Hi

I have recently been diagnosed with ET and I'm finding it very difficult to deal with mentally and physically.  I am extremely lethargic and cannot imagine dealing with high pressure, which is the case in my line of work, and have been signed off until the end of April, however I doubt I will be able to get back by the end of April!  I was sleeping upto 15 hours a day until I recently joined the gym which has helped somewhat but still have days where I literally cannot do anything(today being one of them).

Reading through this forum most people seem to have underlying mutations which have been ruled out for me, which I guess is a good thing but I dont understand why this is happening to me.  My Platelet count is sitting around 1100 and I beleive it should be max 450, so I have been told to take aspirin daily.  Does anyone know if this should be making me feel better? 

I'm also suffering from a constant dull headache and sometimes wake up feeling dizzy in the morning.  Is this normal with ET and if so what can I do to try and alleviate these symptoms?

I'm only 47 and have been pretty healthy all my life so this is come as a bit of a shock for me.

Hope to get some advice from this forum and the experience of the people on here.