I Have Been Suffering With Extreme Tiredness

[tamaris]

For some time now. I have had an all clear for recent illnesses. I had a ct scan, bloods taken, and biopsies taken but everything is normal. I have no energy. I've mentioned it to the doctor but there doesn't appear to be anything wrong wirh me. I'm baffled, is it worth going private ?

[LadyCG]

Your GP will have given you a thorough MOT, so you won't get any investigations in the private setting that you wouldn't get in NHS care.

What age are you may I ask?

[Sqad]

"but there doesn't appear to be anything wrong wirh me."

Physically, anyway.

Yes....go privately......but to a Psychiatrist.

[tamaris]

Thank you, that's what I thought. I'm retired,

[tamaris]

So rude, as always.

[elliemay1]

I also wondered what age you are, we all feel more tired as we get older

[LadyCG]

Not perimenpause then.

Sqad does make a good point, albeit rather bluntly. Low mood and depression can manifest in the symptoms you describe.

Did you get your and minerals checked on your bloods?

[Sqad]

Just giving my opinion as Depression comes to mind.

[LadyCG]

Vitamins and minerals.

[douglas9401]

I find that as I get closer to vintage status I take longer to get going, I just have to push through the barrier before getting on with life.

[Barsel]

Tamaris, you have my sympathy.
As a fellow sufferer of extreme tiredness, I totally understand.
I can't get through the day without going back to bed for a couple of hours during the day.
At the moment I'm having my thyroid checked, I have a blood due this coming Friday.
You ask 'Is it worth going private' My answer would be yes if you can afford it.
I know of several people who have found out things by going private that wasn't picked up on the NHS and I for one am considering it. Good luck.

[tamaris]

Barsel, you have my sympathies, I wish you well.

[retrocop]

Yes go private. To make a good diagnosis a decent doctor will listen to the patients every word and go from there. I have discovered my words and suggestions were not heeded by a horde of arrogant so called consultants. Now my worst fears have returned to haunt me two years later. I told them then that my symptoms were the same as when I first was found to have colon cancer. God rot them. I pleaded for a colonoscopy then and finally ,this week, I am sure I was correct as a colonoscopy shows.

[Buenchico]

With the lousy spring weather that we've been having up until very recently, and given that all the tests you've had have come back clear, my mind turns to Seasonal Affective Disorder as a possible cause of your problem. It's definitely been leaving many people feeling extremely tired over the past few months:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/65621991

More here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50135776

[calmck]

Sorry to hear that Retrocop. After my diagnosis it was a colonoscopy every six months for 3 years, then yearly for 3 years, then every 2 years to present

[andres]

Wasn't there something a few years ago where the symptoms were extreme tiredness ,no energy etc. Can't remember what it was called.

[tamaris]

Retro cop thank you for your input, so sorry to hear that you are unwell.

[tamaris]

Hi Chris, thank you. I still do community work, but I have to push myself, the tiredness has certainly got worse over the last few months.

[Buenchico]

>>> Wasn't there something a few years ago where the symptoms were extreme tiredness ,no energy etc. Can't remember what it was called

Almost certainly this:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs/

[NB: I've posted that link as a response to Andrés' post. I'm NOT suggesting that's what Tamaris has].

[Hazlinny]

I don't really like replying to medical questions on here as am not qualified to do so but just to say my mother used to complain of extreme tiredness and eventually it was discovered she had thyroid trouble .. GP said it is difficult to detect ... three other things which she found were that she put on weight without eating more than usual, she felt the cold and her hair seemed to be getting thinner.
Good Wishes.

[tamaris]

Chris, I sleep very well at night, but also through the day, not confused. I don't think it's that either x