Re: Still fatigued but now venting!

[Guest guest]

Hi

Have you ever considered you are having a panic attack. I suffered some before

the RA but since I have started on all these meds the attacks had become really

bad.My heart would pound, I would sweat profusely and felt like I was having a

heart attack. Like you I could not even drive. I saw a psychiatrists as my reumy

suggested and he put me on ativan. Its a whole new world for me. I must warn you

it is addictive and I dont like that but I can't function without it.Hope this

helps.

Carol

[ ] Still fatigued but now venting!

Yesterday after delivering a lecture to my students, I almost passed out. I had

felt funny all morning but chalked it up to anemia. But after scaring my

students, my heart was pounding, I got very nauseous and started perspiring. I

thought " great. I'm having a heart attack. " Instead of going to the ER (which I

don't know why i didn't) I went to my GP. She ran another blood test, still

anemic but better. She did an EKG. Nothing. Other blood tests show nothing. I

had center chest pains on and off all night with severe fatigue. I went to bed

at 9 and couldn't drag myself out of bed to go teach this morning. I went and

had an XRay and I'm PRAYING it shows something. It's been one thing after

another for two years now. Even my husband is getting tired of " a new problem

every month. " (I had pneumonia, kidney stones and cellutis this year!) Now this.

My coworkers can be extremely catty. One told me on Monday my problem is that I

go to se e the doctor in the first place. (This from a woman with a huge cyst on

her breast)

I am home from work. Again. My heart occasionally races, I'll get dizzy and I

will sweat buckets! I can't drive like this. I work 30 minutes away. The pain is

in the center of my chest but it only lasts a couple of seconds. I am losing my

breath walking up the stairs. I know this isn't normal! I am only 40 and I feel

like I am 80. Help! I'm at a low point right now.

G.

[Guest guest]

Have you been checked for Lupus? Also have they checked you for hiatal

hernia? I don't get chest pain but I do get the nausea, the sweating and

the extreme fatigue - I have had it checked out and they attribute the

symptoms to my Lupus and Hiatal Hernia. I know that with autoimmune

illnesses like my RA, Lupus and Fibromyalgia - I too have gotten many weird

symptoms and unfortunately these symptoms cause severe anxiety. I still

would have everything checked out by a doctor.

I can relate, it has been one thing after another for me too since 2006. It

is hardest on our family since they can't understand our struggle. You have

to walk in our shoes to know the uncertainty of our conditions.

Hang in there and get everything checked out by your doctors.

Vivian-California

[ ] Still fatigued but now venting!

Yesterday after delivering a lecture to my students, I almost passed out. I

had felt funny all morning but chalked it up to anemia. But after scaring

my students, my heart was pounding, I got very nauseous and started

perspiring. I thought " great. I'm having a heart attack. " Instead of

going to the ER (which I don't know why i didn't) I went to my GP. She ran

another blood test, still anemic but better. She did an EKG. Nothing.

Other blood tests show nothing. I had center chest pains on and off all

night with severe fatigue. I went to bed at 9 and couldn't drag myself out

of bed to go teach this morning. I went and had an XRay and I'm PRAYING it

shows something. It's been one thing after another for two years now. Even

my husband is getting tired of " a new problem every month. " (I had

pneumonia, kidney stones and cellutis this year!) Now this. My coworkers

can be extremely catty. One told me on Monday my problem is that I go to

see the doctor in the first place. (This from a woman with a huge cyst on

her breast)

I am home from work. Again. My heart occasionally races, I'll get dizzy

and I will sweat buckets! I can't drive like this. I work 30 minutes away.

The pain is in the center of my chest but it only lasts a couple of seconds.

I am losing my breath walking up the stairs. I know this isn't normal! I

am only 40 and I feel like I am 80. Help! I'm at a low point right now.

G.

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[Guest guest]

,  Have you checked your blood pressure during one of these attacks.  

When mine goes up which is seldom I get light headed, really short of breath on

steps, heart pounding, perspiring etc.  My husband was ready to take me to the

hosp.  It really was just one of my meds running it up.  started out witha

slight elevation but after a few weeks I could hardly function I was so weak. 

Finally figured out what was causing it and stopped the med and in a couple of

weeks was feeling better.Hope you get to feeling better soon.  linda

From: ldydewinter <kgrounds@...>

Subject: [ ] Still fatigued but now venting!

Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 1:09 PM

 

Yesterday after delivering a lecture to my students, I almost passed out.

I had felt funny all morning but chalked it up to anemia. But after scaring my

students, my heart was pounding, I got very nauseous and started perspiring. I

thought " great. I'm having a heart attack. " Instead of going to the ER (which

I don't know why i didn't) I went to my GP. She ran another blood test, still

anemic but better. She did an EKG. Nothing. Other blood tests show nothing.

I had center chest pains on and off all night with severe fatigue. I went to

bed at 9 and couldn't drag myself out of bed to go teach this morning. I went

and had an XRay and I'm PRAYING it shows something. It's been one thing after

another for two years now. Even my husband is getting tired of " a new problem

every month. " (I had pneumonia, kidney stones and cellutis this year!) Now

this. My coworkers can be extremely catty. One told me on Monday my problem is

that I go to see

the doctor in the first place. (This from a woman with a huge cyst on her

breast)

I am home from work. Again. My heart occasionally races, I'll get dizzy and I

will sweat buckets! I can't drive like this. I work 30 minutes away. The pain

is in the center of my chest but it only lasts a couple of seconds. I am losing

my breath walking up the stairs. I know this isn't normal! I am only 40 and I

feel like I am 80. Help! I'm at a low point right now.

G.

[Guest guest]

it sounds like the panic attacks i have.... tho i don't have them too

much now. i'm taking effexor and klonipin... it helps a lot. it also

sounds like the moods i get, going into menapause. 40 is not too

young for menapause to start on you. i started having the hot flashes

and all the mood swings at a very early age. you might ask them to

check your hormone levels.

hope you get to feeling better, hon..

betty

[Guest guest]

Before I read the entire blog, I had placed an answer or comment about your

situation. One of the suggestions was visit a cardiologist and get a holter

monitor which is what they are going to do!

I don't know your employment situation, but do you work enought hours per year

(1250) and am in a benefitted position to apply for medical leave for yourself?

This would be protected time to protect your position for six months. If you

are not in a benefitted position, perhaps contacting HR and having your

physician write a verification of treatmemt (they don't say what it is you were

seen for, only that you were unable to work that day). I am a manager and I do

follow these guidelines. Not all illness is " forgiven " but when the employee

shows a track record of having an ongoing medical condition, that is taken into

consideration. Heck, I am in the same boat, as I have RA and I get IV infusions

every six weeks, about 200 yards from my office door so it is not like I can

even hide it! My boss has been extremely supportive for which I am eternally

grateful. I hope this situation clears up for you, but perhaps your HR, once

realizing the seriousness of this would be supportive as well.

Dale Ellen