Chronic fatigue, Sjogrens Syndrome, cognitive disfunction, tendonitis.Are they all connected?

shelea · Newbie Joined: 08 May 2008 Posts: 1

I am 52 year old woman with chronic fatigue so dibilitating, I can't do much. I am so tired, I can't think straight. I take generic Adderall, but after 3:00 to 4:00 PM a wave of fatigue comes on and I can barely move. I am 'scattered' most of the time, forgetting important appointments, making commitments and not remembering, losing things, searching for words if I can remember what I am talking about. I am totally disorganized in my home and in my head. I also have depression, anxiety, and am going through menopause. I have tendonitis in my achilles tendon and both wrists by my thumbs. I am currently receiving cortisone injections in my wrists and have a cast on my right leg from my toes to my knee. I hurt all the time. I seem to be clumsy and lose my balance easily. Not vertigo, just unsteady on my feet. Sometimes I can barely raise my arms above my head. I get overheated too easily. I have Sjogren's Syndrome with such dry eyes, sometimes I can't see. Restasis didn't help. My Shirmer (tears) tests are zero. My mouth gets so dry, my throat sticks to itself when I swallow. If I sit too long, when I get up I feel like I've compressed and have to move slowly till I straighten up. A sleep study showed poor sleep quality, never reaching deep sleep, heart rate dipping down to 30 bpm, tachacardia, brachacardia with no apnea. I had mono about 10 years ago, but current tests are negative. I do feel like I did when I had it though. All of this definitely affects the quality of my life. I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, but it is under control with levothyroxine. Can anyone relate or comment?

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Shelea, Everything you said I have or feel or experience to make a long story short. Drs. think I am crazy and family thinks I am making it up for attention and "friends" just don't get it. I get more understanding from my cats and dogs! Would love to compare notes with you. I am 59 and live in OKC
Shirley

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I am a 38 year old female. I have been told I have fibromyalgia. Most doctors don't believe this, now I am not so sure ither. I have many confusing symptoms, if any one has any suggestions about where I can get an answer I would really appreciate it. HERE GOES NOTHING!!! I am extremely frustrated with this. I have tendonitis throughout my whole body, overworking them is most often the case, if you would consider pulling weeds in my garden over working them. I have had pretty much every surgery one can think of. I have even had a hysterectomy. I have had endometriosis. I stand and my toes go to sleep from the 3rd one on down. I can understnad in my shoes, but only if it were too tight. I so tired most of the time, having problems thinking of the right words to use, forgetting my train of thought, or even forget where I put things. My husband calls them blonde moments, the only thing is that it is happening too often lately. I get hurt too easily from my joint hyperextending too much. I don't feel myself lately, I have had depression, and anxiety, but controled with medication. I have heart palpatations a lot, but I don't think it is from anxiety, I am not worried about anything at the time they occur. I have gained alot of weight in the last four years and had severe chronic pain in my lower back said to have been from degenerating arthritis joint disease in the back of the disc in my lower back. I had a proceedure done to burn off the nerve roots because I couldn't sit on anything hard for more than 10 min at the most. My arms have had such severe pain due to tendonitis that surgery helped only for a little while on one of the arms, I can't over use it, or I can't use it, even picking a stack of papers was too heavy, I dropped them. I have been really irratable lately, and talk about making your kids laugh, my nerves are on edge all the time, I jump at the really loud noices. Surprising me, or even scaring me isn't hard to do. I have to use a heat pad alot, and can't use alot of anti-inflammatory medication due to my stomache, I have severe stomache attacts of crippling pain. I did have bells palsy when I was 18, it cleared up mostly but when I am really tired my eyes droop. It is really sad when every one around me comments on how tired I look especially around my eyes. no one knows what to do, no doctor can figure this out. Please any help would be helpful.. All test seem to come back just fine, NOT))))))) hellllooooo, my life is not normal, especially me.

Chronic fatigue, Sjogrens Syndrome, cognitive disfunction, tendonitis.Are they all connected?

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