Muscle Pain and Body Aches

[MrsRG]

What's wrong with me? Over the last two years I'm so tired I can't get out of bed in the mornings and all day and all night I have severe exhaustion no matter how much I sleep. I also feel depressed all the time and I have horrible muscle pain and body aches. I can be perfectly fine one day and the next day I wake up and my whole body aches for weeks. It's so bad I feel like I've been run over by an 18 wheeler truck. It's so bad that I can barely move and I'm miserable. Then it will suddenly go away just as quickly and mysteriously as it came on. I also can't do anything physical now without getting severe muscle pain. Just a walk around the supermarket, doing house hold chores, anything at all and I'm suddenly so sore and stiff I can barely move and this lasts for weeks. I feel like I've been punched hard all over my body and I'm miserable. I never used to have any problems like this before. What's going on?

Note: I do have lots of health issues that I've had for decades but never had any of the muscle pain or body aches until just two years ago and it's getting worse. I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis which is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid that causes hypothyroidism. I have type 2 diabetes. I have high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I am on medications for my Hashimoto's, diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol. My numbers are all good and everything is within a healthy range and the doctor seems satisfied with my numbers and blood tests. Could any of these health issues be causing my very severe body aches and muscle pains, depression and exhaustion or is something else going on?

[northerngirl66232]

I have had the exact same symptoms as you. If you had any antibodies on your celiac test it may indicate gluten sensitivity. ie non celiac gluten sensitivity. Basically gluten and other food intolerances lead to leaky gut and to adrenal fatigue hence the low cortisol. To better understand this read these two books. Adrenal fatigue, 21st century illness by Dr. wilson and the Gluten effect by dr. vikki peterson. The depression, body pain, and fatigue are most likely due to leaky gut and the tremendous stress on your body is leading to exhausted adrenals. Try and remove foods out of your diet for a two week period and note any changes. I know my pain is worse after eating gluten or dairy. My celiac test came back neg also but I did indeed have antibodies. I noticed that if I do not eat, the body pain and depression is drastically reduced so it has to be inflammation in the gut causing the problems. From what I read you have to treat the adrenals and the food intolerances at the same time to get positive results.

[MrsRG]

My doctor sent a referral to a rheumatologist, forwarding my medical chart to him. After looking over my medical chart, the rheumatologist said he couldn't help me and said he wouldn't see me. My doctor then sent two more referrals to the same rheumatologist and again he refused to see me saying he couldn't help me. There's only one rheumatologist in our county that works with our Medicaid. We live in a rural mountain community with a population of less than 1,000 people. The way our Medicaid is set up, we aren't allowed to go for medical services outside the county. So there's no rheumatologist that I can go to. Yes, I'm on trace minerals. I buy them through iherb online. I do have low potassium and low vitamin D. But I'm being treated for those by my doctor with medication. I also try to eat foods rich in potassium and vitamin D.

[MrsRG]

Yes, I just had a full blood work up. My B12 was way too high! It was like 10 times above normal. Not sure why. So I'm definitely not low on B12.

[gougeon]

I would ask for a referral to a rheumatologist to be checked out for fibromyalgia. If this is checked out and found not to be an issue you might also want to have your body's trace mineral content checked. Trying a trace mineral suppliment(available at health food stores) wouldn't hurt, and just might help. Lack of these minerals can affect sleep, cause lowered energy and body aches. After being this debilitated, depression would not be unusual. Good luck in your search for improved health.

[Narisha1017]

How are your B-12 levels?

[MrsRG]

Accepted your friends offer. Feel free to email me at: ***@****

Wow, we have a lot in common! I take BP meds, cholesterol med, thyroid med, lots of allergy/hayfever meds, asthma meds, stuff for GERD, pain meds, diabetes meds, etc. etc. etc. My husband jokes saying I take so many pills I rattle when I walk, ha ha ha.

I used to be slim and healthy until I hit about 35 years old and my thyroid went wacko with an auto-immune disease called Hashimoto Thyroiditis. I wonder what caused my body to kill my thyroid. As far as I know, I was not exposed to any chemicals and I never smoked or drank alcohol. I was always into healthy living, eating lots of organic fresh whole foods and exercising a LOT. I would exercise 3 hours a day doing walks and aerobics and weight lifting. I was a size 0 and had a body fat percentage of only 11 and good muscle tone. Then ... WHAM! My thyroid went wacko and I gained a ton of weight in a matter of months and developed all kinds of health problems. But, this pain thing...that's new. Three years ago I started in with all the pain and I've been to several doctors and had all kinds of tests and they have no idea what's going on with me. But I can no longer even walk through a supermarket without being in severe pain. And the pain meds aren't doing anything to help. I miss being active and I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. I just want my pre-35 year old health back again. I'm too young to feel like I'm 120 years old! Heck, I'm only 50 years old! I'm still a spring chicken and certainly too young to being going through all this. Anywho...thanks for the friendship offer and I will send out good vibes your way hoping things get better for you. Keep in touch. Huggles :))