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Hi, I'm new to the world of ME/CFS after recently being told by a GP that I may have this.
For the last 4+years I have suffered from a range of cognitive problems, extreme dizziness when standing/looking up, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, double/blurred vision and more recently I started having migraines. They have now progressed to the point where I experience a massive headache daily which becomes a migraine at least twice a week.
To get some relief I've been having tests as I was told it would be a hormone problem (I'm 45) and as nothing came up in the results, the GP felt it was likely I had CFS. I then went to an Immunologist and had a range of tests which showed nothing (according to the Immunologist, although she did say I could be in the early stages of Lupus). I must say the Immunologist was just terrible - totally disinterested in providing any kind of help.
As the migraines are incredibly painful and no one in my family has them I believe they have to be caused by something malfunctioning within the body and I want to get to the bottom of it.
If anyone in the group can assist with a recommendation for a Newcastle GP I will be very grateful. So far I've had 4 recommendations and each GP that I've contacted has closed their books (without even knowing why I wanted to see them). It's becoming very difficult to get to the bottom of it.
Many thanks,
Lisa
For the last 4+years I have suffered from a range of cognitive problems, extreme dizziness when standing/looking up, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, double/blurred vision and more recently I started having migraines. They have now progressed to the point where I experience a massive headache daily which becomes a migraine at least twice a week.
To get some relief I've been having tests as I was told it would be a hormone problem (I'm 45) and as nothing came up in the results, the GP felt it was likely I had CFS. I then went to an Immunologist and had a range of tests which showed nothing (according to the Immunologist, although she did say I could be in the early stages of Lupus). I must say the Immunologist was just terrible - totally disinterested in providing any kind of help.
As the migraines are incredibly painful and no one in my family has them I believe they have to be caused by something malfunctioning within the body and I want to get to the bottom of it.
If anyone in the group can assist with a recommendation for a Newcastle GP I will be very grateful. So far I've had 4 recommendations and each GP that I've contacted has closed their books (without even knowing why I wanted to see them). It's becoming very difficult to get to the bottom of it.
Many thanks,
Lisa