Anxiety depression costchondiritis fibromilga asthma

[Mandy950411]

I'm very depressed my biggest fear is death I'm a constant worrier as always in pain day and night on zomorph also morphine liquid for the pain and amitriine I feel as though I'm constantly taking Meds sick of the pain and my anxiety been reffered to rapid chest pain clinic by hospital has anyone else been there before I worry a lot about my children and my hubby as he is depressed also but for different things I'm finding things really hard to cope with a lot of the time no one seems to understand what it's like for me I talk to docs and also talking matters over the phone as I have panic attacks going to far away from home has anyone got any advice for me would be so much appreciated my depression first started 1995 due to loss of my son but has over the past few years got a lot worse and really struggling especially with other conditions also

[Clutter]

Mandy950411,

I'm sorry for your pain, anxiety and depression due to the loss of your son. This is a thyroid forum which isn't likely to be much help to you. Click on My Communities on the HealthUnlocked banner at the top of the page then click on +Browse Communities and type "Bereavement", "Anxiety", "Depression" and "Pain" into the Search dialogue box to find communities more suitable for your needs.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Have you had full Thyroid tests including thyroid antibodies. Thyroid issues are often linked to anxiety

Also ask GP to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

[Mandy950411 in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes I have been told I have low thiroid and nothing to worry about the doc just keeps checking my bloods for any change

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Mandy950411]

Get copies of your test results with the ranges and post on here for advice. We are entitled to copies of our own test results

Very common with low thyroid for the vitamins I listed above to be too low.

Ask GP to test. You can say you have had advice from the NHS thyroid support group. If antibodies have not been tested, ask that they be done

If GP is unhelpful then you can get private blood tests done

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular tests. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw.

All thyroid tests should be done as early as possible in morning and fasting as this gives highest TSH, which is main thing medics look at

[Mandy950411 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you so much I never new I was allowed a copy of my results I will be asking for them now I know for this thank u for the advice

[nerdess]

Hello,

Your symptoms sound like histamine intolerance. I've also got that and realized it recently when I started having astmha ,depression and pannic attacks out of the blue for no reason after consuming copious amounts of what I thought were healthy organic strawberries.

I'm sorry about the loss of your son. That must have been a huge stress on your adrenal glands. And often people with weak adrenals do suffer with histamine intolerance issues. Do you get worse after consuming alchohol or eating high histamine foods like eggplants? If so a low histamine diet will hugely benefit your panicks attacks , depression and asthma.

Also, regardless of histamine, asthma and depression are telltale signs of inflammation. I think you would hugely benefit from going gluten free nevertheless.

I personally saw a big difference in my mood by eliminating gluten, dairy and eggs.

[Mandy950411 in reply to nerdess]

Thank you so much for the advice and going to try this diet you reccommend I don't drink alcohol due to amount of Meds I'm on my costhdritis is inflammation relatedo also xx

[nerdess]

Also just realised that you mentioned fibromyalgia in your post title.

This article might be worth taking a look:

living-smarter-with-fibromy...