gradually_suddenly
17-02-19, 10:57
Hi all, recently in I have had extreme fatigue where it feels like i am coming down with the flu or a cold-the kind of body aching /weakness you get with the flu. I don't actually have the flu though.
I have had many of these 'funny turns' over the years where I suddenly feel utterly fatigued, it seems to happen in a few hours and usually ends up making me go home from wherever I am. I cannot find a rhyme or reason to it.
The last one happened a few days ago where I suddenly felt an overhwhelming exhaustion in the mall and had to go home straight away. It was like my body just stopped. Since then I have been feeling achey and fluey. I am sure there is np physical virus as I don't have any other symptoms. I have had some severe stress over the past 2-3 weeks, but before that I was jogging on the treadmill every other day in the gym, so it doesn't make sense!
I sometimes really wonder if I have CFS or ME and that scares the SHIT out of me. But then I think, if I did have cfs or me, wouldn't the fatigue be constant? I can definitely pinpoint times over the past few years where I have felt like my body wants to just 'stop'. It suddenly feels like a battery with no energy. But I have also been able to keep a job and do quite a lot of other normal things.
Praying this is just yet another horrible symptom of anxiety and depression and it will go away soon. I want my normal life back as I am only 29. :( I have booked a GP appt and I really want to get tested for thyroid, immune disorders, aneamia, b12 deficiency etc. I also have extremely pale skin (been commented on many times), crappy skin and very thin hair which falls out to the point where I have to wear hair extensions to look normal. I have been struggling a lot to lose weight too, many people comment that I hardly eat but I still lose weight at a snail's pace. My mother has lupus, hashimotos diesease AND psoriasis- a whole host of auto immune problems which I'm sure are hereditary...
Looking for someone to sympathise and tell me it will get better as I feel so incredibly low these days :( :( :(
I have had many of these 'funny turns' over the years where I suddenly feel utterly fatigued, it seems to happen in a few hours and usually ends up making me go home from wherever I am. I cannot find a rhyme or reason to it.
The last one happened a few days ago where I suddenly felt an overhwhelming exhaustion in the mall and had to go home straight away. It was like my body just stopped. Since then I have been feeling achey and fluey. I am sure there is np physical virus as I don't have any other symptoms. I have had some severe stress over the past 2-3 weeks, but before that I was jogging on the treadmill every other day in the gym, so it doesn't make sense!
I sometimes really wonder if I have CFS or ME and that scares the SHIT out of me. But then I think, if I did have cfs or me, wouldn't the fatigue be constant? I can definitely pinpoint times over the past few years where I have felt like my body wants to just 'stop'. It suddenly feels like a battery with no energy. But I have also been able to keep a job and do quite a lot of other normal things.
Praying this is just yet another horrible symptom of anxiety and depression and it will go away soon. I want my normal life back as I am only 29. :( I have booked a GP appt and I really want to get tested for thyroid, immune disorders, aneamia, b12 deficiency etc. I also have extremely pale skin (been commented on many times), crappy skin and very thin hair which falls out to the point where I have to wear hair extensions to look normal. I have been struggling a lot to lose weight too, many people comment that I hardly eat but I still lose weight at a snail's pace. My mother has lupus, hashimotos diesease AND psoriasis- a whole host of auto immune problems which I'm sure are hereditary...
Looking for someone to sympathise and tell me it will get better as I feel so incredibly low these days :( :( :(