don't drink alcohol to which he just said 'oh, must be a lab error.'
Two weeks later i discovered i was pregnant, went back to GP and he said, well that explains most of the symptoms, it's perfectly normal and left it there.
I got increasingly worse while pregnant, it turned out i was 16 weeks, by 22 weeks i was sleeping for about 20 hours a day and the rest i would spend feeling tired/dizzy/out of breath but thought this was normal, it wasn't until i mentioned it at a MW appointment that i realised it wasn't. She took some bloods and urine sample, my urine sample came back abnormal, but can't remember what think it was white blood cells, maybe? but she said because it was so high it must be a lab error (yes, another one!) and my bloods came back that my iron levels were a bit low but not anemic, so i was given iron tablets which did make me feel a bit better but was still sleeping around 18 hours a day, no matter how hard i tried to stay awake.
Anyway when DD was born (march 2012) i didn't see much improvement, still had all the symptoms i had before but did notice a slight increase in my energy levels.
I'd got used to feeling like this however in the past few weeks i have got worse and have even passed out a few times, which has scared me as luckily so far they've been when DD is asleep but i worry about it happening when she's around.
I've changed Gp now as i moved but when i went to see him, he just said 'It's natural to be tired you're a single mum.' and seemed to dismiss/ignore everything else.
I'm not sure why I'm posting, i guess because I just need to moan about it and see if anyone else has experienced anything like this.