Some brief background:
I’m 39 this year. Have been married for 15 years. No kids unfortunately, we had 2 rounds of IVF many years ago one ended in miscarriage, one failed.
I started my periods very young, think I was 9 almost 10 when I had my first one, then a gap for several months before having them properly.
I’m currently overweight by a couple of stone (I know I need to lose weight and have signed up to WW but I haven’t got the motivation at the moment). I work 31 hours a week. Last year for 9 months I was doing 3 jobs so maybe up to 45 hours per week.
In December I caught the nasty virus that was going around. It really knocked me off my feet. Dr said it was mild flu. In the new year I still felt awful, dr diagnosed sinusitis.
I’ve not been able to shake the feel of fatigue, brain fog, lack of energy, but also have some memory issues, blanking out in terms of being mid conversation and completely forgetting what I was saying, and mixing words up both in written form and when speaking.
I tried to reduce my workload to give myself some space, and did 4 weeks of 4 day week. However, last night I hit a wall (I’m so tired, and feel like I have a heavy, full head) and told work I needed to be off for a few days so taking the rest of the week off.
Ive been back to the drs and they think I have a deficiency maybe vitamin d or b12 (although I don’t have typical symptoms of that), and have ordered blood tests but they aren’t until next Friday.
I keep thinking my symptoms seem too extreme to be just a lack of vitamin d, and wondered whether it’s a) peri menopause, b) long covid (last had covid in July), c) mental health related (I don’t feel depressed per se, but I do feel like my head is full at the moment as feel im at a cross roads with my age and fertility journey£ or d) something else.
Anyone else felt similar and been diagnosed with a vitamin deficiency or do
my symptoms sound familiar if you have suffered from something else?
Sorry for the long post!