Hi Fogbound When I read your post it was like you were describing me. When you try to explain how you feel to people you kind of get a vacant expression back as though nobody can even begin to understand what you describe. I had to give up work as an experienced nurse due to these symptoms as it had...

Thank you Dr Shepherd
This is not complicated at all.
I left my Gp address for the purple book a while back with the ME association.
I would like to say that this forum has been invaluable and hope it is repeated in the future.

I was diagnosed with Lupus mainly cutaneous 16+ years ago which took 12 years to diagnose and the more recent diagnosed of ME 2years ago with a history of ME symptoms spanning back 7+ years. My younger sister has a preliminary diagnosis of Fibromyalgia with symptoms spanning back 9 years since the b...

Hi
I also get these slow but pounding heart beats. Spoke to Gp and ECG showed nothing. So can you explain what is causing this as I thought it was like an erythmia. Comes out of the blue and makes you stop in your trackes, can be quite frightening. West Lothian 48 yrs old.

I was diagnosed with ME/CFS 2 yrs ago and estimated i'd had it for 7 yrs before that.Periodically I feel my blood sugar levels drop with what feels like an adrenalin rush. This is rapidly followed by a fanatical sugar craving and readily rectifies itself. The worrying thing is how quickly this happe...