Do I just accept that feeling unwell is normal?

[yummumto3girls]

Hi, advice please?! I am constantly unwell with what feels like lots of separate things but overall just makes life hard going! I am permanently exhausted, asleep by 9 every night, no energy or enthusiasm for anything. Have always got aches and pains, pain in my legs that comes and goes and is sometimes so bad I want to throw up, glands in my beck go up and down daily, abdomen pain, every few weeks I feel like I "crash" with exhaustion and need to spend a day in bed. Have been to GP, had bloods, nothing major came up, always lower end of anaemia/iron but never anything to worry about. I have underactive thyroid and type 2 diabetes, both well managed and medicated. So why do I feel so rubbish? GP started asking questions about depression today which may me so mad as that really is a cop out! Any ideas??

watchingitallagain Were your feelings pre-baby mostly tiredness and general malaise, or did you have anything else? X

I felt like this until I was diagnosed with coeliac disease. It's an auto immune condition, if you have one you are more prone to other AI conditions like diabetes and thyroid problems. Might be worth exploring. Hope you feel better soon.

Coeliac can also make you anaemic as you don't absorb iron effectively.

@LorLorr2 I was tired all the time. My face was puffy. I had constant stomach problems. They thought I had TB at one point... I got every cold going and it seriously floored me.

I'm also always anaemic and my blood pressure is always low. The docs think my bp is great- but I used to faint maybe twice a year!

Mangomay - hope your mum is ok!
Endoftheline - I watched that episode, the chap ended up taking high dose of B12 and it was life changing, apparently my B12 is ok!
Bettertobehealthy - thank you, really helpful, will have a read and report back!
Thanks for taking the time to respond everyone. Having a good day today so hoping it may continue.