I feel perhaps something is wrong with me, come talk to me about CFS or getting ill alot...

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I am worried I will sound like a hypochondriac! Here are my problems -

• I get ill alot, sore throats, bugs etc.
• I have headaches almost daily
• I find it hard to get to sleep and never feel rested after sleep
• sometimes I sleep too much, others not enough
• I take vitamins daily and eat fairly healthily
• I have had depression for years and am still on a low dose but it is controlled and I dont feel depressed.
• I get a lot of back pain
• also ocasional leg pain - knees and ankles especialy
• I find it hard to cope with everything, I am often too tired in the evening to do housework, and just have to sit/go to bed.
• Often turn down invited from friends due to being so tired/feeling unwell.

I am too scared to go to my Dr I worry she will think I am making this up because of depression. Right now I have a sore throat and head and feel very lethargic, been in bed most of the day. Once I have finished typing this will need to lye down.

Anyone else feel like this? Anything I can try? I do have about one day every 2 weeks of feeling normal and I love it, I get much more done and feel great, but I don't know why I cant feel like that more. Please help

I would get myself to the doctor and get my thyroid checked if I were you, amongst other things. A full blood count too to check for anaemia. Please don't be worried about going to see your doctor, that's what they are there for

Have you looked at your diet!! I used to be like this ALL the time before I did a food elimination diet for my children! Suddenly realised that I was dairy intolerant and couldn't handle salicylates or histamines which are naturally occuring chemicals in fruit and vegetables. Not unhealthy foods, although some of those don't help either!! The healthier I ate the worse I felt!!

My DH did it at the same time and has a huge history of depression, social anxiety and generally being a grumpy sod we were shocked at how histamines in certain meats, cheese, dried fruits etc were the cause. By simply avoiding these foods, all these problems are COMPLETELY a thing of the past.

I don't know if this will help you, but the experience changed our family forever.
Good luck and hope you find something that works for you soon, so you can feel better!

Oh I also have costochondritis (pain between ribs) and excema.

Am just so fed up of something being wrong. Think I will phone for an appointment tomorrow then Thanks.

I have a loooooooooooonnnnnnng list of symptooms like you - enquire about Fybromyalga at your gp apt.

I am really worried my Dr will think I am crazy if I go in and say that

I already feel like she thinks I am making half the things up.

I felt like that with my old gp, i moved surgerys. I booked a double apt and went i and pured it all out and explained that i felt ridiculous and like a hypocondriact but it really was having a huge impact on the quality of my life.

He went through my whole medical history and we had a chat and he came up with a few things he could test for and when they came back ckear he came up with Fibromyalga.

Thanks charlee. I want to be able to do so much more than I am I feel like I am living life at 80%.

hi, I know what you mean about worrying the doctors will just dismiss you and say you're depressed. I had to battle this when I went to the doctors with symptoms of aches and pains and fatigue, and had to go and see several doctors before I found one willing to accept that I wasn't depressed and to actually listen to me! Its worth persevering until you find a doctor you get on with. Also, I found it really helped to give him some specific examples of why I knew I wasn't depressed. Its finally turned out I have a very specific auto-immune syndrome (after a lot of tests). It is definitely worth going, and perservering until you find a doctor you get on with.

defo get your thyoid check for underactivity.

ask for an ESR with your fbc which screens generally for inflammation/infection.