Thank you. So it could be for something like TMJ? They think I might have this and I feel it most in my teeth, but some weeks I have minor pain from that, completely manageable without even otc meds, other weeks it’s excruciating for days and days, but the excruciating pain has only happened this year. I’ve had nasal pain for a few years.
I’m sometimes sleeping 18 hours a day, so I don’t have insomnia.
Someone on this thread said I should have known what I’d gone to the doctor for. Fair point. Things sometimes come back through to my GP from specialists referred to via long covid clinic. Since catching covid, my life is mainly healthcare appointments and battling viruses and infections. I struggle to keep on top of either.
I’m concerned because when things started to go downhill (2022), I didn’t know what was going on. I got told it was panic attacks (it wasn’t). I’ve had other comments in letters suggesting anxiety for things diagnosed as POTS or even wearing a mask. Same for depression - e.g. I’m not sleeping or resting that amount of time, or no longer showering daily because I’m depressed - it’s because my body can’t cope with very much anymore, so while it’s “depressing”, it’s not depression. I literally live for the moments I can do some things. Whilst an appointment can exhaust me for days, it’s not because of anxiety, it’s because even the things I want to do and am enjoying, I can’t do for long either. I sometimes get sad after an appointment at the futility - and the impact of that appointment on my family, along with the opportunity cost of not being able to do something else. This is all exacerbated when I see a letter and wonder who they’ve seen (e.g. well managed tooth pain when it’s raging or anxiety because I have to stand up slowly now) - again, depressing, upsetting, but not depression.