Anyone else perpetually tired?

Could be chronic fatigue. I think I have that but most doctors say it's all in my head and to take a vitamin.

 

ooh..i am!...have been for MANY years also....had all the tests done..etc...same here..just feel very tired all the time!..like i just wanna lie down again...after i have only been awake for 2 hours!...the doctors had no answers for me either........i know i'm not depressed..i still enjoy life..etc.,..am happy in my marriage, everything..so...i dont understand what it is either!..BUT..i DO know that its something physical....i always wonder about that cronic fatigue syndrome...if its real or not..maybe i have it?...UGH!..i dont know...so..i totally understand you!.....

 

sounds like chronic fatigue to me, too. I had it diagnosed way back in 86 I think? back when it was brand-spankin' new!!! The doctor actually treated me with prozac which did help though I wasn't clincally depressed. You could ask him about that, it's very hard to diagnose except by ruling out everything else since being tired is a common symptom for tons of things.

Do you have any muscle aches that go on all the time, too?

 

Get your vitamin D level tested. Bet you a duck egg it is wicked low.

 

I have had fatique for years now.

My chiro who is also a nutritionist put me on vitamins and said that my adrenal gland is not 'working right'.

Apparantly, this is your source of energy. He put me on an 'adrenal' supplement, however it made me sick to my stomach. I noticed that it has several of the B vit in it along with some other stuff.

So I bought B complex from the grocery store. It does help me when I remember to take them everyday.

He also said that a once a day vitamin is pretty useless after several hours. Any excess that your body does not use is urinated out. So you need to take a vitamin 2-3 times a day to get continued benifit.

 

I've been feeling that way for a while now (I'm 26). DH is always complaining about how I'm always tired, too. He even says we should name the farm "Sleepy Hollow" just because I'm so worn out and tired all the time! I'm actually going to my doctor on Monday because of my tiredness (along with several other symptoms that have me concerned that it may be hormone-related).

I don't have any advice for you, but I'll be watching this thread because maybe something posted here will be helpful to me. Also, maybe my doctor will tell me something that might help you, too.

 

I too have had that oh so tired feeling off and on untill i went to an Endo cronglist cant spell. lol
Because my doc told me my thyroid
was fine..and i dont need vitamins well I didnt like his answers.
he called my doc and told him to give me thyroid. 20. mg a day after testing me..and im feeling much better and I do take Vit-b-6 every day. but i do take an hour or so nap when ever i can Lol
I need that beauty sleep..

 

Let me preface my answer with "I'm not normal". I say that because I have had 3 brain surgeries. I used to be tired all the time. I'd get up at 7 am, be up a few hours, take a 2-3 hour nap (I have an awesome husband), get up then be totally ready for bed at 10 pm. Thought it was my seizure meds, but no. For some reason, I do not sleep well. Like I don't make it through all the cycles normally. Lack of sleep does bad things to me... seizure activity. So neurologist put me on Ambien. LOVE IT! OMG I sleep so good. And now I'm not tired during the day. DH greatly enjoys it when I don't get in bed soon enough and start hallucinating. I say and do really crazy things. I rarely even have to nap anymore. Anyway, maybe you aren't getting quality sleep at night.