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Constantly tired
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Hey, For the past week or so I've been feeling pretty ill all the time.
I'm really tired, even after plenty of sleep. I feel light headed constantly, have headaches and feel sick sometimes.
I tend to feel better after i've eaten but then I start to feel rough and nackered again.
Also, it might not be connected, but my mouth tastes really strange and so does any food or drink that I have!
Anyone felt like this before?
Ta!
I'm really tired, even after plenty of sleep. I feel light headed constantly, have headaches and feel sick sometimes.
I tend to feel better after i've eaten but then I start to feel rough and nackered again.
Also, it might not be connected, but my mouth tastes really strange and so does any food or drink that I have!
Anyone felt like this before?
Ta!
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Just wondering what the taste in your mouth is like? Is it sour, or metallic etc?
No I haven't yet, i'm going to try and get an appoitment tomorrow though!
It's hard to describe, but it's more sour than metallic tasting.
I'm on the Pill so it's pretty unlikely, and I blummin hope not! :no:
I was actually going to ask if you thought you might be pregnant too. Sometimes a change in the taste in the mouth can be a symptom, and since you have mentioned tiredness, lightheadedness, feeling sick etc, it did cross my mind. Of course, it might not be this. I recently had a nasty flu virus and it has knocked me for six, I'm still very tired even after a few hours.
Whatever it is, I hope you're feeling back to your normal self soon!
Might be worth checking, if theres any chance you might have missed one, or been ill or anything that might reduce its effectiveness, as the symptoms youve said, are common pregnancy symptoms.
I hope its not that obviously, but just thought id mention it, cos its better to find out sooner than later.
Could be! I've been working every week day as usual.
I've only been taking the pill for 3 weeks (on my break now) and i've been pretty scrict with it. I take it at the same time every day, never missed one.
I'm thinking I might be aneamic (sp), i've just done just searching on the net! I seem to have a lot of the symptoms for that too lol.
Maybe if you feel better after eating you should have a few snacks throughout the day to try and keep your energy going?
I hope you feel better soon and sort out what's causing it.
I know this is going to sound barking mad, but when you're sleeping 16+ hours a day, its a good idea to go to the doctors and ask for some sleeping pills!
I can't fully explain this, except to say that (in my case) the fatigue is somehow related to the quality of the sleep I was getting. Its like I'm not sleeping deeply enough to properly re-energise myself, thus I'm tired after minimal exertions and dropping off again within a couple of hours of waking up.
The pills helped me get a quality 8/9 hours sleep on a night, which in turn aided the rejuvenation process. I always found the day after a pill really great, then I'd gradually get run down over the next few days so I'd have another one. Gradually the no of days between pills got larger and larger.
Thats my experience anyway - hope it made sense!
I found this earlier. Slept from 10-3am then fell asleep again until 6. I found that I was very tired earlier this afternoon but found that when I didn't get as much sleep, I'm less tired and much more awake.
But I'm having my blood tested tomorrow so I'll know for sure if i'm aneamic (sp) or not!
Thanks for all the replies.