What could be causing me to feel like this?

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I've felt terrible for about 4 days now, headache on and off, feels like my neck can't support head and every part of my body is aching.

Not to mention I'm just totally exhausted, I've never felt tiredness like it.

What could it be?

Covid?

Sorry meant to post in General Health 🙈

That's exactly how I felt when I had covid. Get tested.

@Aquamarine1029 Ah really? Did you have any other symptoms? So far I don't have a fever cough etc, just this exhaustion aching and really bad headache

Classic symptoms of Covid. Book a test.

Just checked and no tests available in my area, only for key workers

Keep checking. The gov site said no tests and I just did it again. Within 10 minutes I had a choice of times.

My daughter felt exactly like this then her sense of smell and taste went so she had a test that was positive.

I also had nightmarish diarrhoea, and a really bizarre hot flush for several days, but I never had a fever. The headache and body aches were horrible. I thought my bones were breaking. My daughter had all the same things that I did, but she lost her sense of smell and taste for a full month, and that happened about 6 days after symptoms started.

@Aquamarine1029 yep that's exactly how I feel, the aches are so so bad

I'd be very surprised if you took a Covid test and it came back negative. The body pains and fatigue are the worst my DH has experienced... the whole body pain was just unbearable. He's still in hospital but pain-free now.

You can get one sent in the post, OP.

So far I don't have a fever cough etc, just this exhaustion aching and really bad headache

That came on later for DH. The first few days were just whole body pain, fatigue, absolutely the worst runs and vomiting. It was awful. He developed a fever. The cough didn't develop until he was in hospital actually. His respiratory symptoms came on about a week after the initial symptoms. It's like the layers of an onion, this goddamn devil of a virus. Brutal. Here's hoping you don't get too much worse, OP. Most people don't. Get tested.

We're moving this thread over to our General Health topic at the OP's request.

Since I started out with this on Friday it does seem to be getting progressively worse. And it seems to have gotten worse very quickly. I can't get a corona virus test in my area at the moment but will keep trying

I was very, very lucky that I didn't have any issues with my chest or breathing, but it was over 3 weeks before I felt anything close to normal. The exhaustion was overwhelming. There were many days I simply couldn't manage anything. I would lay down and basically just pass out asleep for hours.

To me it sounds like flu. Especially with severe muscle pain

Did you do a test op?

If it’s not covid it sounds exactly how my underactive thyroid started. I thought that was flu too begin with too.

I had these symptoms a few Veela ago and it wasn't Covid it was some other virus

Sounds like covid. I’m 9 days in and headache. Ear ache vomiting for days. Can’t sleep as pain so bad. OH is 14 days in and the same.
I feel like I want to lay down and die