General Chat

That now very common ailment ......................


'Tired All The Time' - as mentioned by Dr Hilary on last weeks Tonight programme about sleep problems............




I know I do and I'm just so fed up of feeling like it - it's bad enough having to deal with sparodic depression without feeling like a wet lettuce leaf constantly :O((

do you hurt anywhere anne x

Not specifically Puss - just general aches and pains but i expect that's because I am overweight :O(

Yep,reckon i do :(

specky said your not over weight and i agree, don,t really know what to say aprt from i hope you get better, its horrible when you cant sleep and your thoughts at night in bed seem to magnify making you feel worse, luckily now with what i take i get a good nites sleep , i guess youve tried all the tricks, will your gp not give you a few sleepers for a few nights xx

Anne, I DID.

I was sent for a 'regular' blood test by the consultant, who was not happy with it and sent my doctor a letter.
I had to go for more tests, as I was very anaemic.
I am now on 'iron tablets' and the difference was almost immediate.
My blood count has gone up a lot since, but not right yet.
Perhaps you are anaemic too.
You will not know until you have a blood test.
Good luck
Deanna X

Puss - tell Specky I am - I'm a lot heavier than when we met - and have piled on loads since the GP changed my pills at christmas cos they increase my appetite........... and it's not that I can't sleep - I DO - but evenso I wake up feeling exhausted and stay like it nearly all day :O(

Deanna - I must ask next time I'm in - they do check me periodically as i am on anti-depressants and they keep an eye on liver function.

I think I need to have a good chat with him about the whole thing really x

i'm always tired, I've been on anti depressants for years in order to help me sleep but nowadays they don't help but I can't seem to come off them either. I didn't sleep at all on Saturday night and felt absolutely dreadful the following day. it really is debilitating and I sympathise with anyone who feels the same

Jenny - it is very deblitating isn't it??

I'm struggling badly at work just now - I feel like I could do with a whole month off ............

It is McAnne, i don't work now but when I did I don't know how I got through some days. I find I struggle to focus and begin to feel giddy. I remember someone once saying to me "if you don't sleep it must be because you're not tired!!"

Yes good idea Anne.
They have made such a difference to me.
I even sleep better now.

Deanna X

Hi Anne,

Yes I do and Im finding it harder and harder to get through a day at work,then start with the family when I am home. I just feel so drained. Im on a break now but will pop back to this thread later,


Hugs,

Caz xxx

do any off your gps believe chronic fatigue does excist love to you all , i have a little understanding how it feel xxx

Hi Caz - i'm lucky that i only have myself and the cats to look after - but have to admit my house is falling behind now, as i don't have the energy to keep on top of stuff.

Hi Linda - I think they have been checking thyroid along the way and also for diabetes as well - but i will mention it again, thanks.

Puss - I am sure my GP will - he's very open minded and doesn't dismiss things.


I'm really bad today - but that hasn't been helped by being woken at 3.30am by one of my cats being beaten up by an uninvited tom cat.

I just cannot stop yawing - you know when you can't yawn wide enough? ? ? my eyes are dropping constantly and if i had any to hand i'd be dowing some Pro Plus tabs ..............

Anita,,

Perhaps you arent getting enough excerise to match the mental output of your day,,,,,,,,,,,mind exausted but body isnt,,,it then goes in overdrive,,

Have you tried anything Herbal,,?

Hi Kay

well i know for a fact that i don't get enough exercise fullstop ..............

but i don't have the energy to even get started - even tho i know exercise will help

i start every day with mind and body feeling exhausted

Could you be peri-menopausal - it can last 10 years before the menopause actually occurs.

I had my menopause at 47 years old, and the years between my mid 30's and then were very difficult.

Dee
x

Hi Dee

Ah yes - forgot about that lol

Yes even tho GP tells me my hormone levels did not indicate it whenever it was they were checked, i know that my body is telling me different ........ that's partly what caused me going back on ADs 14 months ago, because i had an emotional breakdown for some silly reason when I was attending the Nurse for a blood test............

Hi Anne, thats me tired all day, awake most of the night but with my ailments just put up with it, it does gets me down reading through the threads as made me think my daughter and granddaughter are be treated for under active thyroid & all siblings diabetic so was my mom and her mom, had a check 2 years ago, hospital said i was border line, but told to lose weight [tried but it wont go]
hope not i have enough ailments as it is.

Joan G

Hi Anne, I had that for years then got the fm diagnosis and then chronic fatigue one. Before the diagnosis I was told it was depression and given Antidepressants which didn't help that much.
Try taking Q10 s and see if they help but also talk to your gp again too.
Good luck, horrible when you can't live life the way you want cos you always feel tired.
Lizx