Is this really just depression?? So close to just giving up on being healthy

[lau_von_c]

Hi everyone!

I have joined this forum because I think I am possibly going mad, and I really don't like talking to DRS because they have a go at me for not "helping myself" and also for being overweight.

i've known *something* hasn't been right with me since I went to college aged 16. My grandad died and I was quite self conscious about my being chubby but nothing else happened really. Anyways... I've put it down to everything from Candida to Lupus to a million other things (thanks to an alternative health clinic charging me 200 a month to cure me of "Candida"!!)
I'm starting to think... now that I am in my last yr of uni and wanted to start enjoying life... maybe this is depression/anxiety? I'm quite overweight at the moment but I've lost a stone which is good so far.

Every day for all 7 years I have felt lethargic to DEATH. I have skipped school/college/uni for no good reason, which I hate but I seem to just have no motivation. When I wake up in the morning I feel so exhausted and so...angry and disapointed about waking up that my brain just begs me to go back to sleep!! However, when I'm going on holiday or something I'm always up before my partner!!

I'm just so lethargic.. it takes me hours to shower.. then i get distracted... then I force myself to brush my hair... then i get distrated and before i know it the day is gone, not to mention uni work...

From things I have read, my symptoms sound like m.e. a bit, but I AM physically able to do some things, for instance, I have begun doing hour long body combat classes which are quite full on. I just felt a bit lethargic during the end of the class. I read that m.e. makes you exhausted.
I just feel so spaced out and headachey all the time..my blood tests are normal... mr DR just says its because of my weight but I'm not sure whether to trust him or not. I have a borderline underactive thyroid but I'm being treated for that with thyroxine. Sometimes I get the classic anxiety symptoms like the closed throat and the panicky feelings.. palpitations etc but it's the CONSTANT tension headache, dizzyness, spaced out feelings, unreal feelings and heavy head/fatigue that I can't stand anymore. Is it even worth trying to get rid of this because it seems like this is just me and I hate it. I just want to be normal!

Does this sound like depression to you or something medical? thanks ..x

[Guest]

LAU...I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY THERAPEUTIC FOR YOU TO READ MY POSTING BENEATH THE "GENERAL COMMENTS" SECTION OF THIS FORUM!!!

I THINK YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS!!! GOD BLESS YOU IS MY PRAYER!!!

[Guest]

Hi Lau,

I'm so sorry you are feeling this way. I'm not a doctor but I know people who had very similar symptoms who healed when they changed their diets and lifestyle.

I think you might be suffering from Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue along with the anxiety. You have a few things going on at once.

I always believe that you can't get different results doing the same thing, so I encourage you to try different things, different diets, look into changing what you are doing to get results.

Here are some links for you. I know if you make positive lifestyle changes and go through this program it will help you immensely.

http://www.rawhealing.com/myrawstory.html

http://books.google.com/books?...ource=gbs_navlinks_s

http://www.stevepavlina.com/fo...alth-conditions.html

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/fibro.htm

http://www.naturalsolutionsmag...tlightonFibromyalgia

That should keep you busy for a while. I hope this helps and I pray that you find the road to recovery.