Sorry that I have not been on here much lately.
For those following who do not know yet I became ill with the flu in January and although it went away it came back 2 weeks later. The flu went away again but I just never recovered. I got tested for kidney, liver, thyroid and hormone problems, infections and arthritic conditions. The dr even tried to blame it all on my depression.
Eventually I was referred to a specialist. I saw him on 18 July and he took a full blood work and also tested me for Addison's Disease (where the adrenal glands don't work right) and I had to go back for results on 22 August. When I went back he told me that he was still waiting on results for my level of vitamin D but apart from a slightly raised white cell count (probably as a result of a simple respiratory infection (but nothing to worry about now)) all my test results were fine.
This left only 2 things and because I had symptoms of both he diagnosed me with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia.
He's put me on Gabapentin which over the course of a week I built up to 900mg a day and 20mg of Amitriptyline a day and I have to go back on 28 Oct. I have also since had a letter off him to say my vitamin D levels are low so as of yesterday (since it's after midnight) I was started on a vitamin D3 (Calcium) supplement
So yeah that's why I haven't posted much on here lately
