I had thought I had ME but my doctor is convinced I have depression, or at least the cause is psychological. He prescribed me fluoxetine. After seeing what so many sufferers say about doctors I am sceptical that it has a psychological cause. If I describe my symptoms, could I have advice on whether it's ME or if it's psychological cause? And if it is ME, does fluoxetine (a type of prozac I think) help anyway?
Symptoms: fatigue, mind fog, tired eyes, "tunnel vision", droopy eyelids, stiff-feeling neck, tinnitus, even just going for a short walk makes my legs pretty tired afterwards, constantly thirsty and drinking just makes me urinate it all out soon after, bowel problems including diarrheoa, blood and mucus in stools. Exercise payback has been hard to monitor as I haven't been doing exercise other than some walking. One day when I walked fast for 20 minutes two times, I had to rest in bed for after both (in fact in bed most of the day).
So, does this look like depression, or am I right and it's ME? And should I take the anti-depressant even if it is ME?
Symptoms: fatigue, mind fog, tired eyes, "tunnel vision", droopy eyelids, stiff-feeling neck, tinnitus, even just going for a short walk makes my legs pretty tired afterwards, constantly thirsty and drinking just makes me urinate it all out soon after, bowel problems including diarrheoa, blood and mucus in stools. Exercise payback has been hard to monitor as I haven't been doing exercise other than some walking. One day when I walked fast for 20 minutes two times, I had to rest in bed for after both (in fact in bed most of the day).
So, does this look like depression, or am I right and it's ME? And should I take the anti-depressant even if it is ME?