What's your fatigue level like?

[themainemom]

I need someone to validate my level of fatigue. I have had extreme fatigue for the past year and a half. I have been to so many doctors re: the fatigue and have heard everything from "it's normal to get tired as we get older (I'm 42) to "low vitamin d". Sometimes I am so tired I feel physically ill. My anxiety got REALLY BAD so I have been out of work for the past 3 weeks. Even though I am at home doing basically nothing I think the fatigue is escalating. Just taking a shower and drying my hair is enough to make me feel like I want to lie down. I threw together a pot of soup the other day, maybe 20-30 minutes and I felt exhaused. I feel totally out of it due to the fatigue, like I'm some weirdo sick person. I look at people running around being "normal" and I am jealous that they can go through their day doing everything they need to probably with some sort of normal energy level. Can any of you validate and tell me how bad your fatigue got? I need hope. I need to get my life back and get back to work!

[CAROL ANNE]

Well you could have been writing this email for me, and my fatigue is awful have to pace myself, can hardly walk up the garden and back, kept going to see my GP but the pratt said it was cos my heart was beating too fast that was making me tired,as the blood test he did came back normal I decided to get my own tests done privately had 24 hour urine and a saliva test, turns out I have low thyroid and adrenals, but am very very slowly getting a bit better after but from what my NEW not a GP doctor has said it could take months to get even back on track, don't know why I trusted my GP in the first place from my track record of them anyway, they don't really know much!:tongue0015:

[themainemom]

I agree. When I begged in July to seen an Endo one of the docs in the practice I go to insisted on putting me on Zoloft! What a nightmare. I feel like I've wasted 3 months because of that. I won't see her again!

[Andros]

I agree. When I begged in July to seen an Endo one of the docs in the practice I go to insisted on putting me on Zoloft! What a nightmare. I feel like I've wasted 3 months because of that. I won't see her again!

I hope you are not on that any more. And I am anxious to hear what your treatment protocul is going to be.

I was exactly 42 (67 now) when I was at my worst pre-diagnosis and I could not walk up a flight of stairs. I had to sit on a bench to pull weeds from the garden, I had to give up my hobby of dog training as I couldn't run and keep up with that. It was terrible.

We had to sell our business because I could not hold up my end. After a 2 year sabbatical and medical intervention we did go back into business again, of course.

[themainemom]

Yes, off the zoloft! That was terrible. Thanks for the validation!