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[9iron]

I'm diabetic and have heart failure (stent fitted) , I take tablets for blood pressure and cholesterol , insulin and tablets for diabetes,

my main problem is getting up in the mornings I feel as if I've been hit by a bus I'm so sore I can hardly get out of bed , my back and legs are so sore , and usually have a fuzzy head. I have said this to various doctors but they never put forward any remedies or suggestions . One morning I said to my wife I don't know why I'm so sore in the mornings and she replied I don't know either you don't do anything. Wives can be unsympathetic.

my question is it all the multitude of tablets and remedies is there a feel good tablet one that makes you feel better , puts a spring in your step in the mornings ,gives you that get up and go feeling,

please let me know what it is and where to get it.

[bagsypartime]

Metformin but you may already be taking this for diabetes.NMN, and mag thorate.You did ask.

edited to add and the other 'pill' perhaps the best one, exercise.

[BHFnurse_June BHF Nurse in reply to bagsypartime]

Hi, just to chip in here, before you take any vitamins or supplements, it’s important that you discuss it with your doctor or pharmacist. They will check that it's safe for you to take and make sure it doesn't interact with any other medications you take.

[Doublef]

Hi you could be me and visa versa.My situation has improved since I had a good shout at the wife asked for understanding and a long chat, I am now on sertraline for my anger and we now go for short walks together, give it a go but it is not easy. Even write a letter to your doctor, nothing to lose.

[Heyjude31]

Hi as per BeKind suggestion a medical review would be a good idea. We all react differently, for me I could not tolerate cholesterol meds, due to the impact on my muscles, I could barely walk in the mornings, I used to take the tablet at night. I now take a different tablet which helps with the cholesterol but in a different way I believe and I am much better. Naturally we are not doctors so I would seek medical advice. It’s also a good idea as suggested to check about interactions with various vitamins. I do hope you get sorted soon. Take care, Judi

[uzininemm]

Hello, I am not a doctor or anything to do with health other than dealing with my own heart failure.

The thing that came to me is it an iron deficiency?

Now I don't know but i wonder if it worth asking and I understand this can be done by a simply blood test (I have recently had a blood test (for something not related directly) to my heart failure and as a result was told I have low iron levels. I have been prescriped some iron tablets.

Back to the heart failure side I mention this due to the following article from the BHF -

bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-...

Just a thought.

best wishes.

[Truffles2 in reply to uzininemm]

I tried showing this to my GP and he was just not interested. It’s like banging your head against a brick wall

[fishonabike in reply to Truffles2]

I understand that feeling! but the paper specifically says "patients with heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and iron deficiency", if you don't have iron defficiency your GP won't even consider a transfusion

however, it is also important to have your ferritin levels checked, this gives a better indication of your available iron status ...... have you had that done?

[Truffles2 in reply to fishonabike]

I do have iron deficiency my ferritin is 25 and my HB is 105 and I can’t take iron tablets because they make me really ill but the GP really wasn’t interested. I am pursuing the whole iron infusion I asked for a referral which I think he did for me to get rid of me, but with the NHS things take so long, they are understaffed, underfunded and under resourced so no blame it just is what it is.

[Harvist]

I have been a type 1 diabetic for 60 years and the tiredness does sound a lot as if you are having very high glucose levels during the night. I used to get that sometimes. Not a doctor, so obviously only an observation but diabetic control is a much easier problem to solve than heart problems. Speak to your doctor?

[devonian186]

I sometimes liken the variety of tablets we take to a council meddling with traffic.

One day you find for no good reason that a set of traffic lights have been put up. That stops the previous free flow of traffic, so the council puts in another set to allow cars further up the road to filter in. Then as that doesn't work, a 'no right turn' sign is erected. Followed by a 'one way' sign so traffic doesn't all get bunched up by what has already been put in.

So it goes on, with no one querying whether the signs and traffic lights have made things worse. Just substitute this with the word 'pills' .

It would be good if sometimes we could go back to basics and review all the medication we are given to see what works and whether one is countering the effects of another!.

[fishonabike]

try taking a look at Ruby300's post " Has anyone had this before?" - you might find some interesting and helpful info there!

[MaggieSylvie]

Pregabalin does it for me - not that I have a whole day of energy in my battery but getting a good night's sleep and being able to get up in the morning without my eyelids wanting to close until the evening - I now feel a semblance of normality. Ask your GP.