Why am I always so tired? :(

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  • staceyd90
    staceyd90 Posts: 43
    I will deffo go to the doctors, explain i am feeling constantly tired and ask to be checked for everything!! In the mean time i have changed my plan to eat 1400 calories a day - not here is the thing, do i eat back exercise calories?
  • linz1125
    linz1125 Posts: 441 Member
    I agree with having your thyroid, iron, and B12 checked. I actually suffer from something called hypersomnia. My brain doesnt realize my body has had enough sleep, so I am constantly tired. Before I found out I could sleep 16 hours a day. Now I have began treatment and it changed my life. I was diagnosed by doing a sleep study- they thought I had sleep apnea because of my weight, but I don't. I had never heard of it before, but it's answers so many questions about everything in my life.
  • newcs
    newcs Posts: 717 Member
    I will deffo go to the doctors, explain i am feeling constantly tired and ask to be checked for everything!! In the mean time i have changed my plan to eat 1400 calories a day - not here is the thing, do i eat back exercise calories?

    I do...you have to fuel your workouts. I'd also try to take a multivitamin as on a low calorie diet, it's really difficult to get everything your body needs. That will most likely cover your iron too. I am slightly anemic so I take half a dose of GNC energy & metabolism and then take a pill just for iron. I use the iron capsules...they don't smell like anything :)
  • islandmonkey
    islandmonkey Posts: 546 Member
    I will deffo go to the doctors, explain i am feeling constantly tired and ask to be checked for everything!! In the mean time i have changed my plan to eat 1400 calories a day - not here is the thing, do i eat back exercise calories?


    I agree, definitely something for a doctor to diagnose - lots of great info provided by comments!

    Thyroid: make sure they don't just test your TSH, but also your free (not total) T3 and free T4. Old thyroid ranges for TSH are still used (2-5) but these are outdated; make sure to grab a photocopy of all the labs for your records.


    Sounds like eating more is definitely in order! I'm from a UK-like area in Canada - I'd also go with a vitamin D supplement! (you can also get Vit D levels tested, along with thyroid, B vitmains, iron etc).
  • DLKeeble
    DLKeeble Posts: 200 Member
    Not really sure if this is the right place to post this but..,

    For the last few years I've been feeling tired all the time. If I go out shopping I'll always want a nap when I get back in, and staying up past 12 is out of the question. I also oversleep sometimes which makes things worse. It's frustrating, my boyfriend teases me about it saying I spend half my life in bed, which is probably true. I also really struggle to get out of bed in the morning, and am thr kind of person who can fall asleep just like that. Any help/ tips/ power food to help keep me feeling awake would be appreciated.

    (I'm 5ft 4 and weigh 10 stone)

    Thank you

    I would agree with previous posters. I went through this and was severely, dangerously anemic. I had to go to the cancer center and have iron infusions. I felt so much better after the treatments. I did not know that you can tell if you are anemic if you look at the inside of your bottom eyelids. They should be a nice reddish pink. Mine were gray, no color. Your finger nail beds should also be pink. Mine were void of color. Go see your primary care physician.
  • sabinavaughan
    sabinavaughan Posts: 109 Member
    All in all I'd get a blood test done again AND check for diabetes too. My blood sugar was so high and the figure thats why I'm so tired all the time. thick blood lol...get a blood test and make sure they test you for everything!
  • DLKeeble
    DLKeeble Posts: 200 Member
    Also, are you noticing any weird cravings? Ice, chewing on pencils and such. It is call Pica. I had an insatiable craving and had to have those cinnamon disk. It went away once I got my iron levels back up.

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