mucgwyrt
April 1st, 2004, 04:04 AM
I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, because I'm tired all the time.
When I was 10 I had a year where I was unable to get out of bed; I would try to get up and I would fall on the floor.
I had blood tests, which came back negative. I was told to rest.
When I was 15 it happened again - I couldn't walk more than 5 metres before I had to sit down through absolute exhaustion.
Again the blood tests came back negative and I was told to rest.
For the next five years I was tired all the time, verging on exhaustion, but not as bad.
Now I feel its getting worse again, only this time I have a full-time job I can't take 6 months off of.
I'm scared because my oldest, closest friend isn't talking to me right now because she's taking it personally that I'm always too tired to go out with her.
I'm scared I'm on the verge of getting really ill again, and being bed-ridden again.
I'm scared because I can see it coming and there's nothing I can do about it.
I'm scared of the effect 6 months of exhaustion will have on my job.
I'm scared it will affect my relationship with my boyfriend even more than it has so far.
I'm scared I wont ever be able to rely on my health enough to buy a house, incase I can't work and can't pay my mortgage.
I'm scared the Doctor will tell me what he did last time:
"We could find out what was wrong, but there wouldnt be anything we could do anyway, so theres no point. Get lots of exercise, lots of rest, and come back if you need antidepressants".
(I'm not sure I could cope if they did.)
I'm scared I'll be so worn out from the week that I'll just sit there and take their bulls*it all over again.
It seems so petty to ask for energy when there's so much suffering in the world, but I've been tears every night for the past fortnight, and I dont know how much more I can take :(
I'm so scared that this is 'it' for the rest of my life.
I'm scared they can't or won't help me ever, and that I'll have to live my whole life in cycles of exhaustion :(
When I was 10 I had a year where I was unable to get out of bed; I would try to get up and I would fall on the floor.
I had blood tests, which came back negative. I was told to rest.
When I was 15 it happened again - I couldn't walk more than 5 metres before I had to sit down through absolute exhaustion.
Again the blood tests came back negative and I was told to rest.
For the next five years I was tired all the time, verging on exhaustion, but not as bad.
Now I feel its getting worse again, only this time I have a full-time job I can't take 6 months off of.
I'm scared because my oldest, closest friend isn't talking to me right now because she's taking it personally that I'm always too tired to go out with her.
I'm scared I'm on the verge of getting really ill again, and being bed-ridden again.
I'm scared because I can see it coming and there's nothing I can do about it.
I'm scared of the effect 6 months of exhaustion will have on my job.
I'm scared it will affect my relationship with my boyfriend even more than it has so far.
I'm scared I wont ever be able to rely on my health enough to buy a house, incase I can't work and can't pay my mortgage.
I'm scared the Doctor will tell me what he did last time:
"We could find out what was wrong, but there wouldnt be anything we could do anyway, so theres no point. Get lots of exercise, lots of rest, and come back if you need antidepressants".
(I'm not sure I could cope if they did.)
I'm scared I'll be so worn out from the week that I'll just sit there and take their bulls*it all over again.
It seems so petty to ask for energy when there's so much suffering in the world, but I've been tears every night for the past fortnight, and I dont know how much more I can take :(
I'm so scared that this is 'it' for the rest of my life.
I'm scared they can't or won't help me ever, and that I'll have to live my whole life in cycles of exhaustion :(