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I Am Worried About My Health

I have 6 of the 8 symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome. I'm not sure if I should be concerned or pissed.

Fatigue.
Loss of memory or concentration.
Sore throat.
Enlarged lymph nodes in your neck or armpits.
Unexplained muscle or joint pain.
Headaches.
Unrefreshing sleep.
Extreme exhaustion lasting more than 24 hours after physical or mental exercise.

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4meAndyou · F

I am so sorry. If that is what you have, it can't be cured. There are some things that might help you to feel better, though. A physical therapist can give you a series of graded exercises of different intensities. The intensity is gradually increased, and that helps to reduce your sensitivity to exercise. It can also be an immune disorder, and most of those, like polycythemia vera and lupus, also have no cure. Viral infection is the third typical cause, and I am unsure as to whether that can be treated.

Another thing you might do is visit an endocrinologist, because chronic fatigue symptoms can be triggered by a hormone imbalance.

Ask your doctor if he can give you a low dose of antidepressant, because a low dose can help you sleep and might also help with the aches and pains.

xixgun · M

@4meAndyou yay.

4meAndyou · F

@xixgun You need to get some confirmation, and if your doctor confirms that you have this, you should be pro-active and ask for a referral to the physical therapist AND the endocrinologist. Educate yourself, because most family practice doctors don't keep up on this stuff.

xixgun · M

@4meAndyou

Synyster · 51-55, M

Dude, go see a specialist. Sometimes GP doctors can't pin point the problems. Consent fatigue, muscle, joint pains and headaches are pretty serious symptoms.
Are you losing weight as well?

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Synyster · 51-55, M

@xixgun Good stuff.
Hope they figure it out.

xixgun · M

@Synyster Probably nothing, just getting old

Synyster · 51-55, M

@xixgun I hear ya.

JammieDodgerHeart · 26-30, F

Best to visit your doctor and they will do some tests to help determine would you have. Hope you feel better soon

xixgun · M

@JammieDodgerHeart My visits to my doctor consist of, "Well, everything looks good. See you in 6 months".

JammieDodgerHeart · 26-30, F

@xixgun I've had this trouble before. You just have to keep pushing and tell them you are feeling unwell, so it must be something

Justgettingby1 · 46-50, F

I have those + more doctors are mostly useless

BrattyMel · 31-35, F

Go to the doctor

xixgun · M

@BrattyMel I go to the VA. The VA for 5 years told me, "huh, weird" when I complained of my back hurting and numbness in my legs. Then I was sent for an mri, which revealed I have 3 discs pressing on my spine.

I don't have much faith in doctors.

KaiserSolze · 46-50, F

Me too!

xixgun · M

I suspect most of us do @KaiserSolze

FLami · 31-35, M

Wait, you have all those symptoms?
I think you should get yourself checked out.

xixgun · M

@FLami No, I have 6 of the 8.
I do not have -
Sore throat.
Enlarged lymph nodes in your neck or armpits.

MethDozer · M

So it has all the symptoms of getting old?

xixgun · M

@MethDozer Seems so.

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