Why am I still exhausted?

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Hi all,

Had an appointment with an endo last week ~ she did Synacthen test, took bloods

for B12, ferritin and female hormones and thyroid tests too. I had wanted to ask

her to test a few other too i.e. potassium, but she wasn't around so I didn't

get them.

Am a bit p'd off she tested thyroid levels ~ when I saw her for my initial

consultation I was on thyroxine, but was getting so rough I went back on Armour.

Wish I'd know she was doing those, I'd have stopped a couple of days before! As

with all Endo's she doesn;t like Armour!

Anyway, this is all besides the point. I'm exhausted ~ and keep wanting to cry!

I keep feeling nauseousl ~ last night I was actually sick at one point. I have

gained so much weight recently ~ very recently ~ that none of my clothes fit me.

I have a big round belly and my ankles and fingers are all puffed up. I am sooo

p'd off with this. A big part of me wants to give in and just get into bed ~

permanently.

I'm almost as bad as I was last year ~ before I discovered Armour. I just can't

be bothered moving. And on cue ~ the tears start! And I'm sick of feeling sorry

for myself! I just want it fixed!

I'm taking 3 grains of Armour (in 3 split doses) and 20mg hydrocortisone ~ 10, 5

and 5. So why do I still feel so ill?

My blood pressure has been high for months ~ and it doesn't change if I stand

from a prone position. My temps aren't bad ~ a little low and a little unstable,

but better than they have been in the past. I keep getting breathless ~ but not

all the time! Sometomes I can climb the stairs (all 13 of them!), or just be

pottering around the house, and I can't catch my breath. But other times I'm

fine. My memory is shot to hell! I keep getting get pins and needles in my arm

and hand. And sometimes I can't focus on text properly ~ even with my glasses

(only 4-months old). I was out at the Highland Show yesterday ~ wandering around

for 5 hours. And today I feel so tired its ridiculous!

I feel like I'm falling to bits!

I'm torn between hoping what the Endo's going to say. I realise that the test

will be inconclusive ~ I don't have 's. I knew I had an adrenal problem

because on the PRIVATE tests I had done ~ that the endo wasn't interested in

(apparently they don't like saliva tests!) The endo's results are being sent to

my GP ~ she doesn't want to see me for another 3-months ~ if at all! I

understand that she's " looking " but it doesn't seem enough somehow. Se wasn;'t

interested at the initial consultation ~ and I can;t help feeling she's not

" looking " .

I've been fighting this for so long now ~ and I have no idea where I'm finding

the energy! I thought being on hydrocortisone and Armour again would help ~ but

it doesnt seem to be. So what the hell do I do now? This is really begining to

get on top of me.

Keri x