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problems with fatigue
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does anyone else have problems with tiredness? i seem to get tired easily and a lot. I'm trying to turn my life around after years of depression, and after going to the doc about it, they seemed to think it may have been chronic fatigue syndrome, but i'm not convinced as it seemed to ease for a few months. Maybe i just have a poor immune system or am slow and lazy; but has anyone else got any similar problems or remedies? any suggestion is welcomed..
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Heres an article from Mayo, it lists out some reasons for fatigue, for both medical conditions like thyroid or anemia, and lifestyle habbits like inactivity or diet.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fatigue/HQ00673
I'm tired all the time and sometimes it gets unbearable, like fall asleep on the toilet at work unbearable . Thats always when my thyroid is acting up. I remember my doctor telling me about little hints. Like never take naps or sleep out of your bed and don't do hobbies like reading and stuff in your bed. Sort of like training your body that bed = sleep... something weird like that. It was years and years ago and I never tried it, but maybe worth a mention.
yeah, i get what you mean, i try to get up and continue to do stuff during the day, it usually helps. it's just frustrating when i want to do so many things, but i can't. i even drifted off in my tutor's office after a little panicking moment. i woke up and he was looking at me!
anyways, you get me..
good points. people have been saying i've lost a bit of weight. but its not like i haven't been eating... i do excercise but probably not enough.
hmm..i don't know. i'll give it a go but it's difficult. :chin:
With the exercise, you don't have to jump into a drastic change (just yet ). Try getting up 20 minutes earlier than you normally would, and go for a brisk walk or something. It might help to set you up for the day and make you feel refreshed.
I'm having to really work at making sure I eat a healthy diet.
I have a proper meat and 2 veg type meal a day, and two other light ones. Doing this and not just continually grazing on this and that has helped.
Exercise is the key, in a way the more I do, the more energy I get. To begin with you have to push yourself, I started with walking up the stairs in one go, but you'll be better than that.
Try and get some form of exercise in a day, starting with brisk walk type stuff. Get yourself slightly out of breath if you can. You should hopefully find that at the end of the day this leaves you tired in a healthy I've been doing stuff kind of way, rather than the fatigued feeling. You can then build up your energy levels through exercise, gradually the cycles of reasonable exercise and reasonable sleep start to change how you feel. It doens't work over night, but the improvement I've had over a fortnight has been evident.
What I've said may not solve things, but it's good for you anyway and won't do you any harm so is definitely worth a shot.
I agree with his opinion.
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Fatigue can be caused by lots of things, and often doctors won't figure out what it is - whether it's CFS, thyroid problems, depression etc.
Are you doing a lot at the moment? I find that when i'm doing less i actually feel much more fatigued - when i'm busy i get tired in the evening but that's an entirely different feeling.
If it is CFS, then the recommendation is to sort out your diet and do graduated exercise, so to second what go_away said, a brisk walk or turn about the block might help.
i've just completed a course (one year) that took up a lot of my time, plus the hill i have to climb to get to the place is steep! i may have tired myself out, i had problems with all work and no play... but during the holidays i've been doing pretty much nothing. so it's not exactly been a varied routine, just fast then slow, loads then nothing... i'm starting to think it is just who i am. meh
that's interesting and kinda good to know that i'm not the only one, but itsn't it so frustrating to not know what it is or how to deal with it...
Next couple of weeks will be quite hard though, cause I'm working on late shift till 9 and my sleep patterns will get a bit of a beating :grump: