Constantly feel ill in some manner

Hi there,

Just to give you a general picture of what's going on in my life first - I'm a 27 year old woman who works as a registered veterinary nurse, I work 42 hours a week across 4 days + 1 in 4 weekends.

I have been diagnosed with asthma, generalised anxiety disorder, depression, episodic migraines and various allergies. I have frequent sinus issues with a deviated septum and generally require antibiotics every few months for sinus infections. There are other issues I have going on but I have just stated the main ones. For a few months now I have been having constant pain in my legs, mostly at the calf area. I have seen the GP and had bloods which came back unremarkable apart from being vitamin D deficient, and x-rays which also came back unremarkable. I saw a physiotherapist who didn't think my issue was musculoskeletal and queried a deficiency which then led to me having bloods. I have now however been referred to the musculoskeletal team at my local hospital as my GP thinks I may have a issues with the muscles in my legs.

With my migraines I have tried multiple preventative medications over the years which have not been helpful and am now waiting to have injections. When I have a migraine I'd say 80% of the time I can carry on my day when I take a sumatriptan tablet and x 2 30/500mg co codamols. Sometimes I also have to take an anti-sickness medication if I become particularly nauseous.

I have to take daily pain medication to manage my leg pain and I can't work through the day without it. The pain even wakes me up in the night now if I don't take them before I go to bed. Paracetamol on its own or in combination with ibuprofen does not even touch the pain, therefore I am having to take daily co codamol, with only the 30/500mg tablets taking it away completely. I really hate the fact that I'm having to take such a high dose of an opiate pain killer and I'm very worried that I'm becoming dependent on it.

I have gained some weight recently and I feel too tired to go to the gym after work and I can't focus enough to stick to a proper diet. I'm feeling very disappointed in myself about it.

I work long hours with a lengthy commute to work which is tiring enough but adding the pain killers to the mix and everything else I find that I'm constantly exhausted and drained. I don't feel like I want to go anywhere when I'm not at work but being at home just adds to my anxiety problems.. I feel a bit like I'm at rock bottom and wonder if anyone has any advice. Is there anything you can recommend that I introduce into my lifestyle? And if anyone has had similar issues I'd really love to speak to you about it.

Thanks so much for reading and I look forward to any replies.

C x

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