Around once a week/fortnight I will experience this weird feeling. It comes over quite quickly and can take several hours to get over. It usually occurs between 3-5pm.
I have suffered from this for years and no GP can tell me what could be causing it. I used to think it was related to my many years of anaemia but following iron infusions and a uterine ablation in 2022 my iron levels are all normal now.
So, all of a sudden (regardless of what I have eaten or how long I've gone between meals/eaten) I will suddenly feel very very weak, I still have physical strength but inside I will feel very weak and shaky as though I haven't eaten for hours. I will also feel very nauseated and will start burping loads, I will have this internal shaking and will often either feel like I have diarrhoea coming on or will just simply need to poop. I have no idea what causes it but it makes me feel so rough. Strangely, this issue often comes on after I have given my dog his afternoon walk, yet I never experience this after his morning walk.
Now I do have a 25 year long history of IBS and functional dyspepsia which I struggle with on a daily basis (especially since perimenopause hit 6 years ago). I follow a low fodmap diet avoiding my triggers such as diary, gluten/wheat, onions, garlic etc. I have a super sensitive digestive system and have to avoid artificial sweeteners, caffeine, fatty foods etc. I only drink water. Over the last few years I have had two colonoscopies, an gastroscope, a pill camera endoscopy, a bile acid malabsorption scan. Had fit tests, tested for h pylori and coeliac disease - all ok. I did test positive for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth last year but I couldn't tolerate the antibiotics and my gastro said to move on a concentrate on the management of the IBS because there is not enough research on sibo atm.
I also have endometriosis and adenomyosis (on a waiting list for a laparoscopy).
Am 51 and am in perimenopause although I suffered with this way issue before peri.
I had a ct scan in 2019 and amongst some of the incidental findings one was a tiny nodule on my adrenal gland, no one seemed concerned about this but I often wonder if it could cause any issues?
I have often wondered if I have thyroid issues but my last full blood panel taken in the summer showed my thyroid levels to be normal. Also normal were my B12 levels, full blood count, Vitamin D etc. I don't think I have ever had my blood sugar levels checked though.
What the heck could this be? I am sitting here typing away but feel exhausted, shaky, so burpy and gassy and as though my guts may fall out of me any moment!
I am fed up to the back teeth with all of this tbh.