Posted by Emme on February 27, 2004, at 9:41:45
In reply to feel physically weak, like have the flu?, posted by chess on February 26, 2004, at 6:27:27
> anyone else suffer from feeling physically weak all the time, like you have the flu?
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> thought i was anemic, but pdoc ruled that out, said it was a symptom of my anxiety/depression.
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> anyone know how depression/anxiety physiologically causes the feeling of physical weakness and fluish-feeling?I don't know *how* it does it. But it sure can. I have been whipped for the last few weeks. I feel like a wet rag. At first I thought it was med-related. Now I'm starting to think it's a by-product of the intense anxiety I'm feeling right now. I'll be curious to see if it improves if I control the anxiety better with medication so it's down to a workable level, and then try to tackle some of what's causing the anxiety. For starters I need to sleep more...
How far did your pdoc go to rule out physical causes? You can reach a point where it's unlikely there's another disease at work. But to really cover the bases my doctors have at times checked for things like Lyme disease, lupus, B-12 deficiency, urine catecholamines (for possible anxiety cause), and probably a few others I've forgotten. In addition to the usual thyroid and complete blood work that is. How about mono? Do you have aching joints or any other weird symptoms that might indicate CFS? Perhaps some sort of low grade viral infection is dragging you down. My brother felt crummy for quite a while with CMV.
Assuming there's nothing else going on, you're not alone in feeling very draggy from depression and/or anxiety. Hope you feel better.
Emme
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