Hey, I have cfs and yeah, it ***** but you learn to live with it. I've had it since I was 15. But I was tested for things as extreme as lupus and multiple sclerosis. So I kind of thought I was lucky with this diagnosis. Way to do it is persistantly go back to your gp. Keep buggong them. I hope you get better :)
Hello Serena,
Did you read my posts "Some things that helped me"? I talk about hypothyroidism type 2 at the end of part 1 and the beginning of part 2. Type 1 is where your thyroid produces little or no hormone and that's easily detected by a blood test. I had that test several times and I was always in the "normal" range.
Hypothyroidism type 2 (HT2) is where you test in the "normal" range but your body needs more. Common symptoms are: brain fog, fatigue, myxedema, muscle pain, non-restorative sleep, post-exertion malaise. Dr. Mark Starr has an audio interview and a book (see my posts for links) in which he talks about HT2. He says you can test for it by taking your basal/resting temperature (again I explain that in my posts).
Other things to check are mercury and/or metal toxicity.
At the end of part 3 of my post I describe some Google search techniques you can use to find other people that have your symptoms and see what worked for them and what didn't.
Sincerely,
Lord Ugh