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HELP please ...Tiredness and body aches

Sobeit

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Is periodic intense tiredness/ sleepiness related to diabetes? I( I am type 1½) No professionals are telling me that it is related. Some people have suggested to me that it could be thyroid but I have had thyroid checked in full blood count 7/8 months ago after diagnosis and apparently its fine as is my haemoglobin( iron). I am getting blood test again for thyroid next week just to see has anything changed.I also get body aches at night mostly, which keep me awake.I often have to take ibuprofen which I hate having to do as I'm not one for taking tablets unless I really have to ! I sometimes have to resort to getting up and have a hot shower in the middle of the night to relieve the body aches in mostly arms and legs.They are not cramps! Fast heart beat at night also. And Im not a hypochondriac

My last HBA1 C was 6.½% . 10½% on first diagnosis so Im doing well in that regard..I am careful not to get blood sugar spikes . Generally my blood sugar is kept to a good level. Doesn't get particularly high at night ( I often check on waking) but is usually 8 in the morning .But usually 5's or 6's before lunch and dinner.I am on bolus insulin by the way and no tablets Any help would be appreciated or even to hear if anyone has similar experiences or am I alone with this ? Thanks
 
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Thyroid is a possibility. Get the numbers, as the normal range is wide as the Atlantic ocean.

There are other autoimmune conditions you should get checked for as with thyroid problems you are tired all the time, it doesn't come and go. Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and Sjögren's syndrom are three but there are many more.
 
 
I had similar symptoms and thought it was going to be my thyroid playing up but a blood test showed it was actually a folic acid deficiency, now I just take a supplement and all's good
 
Thanks for your reply Totto.Just looked up sjogrens sydrome and unlikely as other symptoms not present .Also its unlike arthritis of any kind but I'm no expert,just that the pains and aches I experience are not in the joints.
 
BeccyB said:
I had similar symptoms and thought it was going to be my thyroid playing up but a blood test showed it was actually a folic acid deficiency, now I just take a supplement and all's good
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Can you elaborate on the symptoms you experienced BeccyB and how did you come to know it was folic acid deficiency ?Was it a full blood count test or a specialised test to check for folic acid alone?Thanks for your reply
 
Sobeit said:
Can you elaborate on the symptoms you experienced BeccyB
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I had terrible muscle aches all over and 'heavy' arms and legs. It was a real effort to move and a short walk felt like a mile

I suspected it was hypo-thyroidism as that runs in the family as well as being common in type1s so went to my GP, he arranged the blood test and asked for a few other things to be checked - including vitamin D, iron, and the folic acid. I don't know if that's standard or if I was lucky and he was clued up on other possible causes and didn't assume it was my thyroid (like I had!)

My advice would be just keep seeing your GP until they find what it is!
 
I had exactly the same - aches in forearms, hands,wrists,shoulders, like constant toothache. Also twinges in my back, a very sore neck and my ankles,shins and knees ( like you've walked into s tow bar!) Also felt very fed up and generally I'll. Would fall asleep at work, watching a film and had to be careful driving. I was put on strong pain killers as Nurofen didn't touch it and the doctors said it was Neuropathy. After a bit of a melt down at work I went to see the GP who asked if I'd ever been tested for vitamin D deficiency? She said it sounded like bone pain. Anyway I'm now on high concentrate vitamin D for 7 weeks, and after a week.......it's certainly better and I no longer come in from work, use the bath as a floatation tank and sleep. Ask for that? I can now sit and watch a film without rubbing my arms and pressing my wrists
 
I'd ask for a full set of blood tests, as it could be one of many things, or a combination of things, but I know vitamin B12 deficiency can cause a lot of problems. I have a friend with pernicious anaemia who had multiple heath problems including constant tiredness a pain, and since treatment (B12 injections every 12 weeks) her heath has improved enormously, but we can always tell when she's due her next jab
 
Sobeit said:
Thanks for your reply Totto.Just looked up sjogrens sydrome and unlikely as other symptoms not present .Also its unlike arthritis of any kind but I'm no expert,just that the pains and aches I experience are not in the joints.
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They were just a few examples. There is a host of autoimmune conditions that can cause pain and fatigue. That said I agree with getting vitamin D tested along with different vitamins B.
 
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