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Fitness - reaction to exertion & effect of meds
On Friday I mowed the back and front lawns. Afterwards I became quite unwell; shaky, weak, pressure headache, nauseous.
I phoned GPs surgery and msg I got back from doc was drink 4 pints of water which I did. It didn't make me feel any better. My concern was lithium toxicity. I phoned GPs surgery back after a couple of hours as didn't feel any better and got msg back that I'd feel better soon.
to cut a long story short I didn't feel any better and my Mum came over because I was scared I was going to die I felt that ill.
At 7.30pm I phoned 111 because I felt so ill.
The outcome of that phone call was that I had to go to A&E to get a lithium level test and blood pressure reading.
My Mum took me to A&E and they were brilliant. I had an ECG too which came out fine and my blood pressure was fine and my lithium level was actually only 0.3 which is below the 0.4-1 range it should be probably because I had drunk so much water.
Sorry, this is taking ages.
The doc at A&E said that it was probably a mix of effects of exertion and anxiety feeding off each other like a vicious circle. I felt a right fool. And by 11pm (when I was in A&E) I began to feel better.
I have felt slightly like this twice before; one time after painting the fences in the garden in May and then one time after doing a boot camp class followed by a yoga class. So both times I had exerted myself.
I don't know how I can build my stamina up or am I always destined to only do a little bit of work and then rest for half a day/full day and then do some more work?
Does anyone else get like this after exerting themselves? It's so frustrating because I don't feel tired after exerting myself it's just a physical reaction that comes on afterwards.
I'm thinking I should see my GP and ask them what I can do and if it's my medication which is causing me to react in this way. Do you think that would be a good idea?
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