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Posted 5/31/2010 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
I have had mild depression on and off. I've been on zoloft 100 mg for about 2 years. I don't really feel depressed as in sad, crying, etc... and recently there has been no increase in any symptoms, however I want to just sleep all the time. I sleep at night fine, wake up around 8 am and then nap at 10 am and just lay in bed all day long. I will eat junk some days, or eat nothing. Just lay here with absolutely no energy and my eyes are so heavy.

I am worried something is really wrong. All blood work recently have been fine.
Posted 5/31/2010 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Mom,

Do you think you might have chronic fatigue syndrome? It almosts sounds like that. I would talk to the doctor about that and see what he/she says. It wont show up on bloodwork as fibromyalgia doesn't either. I suffer from fatigue with the fibromyalgia.

I take adderall for the fatigue and it helps a lot, though I still can't do what I use to, atleast I am not completely useless. You could ask about narcolepsy too. That makes you sleep all of the time.

I hope that you find out what is going on. I wonder what your vitamen D count is. Mine was really low and vitamin D3 helps with energy some too.

Take care,

Hugs, Karen
Posted 5/31/2010 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, my doc had mentioned Fibro to me before and sent me to a rheumatoid arth. doc but he said all looked okay so I figured that means no fibro. Not realizing fibro is not dx'd from bloodwork.
Posted 5/31/2010 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
There is a thread on the fibromyalgia forum that is called 'fibro101'. You should check it out. There is one on there called "what else could it be?". It talks a lot about how it mimics other illnesses. And I think there is one called, "but you look okay". People with fibromyalgia don't always look sick. If I were you, I would read a little on that forum and see if anything sounds familiar. Fibro and chronic fatigued are believed by some to be the same thing. I do have pain too in my muscles. I have gotten use to that, but the fatigue really gets to me. You can always choose a second opinion too. Start keeping a journal, and see if that helps you with the doctor.

I hope that you feel better soon. Take care, keep posting.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 6/2/2010 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
I agree with the others that it could be fibro. Other option I would look into is hypothyroidism. When I first was depressed they tested my TSH. It came back at 26-28 on multiple occasions. Healthy is less than 5. But old school doctors learned that anything below 30 was not something to medicate. I suffered for years before finding a doctor to help me. They put me on a/d's & I became almost manic -- compulsive negative thoughts, inability to sleep for days at a time ... all the while feeling exhausted & miserable. Eventually I did start to feel depressed. But I wish I would have gotten checked out some more before agreeing to hospitalization & super heavy anti-depressant meds.

Now I manage my depression with thyroid meds & counseling. Things are so much better. If you really take inventory of your life & feel like you are not really sad about things, then I say listen to your own feelings. Yes, it's possible you could be wrong, but I think most of the time people are right about their own bodies. Sometimes there really is a physical cause for depression or depressive-like symptoms.

Find out your TSH score. If it's 5 or higher & your doctor doesn't want to treat, get a second opinion. If it's less than 5, maybe get checked out by an endocrinologist & also a fibro specialist.

hope you feel better soon,
frances
Posted 6/2/2010 11:58 AM (GMT 0)
i too will ask my doc about the bloodwork for fibro/cfs, jamie.
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