Severely sick, it won't go away

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I went into the doctor because I thought I had hypoglycemia. I started feeling bad after starting to work out, and the bad feelings lasted a week. We both agreed that it might actually be the flu, since my blood sugar was normal, but my symptoms had not gone away.

A week and a half later, after not working out, I still have these symptoms;
weakness in legs
cough, chills
joint pain
pain when breathing
dizziness
nausea
loose stools
pain in eardrums
achyness
out of breath
bad memory
lightheadedness
shoulder pain
depression
agitation
headaches
backache
weakness in muscles
insomnia
tiredness
stomach cramping
lack of concentration
low energy
cold sweats
coldness in feet
massive appetite
joint pain

Yet I have had no diarrhea or vomiting. It's going on almost 3 weeks now, and it's all getting worse! I'm afraid it might be serious, I can barely move!

Does anyone know what this sounds like? The eardrum pain just came on last night; it feels like a cheese grater is being taken to my eardrums when I hear something like the heater! New symptoms are coming about as opposed to old ones going away.

I tried a google search of my symptoms, but there are so many that I just get bits and pieces in the results.

If anyone has any ideas, please do share!

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Battle Angel Alita

Quick questions:
1) How old are you?
2) Do you have any autoimmune diseases? (like multiple sclerosis or celiac disease)
3) Have you ever had cancer?

When I looked at the symptoms, the thing that popped out to me most was "joint pain" and "massive appetite". There were two things that came to mind at what it would be; an autoimmune disease (such as Adult Onset Still's Disease or other things like that) or a hormonal disorder. If you ever see a doctor that is able to perform a blood test, ask them if they can test you for an autoimmune disease or an endocrinal disease. If you experience a salmon-colored rash and there is abdomen distention where the liver is located, you may be showing signs of Adult Onset Still's Disease.

The other thing I thought it could be is some rare neurological illness, or something like that...

I really hope you feel better!

I have been experiencing most of those same symptoms over these past few weeks, and I think they come from the combination of my hypoglycemia, PAD, morbid hypertension and depression with many/most/all of them made even worse because of the depression.

For the past week or so, I have been amazed by the positive effect of a magnesium supplement ("Calm" is its brand name) and some St. John's Wort, and yesterday I actually began feeling relatively well once again. However, I have yet to try getting back on my exercise bike.

First off, are you on any new medications? Have you added any new foods to your diet? Been under an abnormal amount of stress? What sort of workout were you doing? Have you started using your furnace since it is colder out now (change your filters)?

My first thought was anxiety-depression symptoms mixed with a difficult respiratory illness. Something like that has been going around for the last couple of months. It can be hard to shake something when your mental state depresses your immune system. I wouldn't jump right to the conclusion you are having an autoimmune attack or something else that it is rare. The sudden onset suggests an acute attack from an exposure in your environment or you've caught some illness.

First off, you have every right as a human being to get a second opinion, even if you feel you can communicate pretty well with your doctor.

baseline, flu is probably the most common, yeah, it can cause joint pain as well as ear drum pain. And perhaps the depression and agitation is secondary to feeling lousy and not really knowing what's going on.

But a total of two-and-a-half weeks now, that might be pushing it for the flu, or not (I AM NOT A DOCTOR), so you might want to go back to either the first doctor or a new one.

GO SEE ANOTHER DOCTOR.

Anything other than common stuff cold or fly or minor injuries, or any symtoms that last more than a week, is grounds for a Dr. visit. Are you in the US? Do you have insurance? If you do there's no downside to seeing a doctor. Go. As soon as you can.

I've had a ton of blood work done. Of course, the first round of tests came back totally normal

I had to go back in because I noticed two rashes on my body, much like the "bulls eye" rashes that you get from Lyme disease. My doctor wrote a test for that, and then she asked me to walk down the hall in her office as fast as I could (at a snail's pace now), and she also had a test done for autoimmune disorders/diseases! I should know in 10 days.

This is really scary how quickly everything is progressing symptom-wise. First depression and low energy. Then body aches and a slightly hard time breathing. Now I can barely walk or even get into my 3 1/2 foot tall bed because of exhaustion and weakness. I now have twitching and an inability to concentrate! I almost feel like I can't control my body, it won't do everything I want it to do!

My biggest fear since I was a little girl has been MS. But I keep showing signs of it! Not just a couple, but a LOT! I'm literally dragging my feet buy the end of the night for reasons unknown to me. I just can't walk right anymore and the right side of my body is so weak! I can barely stand on my right foot!

I'm just really scared now! It's been 3 weeks this has gone on and it's still getting worse!

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Battle Angel Alita