Medichecks test worth it? Feel shocking

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Background: I do have a long history of depression and anxiety disorder, been on citalopram for 4 years. I’m a worrier health wise but have been on top of it the past few years.

Now: I have felt increasingly rubbish for the past year, it’s getting worse. I contacted my GP today by telephone with my symptoms who suggested a medication increase and that’s it been a tough year... that as I had full blood done 2 years ago (due to a breast lump) and all was clear there is no need to repeat. Eat well, move more etc.

But I really feel this is physical. I am beyond exhausted, just getting up to use the toilet is a huge effort. My muscles ache like I have done a huge workout, backs of legs, arms and wrists mainly. I feel extremely nauseous every morning as soon as I open my eyes, it passes over the day. I’m cold to the bone! Absolutely freezing all the time. Except when I try and do any light activity, even just washing the dishes then I sweat to the point I need to change my top. I have gained 30 pounds in 18 months. My eyes are dry and gritty, I need to use eye drops to open them in the morning. Optician said ‘dry eye syndrome’ my head feels foggy, I keep forgetting things and have lost all motivation. But I WANT to do things, I have so much to get done but my body just won’t work with me.

I found medicheck on google and tempted to get a wellness test, it’s not cheap though and if anything flags up will my GP be annoyed? Feeing like this definitely isn’t helping my mental health 😞

Speak to a different GP. Blood tests 2 years ago won’t show what’s going on now, awful they didn’t feel the need to do bloods.
At the very least they should do:

Thyroid function test
Ferritin
Vitamin B12/folate
HBA1C
Vitamin D would be nice but it’s not a routine test so many don’t like to do it.

If you don’t get any joy speaking to another Dr, write to the practice manager with the request for bloods and a list of your symptoms. It makes me so angry they won’t do bloods. I was left seriously ill for a year after suffering similar symptoms, by which time there was no activity at all in my thyroid. It was a miserable time.
I hope you get some joy, and it’s nothing untoward, I hope you feel better soon

Thank you 😊
It’s very frustrating, I think many GP’s hear mental health issues and think everything must be that. My mum has Graves’ disease and thinks it sounds thyroid related.

Watching with interest.
I've the exact same symptoms, except blood tests were clear, and I felt my gp was frustrated with me, so every day is a bloody ordeal.

@MorriseysGladioli

Watching with interest. I've the exact same symptoms, except blood tests were clear, and I felt my gp was frustrated with me, so every day is a bloody ordeal.

Sorry to hear you’re feeling rubbish too. I know the feeling that’s why I’m nervous to push them again. I’m not very good at sticking up for myself so sort of said ‘oh ok’ and now don’t know what to do next

thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-undiagnosed/hypothyroid-signs-and-symptoms/

Lots of symptoms of underactive thyroid in your post. There’s a full list here. Do try to get another gp to do blood tests for you. I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about this as was diagnosed last year after feeling lousy for years, and I really feel like I’ve lost five years’ worth of good health. I wish so much that I’d got it investigated sooner but I felt too pathetic going to the doctor about feeling tired and crap, assuming they’d just say ‘well, you have a young child, what do you expect?’

I hope you get somewhere with this

The thyroid test with medichecks is good as they test the antibodies too. If you sign up they often do them cheaper on Thursdays. Thyroid Thursday no less. You get a report on the results as well.

@piglet81

thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-undiagnosed/hypothyroid-signs-and-symptoms/

Lots of symptoms of underactive thyroid in your post. There’s a full list here. Do try to get another gp to do blood tests for you. I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about this as was diagnosed last year after feeling lousy for years, and I really feel like I’ve lost five years’ worth of good health. I wish so much that I’d got it investigated sooner but I felt too pathetic going to the doctor about feeling tired and crap, assuming they’d just say ‘well, you have a young child, what do you expect?’

I hope you get somewhere with this

Thanks for that link, yes I have a good number of those symptoms, I will try and push GP again

Thank you 😊

Get your vitamin D checked too, if you're not supplementing there's every chance that it's low. I used thriva for testing last September, even though it was the end of the summer and I had been out doors loads I was still very low in vitamin D, as well as low ferritin and folate.
I'm in my 40s now and am aware that I have issues with vitamin D and iron hence why I got it checked. My own experience is that low vitamin D gave me symptoms of depression when I was in my 20s, as well as severe joint and muscle pains. Worth checking

Push for a full blood test. I recently had one GP pressure me to double my anti depressant dose. The increased dose gave me such severe fatigue I could barely keep my eyes open at work.

Next appointment I had a different GP who agreed to test my iron due to my concerns about thinning hair. Turns out my iron levels are abnormal.

Just because you have mental health issues it doesn’t mean you can’t have physical issues as well as mental ones.

Well this is lucky. I came on here to see if any of the online tests are worth doing. I'm so tired of going to the doctor and hearing that I should go jogging.