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The original was posted on /r/cfs by /u/OkStuff7290 on 2024-11-09 09:04:43+00:00.

So yesterday I went to my doctors just to ask them what they genuinely think is wrong with me. The fatigue, the dizziness, the aching in my back, the sensitivity to light and so on.

She said all my bloods look fine. Even my cortisol which is low end of normal, she is now saying it’s doubtful that I have adrenal issue’s. Basically apart from my heart murmur which they suspect is innocent and I’m due to get an echocardiogram. She said she doesn’t really know what else they could look at.

I left there feeling confused and not convinced that all my symptoms were down to anxiety.

I just felt a fraud really like I have been struggling with symptoms for years but recently this year got worse.

She said even if you had a condition that is mostly diagnosed through ruling everything else out like chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia that they are treated similar to anxiety.

Then she asked what were you hoping to find in today’s appointment.

I was a bit baffled by the question but I just said I was hoping to find an answer ? Then when I left she said it’s worth trying the SSRI it won’t harm you.

So here I am thinking I have some sort of phantom illness and the closest thing I can relate to is chronic fatigue syndrome.