thank yall for the info :) i’ll try to look more into eds and pots
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Anonymous11w
- high levels of inflammation all the time
- moderate to severe joint pain
- knee instability
- my shoulders feeling like they’re being ripped out of place when i do so much as sneeze or reach for something????
- constantly tired
- heat intolerance
- exercise intolerance
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Anonymous11w
bonus:
- absolutely zero flexibility. i can do lunges when my knees cooperate and that’s about it
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Anonymous11w
hypermobility like eds and maybe iron deficiency or iron deficiency with anemia. get an iron panel and ferritin blood test. ferritin should be above 125. and if you need really cheap ways to get labs i can give you some websites i’ve used
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Anonymous11w
You can be hypermobile but not flexible. The muscles overcompensate for the loose ligaments and get extremely tight.
I have all of this and have the hEDS, POTS, MCAS trifecta
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Anonymous11w
it’s very likely you have ed’s/pots they go hand in hand. consider trying braces and kt tape!! i’ve noticed for my fatigue that consuming alot of electrolytes helps significantly
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Anonymous#311w
for a while i had to double brace my knees and use a cane 😭 in addition to wrist and ankle braces. thankfully im on a medication that helps significantly now. however i fell on one of my knees today so im very much cooked for a while
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Anonymous#211w
could maybe explain why my shoulders do that funky thing also?? all i know is that i have literally never been flexible, even less so the older i get
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Anonymous#111w
my last blood test showed my iron was fine. in fact most of my stuff was normal my blood’s being secretive
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AnonymousOP9w
did you have just yiur iron checked or did you have the ferritin checked as well? i know when i got my ferritin checked it was at 11 but my iron panel was fine.