Beyong tired....any ideas what to do?

[LornaGoon]

I am so flipping exhausted I could weep. I have no energy to do anything. Today and yesterday have got particularly bad. Me and the DCs are washed, dressed and feed and that is it for the day. I am failing my kids quite badly at the moment, just parking them in front of tv not engaging properly and irritable. Its just shite and they are bored.

My thyroid seems to be throbbing in my neck, I can barley keep my eyes open, everything's blurry. I can't tolerate too much noise and my joints, especially my knees are aching; I get intermittent queasiness too. And I'm freezing cold (I'm sat with a hot water bottle!)

I went to the GP a few weeks ago telling him all this and asked him if I might be anaemic? He did a quick physical of me and said no. Just a bit tired, that I was a mum of young children blah blah .....not very interested in me.

I've been to the opticians; no problems there.

I was on anti-depressants for a few months (sertraline) but came off them this spring. Certainly don't feel depressed now. Just shattered beyond belief.

I had glandular fever about 6 years ago. Could this be linked?

This seems never ending. Should I go back to the GP? I tried acupuncture which was ok but hellishly expensive.

Any other ideas?

I was the same it was my thyroid ask to be checked

You need to go back to the Dr and ask for blood tests.

Go back to a GP and ask for blood tests, get your thyroid and iron levels checked. Sure, being a mum is tiring, but you know that, you wouldn't be visiting a doctor unless you thought it was more than that

Thanks for the quick replies!
sonlypuppyfat, what did a thyroid check show?

Oh wow I'm not very medically minded but she just said it was interactive and put me on levithyroxin I'm only on a mild dose but it did work bloody wonders

Sorry bloody phone under active

GP should have tested for thyroid and anaemia. Go back and ask for tests.

You need blood tests. They should run the standard ones like anaemia, coeliac disease, thyroid etc. If these come back clear then your gp should be considering other possible things... please don't let him fob you off with excuses that you are a mum. Everyone gets tired, but you also know your own body and if you are experiencing bone shattering fatigue then it's not normal and you deserve much better testing and care. In the meantime try to minimise stress and rest when you can.

Also GF has a huge effect on people's immune systems, is this a relatively new thing for you or have you had problems on and off with fatigue over the years since?

If you've had GF in the past that is a factor which makes you more likely to get thyroid problems, every symptom you mention points to underactive thyroid (especially as you even say your thyroid is throbbing) and yet your Dr didn't even consider testing for it?!

I'm on behalf of you and every woman (including myself) who has ever been fobbed off about this. It is so debilitating and yet we are treated as hypochondriacs who are whining about being 'a bit tired', when in fact every cell in your body is crying out for help!

Please go back, take someone with you if it will help and get them to write down exactly what is said by your GP so that when you are diagnosed you can make a formal complaint against them for being so f...ing useless.

Taking someone with you is a brilliant idea

newestbridearound, actually I've never felt right after the GF but no one, and mean absolutely no one I've ever mentioned it to, took me seriously. I've got either indifference (GP), 'pull yourself together', or its a running joke, or I'm a hypochondriac.

Before I had the GF I could run an 8 minute mile and even this time last year when DC2 was 8ish months I could run comfortably now I'm breathless pushing the hoover around.

Years ago tests showed I was 'gluten intolerant' but GP at the time said that it was almost incidental and shouldn't really affect me. I know that was utter bollocks. I don't know if 'intolerance' can develop into an 'allergy'....

Will do twosteps, I've got an appointment for Friday.

Thanks for the support. I feel like maybe I'm not quite as mad or neurotic as was once thought.

100% get checked for thyroid issues then, and also for coeliacs disease. The symptoms are very similar.
People who have had GF can also find that it develops into other fatigue problems eventually like CFS so if the results come back negative do ask the gp about this.

Good luck!

Make sure they check your sugar levels as well, chronic dreadful tiredness is a symptom of diabetes...