harasgenster
10-04-10, 17:29
Hi
I just want to see if it's like this for anybody else.
I'm constantly ill. Not with depression/anxiety - i.e. the emotional side of it doesn't keep me off work - but with real physical symptoms that are just disturbing every aspect of my life. I'm not just tired, I'm exhausted. I feel spaced and unable to concentrate. I have no strength at all. Around my period I take a few days off work because I can barely move. I love my job and I want to be there. I went in the other day but had to leave in the afternoon because by lunchtime I was really flakey and thought I was going to pass out. My heart was racing and I couldn't walk down a corridor without getting too out of breath to speak. I wandered down to a chemist to ask about supplements and she demanded I go straight to a doctor at a walk-in clinic down the road. I think she had to because my heart and breathing were involved. They just said anaemia, of course, but when I went for blood tests at my GP's the next day it looks like I've had my bloods done pretty recently and I'm fine. They did them again anyway.
I have appointments with neurologists because they think I have epilepsy (there are other symptoms that point to this), I have my bloods done constantly for infections or for deficiencies, I've had my heart tested and my blood pressure done what seems like every month. This week I've had my blood pressure checked four times! It's always fine. A couple of years ago the doctors were the same but about diabetes. I was checked all the time!
I don't distrust the doctors and I know they're trying their best but I don't believe I'm physically ill. I've been consistently under stress for seven years and before that I had eating disorders for years. I think it would be pretty normal for me to feel a bit rubbish by now! I'm really embarrassed to be ill all the time and to keep taking time off because it just looks like I'm lazy or putting it on. I'm not, I really feel terrible and I HATE taking time off work. I really want to be there.
I feel like by keeping looking for something physical they're barking up the wrong tree. I just want help with the stress. I was put on the sick for a while but that was more stressful because I wanted to be at work and I lost too much money.
Does anybody else have generalised symptoms? Have you found anything to help?
Thanks
I just want to see if it's like this for anybody else.
I'm constantly ill. Not with depression/anxiety - i.e. the emotional side of it doesn't keep me off work - but with real physical symptoms that are just disturbing every aspect of my life. I'm not just tired, I'm exhausted. I feel spaced and unable to concentrate. I have no strength at all. Around my period I take a few days off work because I can barely move. I love my job and I want to be there. I went in the other day but had to leave in the afternoon because by lunchtime I was really flakey and thought I was going to pass out. My heart was racing and I couldn't walk down a corridor without getting too out of breath to speak. I wandered down to a chemist to ask about supplements and she demanded I go straight to a doctor at a walk-in clinic down the road. I think she had to because my heart and breathing were involved. They just said anaemia, of course, but when I went for blood tests at my GP's the next day it looks like I've had my bloods done pretty recently and I'm fine. They did them again anyway.
I have appointments with neurologists because they think I have epilepsy (there are other symptoms that point to this), I have my bloods done constantly for infections or for deficiencies, I've had my heart tested and my blood pressure done what seems like every month. This week I've had my blood pressure checked four times! It's always fine. A couple of years ago the doctors were the same but about diabetes. I was checked all the time!
I don't distrust the doctors and I know they're trying their best but I don't believe I'm physically ill. I've been consistently under stress for seven years and before that I had eating disorders for years. I think it would be pretty normal for me to feel a bit rubbish by now! I'm really embarrassed to be ill all the time and to keep taking time off because it just looks like I'm lazy or putting it on. I'm not, I really feel terrible and I HATE taking time off work. I really want to be there.
I feel like by keeping looking for something physical they're barking up the wrong tree. I just want help with the stress. I was put on the sick for a while but that was more stressful because I wanted to be at work and I lost too much money.
Does anybody else have generalised symptoms? Have you found anything to help?
Thanks