So incredibly tired lately...

Merrysix

Are you someplace really hot? The heat has exhausted me over the last few weeks. Then I slept 10 hours on Sat. and it cooled down and I feel better. Did you try sleeping. No kidding. I never sleep enough. I need 7 hours a night and I only get 6 cause I get up at 6 am and always go to bed too late. Oops. I'm going to bed right now!

Pebble321

Yeah I actually was telling my hubby this is what I felt like when I was anemic before, but I REALLY don't want to spend the hundreds of dollars just to get some labs done. I looked at Walmart, the dollar store, and Target, and I couldn't find just iron supplements. But I was thinking that's what the problem was, but hoping it was just the heat and all lol. I dunno. Too much going on lately.

Honestly, if you are feeling tired all the time and don't know why, spending money on medical tests would be a much better way to spend your money that taking a guess at which supplements you need and spending money on those.

For one thing, you won't know if you get it right, you might just be creating very expensive wee. For another, its going to take a whole lot longer to work out the source of the issue if you just work your way through different supplements.

For me (a few years back now) the issue was Vit B12 - but I really don't suggest you load up on every single supplement, much better to get a test and medical advice so you know whether is is a deficiency and can do something constructive about it.

Good luck.

Aaah, just saw your post about having to pay for medical tests and how expensive they are. Damn, that doesn't happen here (Australia).
I would still try to get to the doc as soon as you can and in the meantime, maybe look out for a bargain priced multivitamin - but it still seems as though you could waste a lot of money and not get good results that way.

Prudiddy

Hi I've been going through the same thing. I can hardly stay awake through the day, I was going to make a post too, but decided to work through it. I have also been having a hard time doing workouts. What I did notice was when I up the protein and started eating more almonds, this all began. I'm on a multivitamin too and noticed no change. My sis told me about the iron thing, so I'm going to get the iron supplements in hopes it will help. I feel like I have slowed all the way down to. Just not sure about the thyroid issues though, I have to pay for all the test myself. So that's on the to do list next. Good luck and try the iron.

Phaedra2014

Sleepy tired. I feel like I haven't slept in a year. I feel worse than I did when I was getting 2-3 hours of sleep a night.

Are you taking a multi-vitamin daily?

CoderGal

well, everyone is different and i'm not eating less than 1200. I'm netting 1300. I don't feel my tiredness is from my thyroid issue, it just came on very recently. I'm not really dumb, not saying you were calling me dumb, lol but i'm just saying. I do know about my issue, i know how and when to take my meds, i know i should go to the doctor to get regular blood work. I also have nearly 100 lbs to lose too, so that makes a difference. Someone who's only 20 lbs over weight won't really lose weight as fast as someone as fat as I am.

Not calling you dumb at all. Glad your using net though its still a little low (though I would have to know your stats better and you would have to eat less then your calculated tdee to lose but probably not not that much). I net 1650 to get to goal. If I had a thyroid problem I would gave lost a lot more slowly. Tiredness could be do to lack of cals/vitamins/macronutrients/micronutrients...anything really. Hard to pinpoint. What are you keeping track of?

If you dont mind sharing whats your height weight age?

PatriceMG

If you think it's iron you need, here is a website for the top 10 best iron-rich foods...

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/top-10-iron-rich-foods