Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:34 pm
You might be anemic (iron deficiency)- I used to be and suffered many similar symptoms. It's also a side-effect of Crohn's Disease (which is often mistaken for IBS), which I have - many of the symptoms are similar to CFS.
Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:39 pm
I've been having the exact same problem for months now. And you just spared me a doctor's visit! 
I've always known there is nothing wrong. I mean, I haven't died yet and it's been a lot of months now.
Don't worry!
I've always known there is nothing wrong. I mean, I haven't died yet and it's been a lot of months now.
Don't worry!
Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:26 pm
There's so many different things I could have. This is really scary. I told my mom about some of my symptoms over the years (I've been feeling like this for more than two years but it's got considerably worse since) and we both put it down to not eating the right foods and not excercising and stuff. Over the past year though I've changed my life-style for the better and feel worse.
The glands in my neck are always up and I have a sore throat a lot of the time, so that's what is making me believe that I have CFS. Maybe it's a throat infection that I've not managed to shift. I just dunno. I want to tell my mom about this but I'm scared she'll laugh at me. Thing is, I'm prone to thinking I've got stuff so I can hardly blame her if she does. She even hid her nurses dictionaries from me. I'm a real hypochondriac. I'm scared that if I go to the doctor too, he will do just the same.
What do I do? I can't keep going on like this. Sometimes I can't even find the strength to speak. I lie there or sit there and want to say something and I think to myself, just a couple more minutes and I'll say what I want to say. Of course, by that time I've forgotten what I wanted to say anyway as my memory goes like it's in a sieve. I blame that on my Asperger Syndrome though. That I can live with, but it's taken me all these years to. this though, I cannot live with. Not anymore.
It's an embarrassing problem too because I'm yawning all the time. I am always tired no matter how many hours of sleep I get.
EDIT: Also thought I'd mention the difficulty in breathing I get. It's not the breathing itself that I have the problem with. When I breath in it's like I'm having to gasp for air all the time. Sometimes it gets really severe and I literally have to gasp. It makes me sound very silly and most times people think I'm just putting it on to get attention. It isn't asthma because I don't wheeze.
The glands in my neck are always up and I have a sore throat a lot of the time, so that's what is making me believe that I have CFS. Maybe it's a throat infection that I've not managed to shift. I just dunno. I want to tell my mom about this but I'm scared she'll laugh at me. Thing is, I'm prone to thinking I've got stuff so I can hardly blame her if she does. She even hid her nurses dictionaries from me. I'm a real hypochondriac. I'm scared that if I go to the doctor too, he will do just the same.
What do I do? I can't keep going on like this. Sometimes I can't even find the strength to speak. I lie there or sit there and want to say something and I think to myself, just a couple more minutes and I'll say what I want to say. Of course, by that time I've forgotten what I wanted to say anyway as my memory goes like it's in a sieve. I blame that on my Asperger Syndrome though. That I can live with, but it's taken me all these years to. this though, I cannot live with. Not anymore.
It's an embarrassing problem too because I'm yawning all the time. I am always tired no matter how many hours of sleep I get.
EDIT: Also thought I'd mention the difficulty in breathing I get. It's not the breathing itself that I have the problem with. When I breath in it's like I'm having to gasp for air all the time. Sometimes it gets really severe and I literally have to gasp. It makes me sound very silly and most times people think I'm just putting it on to get attention. It isn't asthma because I don't wheeze.
Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:09 pm
GHSP wrote:I get enough excercise which just makes my whole body (especially my legs. hip joints and knees and also the sides of my lower back really hurt. Suffer from a bad back anyway and have taken anti-inflamatries for it) ache, that is when I'm working at the charity shop, it's more strenuous than some people would imagine.
You've been working there for how long? You should be settling into a routine after a couple weeks, and your body should be adjusting to the amount of work you are doing. I suggest seeing a doctor, telling him everything and quitting with the self diagnosis. Theres a risk of hypochondria if you self diagnose, and you'd most likely be better off going to a doctor then prescribing yourself with things. Get the whole range of tests done and move on from there.
Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:24 pm
ahoteinrun wrote:GHSP wrote:I get enough excercise which just makes my whole body (especially my legs. hip joints and knees and also the sides of my lower back really hurt. Suffer from a bad back anyway and have taken anti-inflamatries for it) ache, that is when I'm working at the charity shop, it's more strenuous than some people would imagine.
You've been working there for how long? You should be settling into a routine after a couple weeks, and your body should be adjusting to the amount of work you are doing. I suggest seeing a doctor, telling him everything and quitting with the self diagnosis. Theres a risk of hypochondria if you self diagnose, and you'd most likely be better off going to a doctor then prescribing yourself with things. Get the whole range of tests done and move on from there.
I started working there March 16th 2005, so that's five months exactly. I'm going to make an appointment and write down everything. I've also started going really dizzy when I eat chocolate and told my mom about it. She says that I should definitely tell him about that. I know that diabetics can't eat chocolate but I've already been tested for that and it came back negative. Hehe, it's a complete mystery. Maybe I just have a weak immune system perhaps?