silver_shoes
27-04-15, 16:37
Anxiety is through the roof at the moment :(
I have just been diagnosed with extremely low vitamin D levels and in a way Ii am relieved as this explains many of my symptoms, awful anxiety, an element of depression, random aches and pains, muscle weakness, overwhelming tiredness, feeling generally unwell. And reactive hypoglycaemia, I thought this was just going to be something I was going to have to live with, but I have found out that there is a link between blood sugar issues and vit D deficiency. These symptoms have been coming on gradually for a couple of years now but have increased in severity recently. I was getting very fed up of being fobbed off by the GP. but he ran some blood tests on me and that is when the Vit D deficiency was revealed.
I am now on a course of high-dose vitamin D tablets for the next twelve weeks.
I am annoyed it wasn't discovered sooner as I have had one health problem after another for some time now, all of which can be explained by this!!
Still it doesnt stop me worrying, I keep getting terrified that the doctors have missed some awful disease/lymphoma/cancer, even though lately I have had a LOT of tests. This includes a long day spent in hospital last week as I was taken in by ambulance suffering with terrible weakness in one of my arms (but strongly believe the vit D is to blame), it was a horrible experience. I had blood tests, ECG, observations (pulse, BP, temp), a CT scan on my head and a carotid doppler (an ultrasound scan on the arteries in my neck), due to having weakness, they were obliged to rule out a stroke, to be honest I wasnt worried about this, but they had to do the tests just to make sure.
I am just so scared they are missing something terrible :(
I have just been diagnosed with extremely low vitamin D levels and in a way Ii am relieved as this explains many of my symptoms, awful anxiety, an element of depression, random aches and pains, muscle weakness, overwhelming tiredness, feeling generally unwell. And reactive hypoglycaemia, I thought this was just going to be something I was going to have to live with, but I have found out that there is a link between blood sugar issues and vit D deficiency. These symptoms have been coming on gradually for a couple of years now but have increased in severity recently. I was getting very fed up of being fobbed off by the GP. but he ran some blood tests on me and that is when the Vit D deficiency was revealed.
I am now on a course of high-dose vitamin D tablets for the next twelve weeks.
I am annoyed it wasn't discovered sooner as I have had one health problem after another for some time now, all of which can be explained by this!!
Still it doesnt stop me worrying, I keep getting terrified that the doctors have missed some awful disease/lymphoma/cancer, even though lately I have had a LOT of tests. This includes a long day spent in hospital last week as I was taken in by ambulance suffering with terrible weakness in one of my arms (but strongly believe the vit D is to blame), it was a horrible experience. I had blood tests, ECG, observations (pulse, BP, temp), a CT scan on my head and a carotid doppler (an ultrasound scan on the arteries in my neck), due to having weakness, they were obliged to rule out a stroke, to be honest I wasnt worried about this, but they had to do the tests just to make sure.
I am just so scared they are missing something terrible :(