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Chronic hbv symptoms

Hello,
I'm chronic hbv-carrier with hbsag+, hbeag-, hbsab-, normal fibroscan, and normal liver function enzymes. Hbv dna load was 1100iu/ml in september 2015. Currently I'm suffering from extreme tiredness, mild pain and uncomfortable feeling on calf, weakness and shaking on legs and hands, appetite loss, depression and anxiety, bad breath, sleep disorder, my legs feel so weak to support me, especially when standing I get quickly tired (I'm not overweight). Burning feeling on soles and palms particularly at night. I've also high blood pressure and some issues with my kidneys.
Is there anyone here with similar Hepatitis b status as me, and with similar symptoms? Is it normal to have these symptoms with my hbv diagnosis? Thanks for sharing your views.
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Did you check for autoimmune diseases? or parasites like Giardia Lamblia (it could cause loss of appetite and bad breath), parasites could also cause autoimmune diseases. Check your adrenal glands, my friend had an insanely high blood pressure for many years and couldn't find the reason. Finally they found a benign tumor on his adrenal gland which was the cause. It sounds like something other than HBV, read the symptoms of adrenal gland tumors and see if it sounds like something you are experiencing.
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Thank you all for your time and advices, I certainly need some lifestyle adjustments as well as further check ups.
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Maybe go see a GP, or hepatologist about your condition.  Maybe try to change your diet, and cut out sugar, salt, and get on a natural diet.  Each food that is only one ingredient, such as lettus, carrots, fish, chicken, garlic, like that.  try to cut out process food.  Most importantly cut out stress, and try not to be so depressed, and maybe some of the pain will go away.  When I first was diagnosed, in Dec 2015, for three weeks I was so stressed, and depressed, that I swore I felt my liver getting worse and worse, because I would feel heat and acid right around my liver, then I stopped thinking about it and try to be healthier eat much better, no junk, and tried not to think about hbv in my body too much that it stresses me out. I feel better or back to normal before I found out I had hbv.  
For example, I got rash in three different parts of my body.  Never had this kind of rash before, little hard goose bump looking rash.  Looked it up and it looked like hep b rash, or cirrhosis rash, or liver disease rash, and stayed for a week.  Went to my GP bc my hepatologist is on vacation until Feb 2016, my gp is a great doctor, and he told me dont stress too much and its probably allergy, and prescribe some cream bc pills might be good for me, and after three days of cream it went away.  Just live without obsessing about hbv for two weeks, work out alittle bit or exercise a bit and eat a better diet and lots of water, for about two weeks and see if you feel the same way.  if so go see a doctor and see if they can help.  Even if you do get better, go see your doctor and see what can be done to prevent all the pain and stress from coming back.
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