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What Are The Symptoms For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Hi .... I ve been ill with a mysterious illness for 12 years. No one has been able to find out whats wrong with me. For lack of a diagnosis I ve been told I have chronic fatigue syndrome. I don t buy it though. I have constant severe nausea, off balance feeling, and feel fuzzy in my head. The hard part is that I m so extremely sensitive to medications that my symptoms are already bad enough and they get much worse when I go on medication. I am on a low dose antidepressant (5 mg) which helps take the edge off the nausea but now lately I ve been getting really depressed because I have no relief. All doctors blow me off now. I ve been to Mayo, Milwaukee area Froedtert, Miami, North Carolina looking for answers. I m at my wits end. I ve had 1 positive test in the past for Addison s disease but further testing showed negative. I m also on Armour thyroid which I need to not be so tired. When I go off Armour and go on Synthroid I get very sick and tired. Any ideas?
Fri, 2 Dec 2016
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Thank you and pleased to answer you.
Hypothyroidism is a common condition with a prevalence of 1 to 2% in the Western population, with a sex ratio of F / M = 10. They are even more frequent in areas of high iodine deficiency and goiter endemic’s area where they constitute a real public health problem, causing in particular irreversible damage in the child. Of noisy symptomatology, hypothyroidisms are often recognized late although their biological diagnosis is simple. They manifest in a global slowdown linked to signs of hypo metabolism, which can be physical (slowness, limitation of activities, asthenia and fatigue), psychic (depressive syndrome, sometimes interrupted by aggressive crises) and intellectual (disinterest). Other symptoms may include cardiovascular, neuromuscular, hormonal, digestive and Cutaneo-phaneria and mucosal cutaneous infiltration symptoms. I advise you to consult an endocrinologist for a strong suspicion of hypothyroidism.
May this opinion help you, and best wishes.
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What Are The Symptoms For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Thank you and pleased to answer you. Hypothyroidism is a common condition with a prevalence of 1 to 2% in the Western population, with a sex ratio of F / M = 10. They are even more frequent in areas of high iodine deficiency and goiter endemic’s area where they constitute a real public health problem, causing in particular irreversible damage in the child. Of noisy symptomatology, hypothyroidisms are often recognized late although their biological diagnosis is simple. They manifest in a global slowdown linked to signs of hypo metabolism, which can be physical (slowness, limitation of activities, asthenia and fatigue), psychic (depressive syndrome, sometimes interrupted by aggressive crises) and intellectual (disinterest). Other symptoms may include cardiovascular, neuromuscular, hormonal, digestive and Cutaneo-phaneria and mucosal cutaneous infiltration symptoms. I advise you to consult an endocrinologist for a strong suspicion of hypothyroidism. May this opinion help you, and best wishes.