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BRAMBLE
04-06-08, 15:59
Hiya all
anyone got any advise esp anyone with M.E please??

I was recently diagnosed with m.e after months of svere tiredness muscle twitching aches in joints sore throat and constant flu like symptoms.
had to change my Gp cos i ended up at casualty so ill.lost stones of weight and cant keep food down.had a nasty ear infection called labyrinthitis which triggered vertigo and nausea.am still left with balance problems although vertigo so much calmer.
anyway aswell as dashing to hospital a few weeks ago because my hand had gone completely numb and weak i now have the distressing feeling like im constantly choking.it hurts to touch my throat and to swallow.but it is lower down where im told its comon for the throat muscles to tighten up.
my gp says he thinks its just acid although i cant feel heartburn or anything like it.i do have a mild tummy pain but only when the doc prodded me.it doesnt ache all the time but then again i eat very little nowadys.
went back to my Gp today to ask for reassurance and was pretty quickly dismissed teling me i wa on the list for camera down throat.but i waanted to know if it was all connected to my M.E.he says not.and that i have a lot of unconnected symptoms.am told numbness is not connected either although have read on m.e sites that its common but the doc wont accept that.
I wanted to know if any of my meds can cause any probs but he dismissed that too even though i said there were lots of side effects listed.i tried to talk to him about health phobia and fear fo taking med but was met by silence and had no reassurance.
he has already admitted he knows nothing about m.E.there are no specialist in my area at all and can only refer me for CBT.thats all they recommend.so i have no one to talk to about the M.E and my life has changed so dramaticaly i think the fear has triggered anxiety now too.
i have heard of globus somthing but thought it was usually painless?
anybody got any ideas.i wish the docotrs were more willing to advise but i think he prob thinks im just a hyperchondriac!!!