Tiredness

[CagedBird]

I'm so tired. I mean both physically and emotionally today. I'm sleeping for 12+ hours a night which is really unlike me. I've never had badly disrupted sleep and if I have its always been insomnia which I don't mind because it stops the next day coming around so quickly. But I'm so tired. I've literally just woken up and I'm too tired to move. It's probably a good thing I've lost my appetite recently because I'm too tired to walk downstairs to the kitchen....not that I have anything to eat in my cupboards anyway because I haven't had the ability to plan ahead when I shop so I've been eating as and when is needed. I'm losing weight because nothing is appetising and i feel nauseous when I think about eating. Soup has been good for me recently. It is likely all inter-related - poor appetite, nausea, exhaustion, lightheadedness and feeling really cold. My hands are cold, and my head feels as though not enough blood is circulating around to heat it.

It is really hard living on my own because I'm too tired to move but it may be best to at least eat some soup since it's been a long time since I last ate. I can't get the motivation to do that though. There are so many obstacles to eating, not least moving, but also the fear of meeting flatmates and i'm not dressed so I'd need to dress to appear 'normal' before I leave my room (which is too much)...and then I've not showered in awhile so I'll need to try and make myself appear clean-ish. And what if I have to meet them and chat - i have literally no energy for that.

I feel sick. I might just go back to sleep and deal with all of the above later. I don't have the energy to look after myself. I'm constantly just doing the bare minimum to get through, and i'm tired of that being hard enough due to feeling scared of really silly things like meeting someone on the stairs of my flat.

I'm so tired.

[offlineforever]

Hmm, have you thought of maybe going to the drs? your exhaustion could be a symptom of many different things.

[startingagain]

For a start get your thyroid checked as they are all symptoms.

[mikey]

I think a trip to your GP is definitely a good idea. There are lots of different things this could be as tiredness is quite a vague symptom, but it's well worth getting checked out.

[long road]

as well as going to gp. Definitely a good plan!
try to get up at a set time each day. staying in bed too much can just make the tiredness worse.

sorry you feeling so meh, its afeeling i know all to well,
Jen x

[CagedBird]

Thanks. I have an appt with my GP in 2 weeks so I'll talk it over then. I've had blood tests done in the past and been on the borderline of anemic so I try and take iron tablets...when I remember. I'm sure it isn't anything too serious, more than likely the effects of the stress i've been under for the last few weeks or a bug of some sort...or both. I work full time so previously my internal clock would naturally wake me up at 8.30-9am at the weekends which is why i know this is unusual for me.

I forced myself to go to the supermarket to get some soup and energy drinks and petrol for next week....I nearly started crying in the shop which isn't normal for me, plus when I was driving I felt so spaced out....just really so tired. I'm back in bed now, hopefully tomorrow won't be too bad. Tiredness is such a vague symptom I agree, I've told my dr about it so many times before and except for a blood test and discussing sleeping pills (which I don't want nor I feel need) there isn't much help. I'd love to be prescribed speed pills....that or valium so when I'm out and about and start falling apart I don't have to spend energy holding myself together but can daze out....that's what I imagine they do anyway although they likely don't....

[tifflehan]

I suffer from terrible tiredness too. My doc puts it down to side effects of my meds and I have to learn to live with it. I can sleep 8 hours at night and on my days off I can sleep 4 hours in the afternoon. It's a real struggle at work as I have to battle through the tiredness.