[Maxime]

I am starting to think that being bipolar Type 2 is not my only problem. I am so TIRED all the time and I ache all over as if I had the flu. I feel so lazy because I spend so much time in bed. But no matter how much I sleep it's never enough. My joints hurt but are not swollen. My eyes burn. I am scared to tell my doctor because he will think that I am just lazy. Or maybe it's part of depression. I don't know.

Has anyone else ever felt this way?

[NuckingFutz]

I know a friend who felt like that. Turned out she had fybromyalgia. I think it would help if you let your doc know how you are feeling.

[lynn P.]

Depression can also cause physical aches and pains but yours sound like there's something physical happening. I agree it sounds like fibromyalgia. Get a complete physical done with blood work - ask for your vit D levels, they can test for evidence of rhuematoid arthritis, and lime disease (if you've been around mosquitoes). I hope you feel better soon.

[Soul Quake]

How's your diet?

[WikidPissah]

when my depression comes in strong it feels very much like the flu, I often think I'm coming down with something ... then a week passes and I still feel the same and didn't actually come down with the flu, so I realize it's depression.