i am female 50 5 6 usually slim and when i moved due to work had not registered with a doctor for 3 years - now unfortunately have been very unwell but seem to be getting nowhere following numerous visits to gps and hospitals and getting told a different thing every time but with limited tests/follow ups! for months and months i have had NO appetite at all yet have put on lots of weight i am tired most of the time even tho recently have had to have so much time off work and doing very little i hardly eat then cant stay awake even tho i am just sitting watching tv my tongue seems always to be coated and my glands feel swollen i keep saying that my throat feels almost blocked my stomach is hugely swollen all the time and tonight i look as if i am 6 months pregnant!! it is all becoming very distressing and i am have stopped going out altogether as no longer enjoy it i look and feel so awful all the time my hair is falling out my skin is very dry and i hardly recognise myself in the mirror only one doctor i have seen seemed to think it was thyroid related but the gp at my practice treats my as if i am imagining it all and says im fine my bloods are ok and im just constipated!!!! please can you help?