Should I bother my doctor with all my little niggles, or can anyone here tell me what is going on?

[beansmum]

I just have lots of things that aren't quite right, individually I probably wouldn't really notice but they're all adding up to a big nuisance.

My arms and legs ache and feel weak. I feel breathless, but not all the time. I wake up sweating at night, then I can't get back to sleep, I lay and listened to the clock chime every 15 mins from 2.45-5 last night! I get too hot during the day too, and then I get all shakey and sweaty and feel like crying.

Am I just tired and stressed and going a bit mad or is there something else wrong?

Some of theose symptoms sound like panic attacks. ut not achy arms and legs...i would go to your Gp anyway, thats what he gets paid for!

It could well be stress but go to your GP and get checked out.

It's such a hassle getting to the GP, it's not on the bus route and ds is a pest. I don't like to go unless I am extremely ill! And if it's stress there isn't much the GP can do is there?

How old are you - it's not the dreaded menopause is it?

Please go to your GP. I had a set of little niggles (some similar to yours) and I've just been diagnosed with an over active thyroid.
It is always worth checking I've discovered.

anxiety/depression maybe. and yes the gp can do stuff. i think even talking to a gp might help. take care.

keep a diary for a week and see if you can see any patterns or anything that drives this. also check your eating and drinking habits. and how old are you?

But what if it isn't stress and its something the GPcould sort? is there anyone who can have ds for you while you go? or is he old enough for a bag of toffees to keep him quiet while you are there?

I would get it checked. I'm NOT a doctor so don't take it from me but some of those remind me of someone I know who had an overactive thyroid (which was all fixed btw). Don't worry, but do go.

Have a look at the symptoms of overactive thyroid here.

Then book an appointment with your GP and ask for a thyroid function test.

X-posts with you, snowleopard.

Ooh x-post Mrs Robinson - which makes me think it definitely is worth checking for this.

That makes 3 of us with the same thoughts! Hope you can make time to go beansmum. Get DS a comic, that's what I do.

Yep I agree!
I'd put mine down to lots of unimportant bits, but they ended up being one big thing.
Beansmum, do any of these ring true:

insomnia
breathlessness (even when you shouldn't be ie no major exercise)
palpatations
any loss of weight
dizziness (I also feel as if I've got a 'flu-ey head, like when you're not quite there?!)
ravenous hunger

Yep, get ds a comic. And get a taxi if buses are difficult. But do go and get some blood tests done.

ok, I'll go to the GP. I'm worried now! I've lost a bit of weight too, but my weight is always up and down anyway so I hadn't really paid much attention. If it is an overactive thyroid what sort of treatment will I need? Will it be a HUGE hassle to get a new GP to continue the treatment when I move to NZ in about 8 weeks? argh.

Treatment is either drugs or, in some cases, surgery. Depends on what the cause of the overactive thyroid is.

Either will also be available wherever you move to so don't let that stop you getting treatment.

See the link I put up earlier for more information, it tells you about the different types of overactive thyroid problem and what the treatments are, too.

sounds like an overactive thyroid. Your description is exactly how I felt before mine was diagnosed. I had drugs for it and went into remission after a few months. Have you been very stressed recently as that can bring it on.

Sounds like everyone thinks it's my thyroid! I'll call the GP tomorrow. I am extremely stressed at the moment, just with trying to get things organised for the move, could just be that but I'll get it checked out.

More likely that you're stressed and all the adrenaline is causing the physical symptoms.

However, your thyroid needs checking.