Tired All The TIme

If it continues you should have your thyroid checked. If you have high blood pressure or a BMI above 30 or are told by your husband that you snore loudly, you may need to talk to your doctor about a sleep study.

You can also check your vitamin D levels. I was the same - falling asleep whenever I sat still. My vitamin D was a little low - with supplements I feel better. Good Luck!

Get some sleep! If you've recently started to work out, your body needs more time to repair. If you have time to nap, then do it. You're obviously not getting enough sleep, so please get some more. Stimulating yourself with more coffee or whatever isn't going to fix the root of the problem.

I know for me, when I've had a more active day with exercise, I'm dead asleep on the couch by 10 pm. My body just needs the time to repair my muscles, and sort through my "stuff" from the day.

PS - if getting more sleep isn't helping, then please see your doctor for above reasons (thyroid, apnea, etc).

Oh, and allergies make me super tired... but I feel better when I get more sleep. So I'm back to that one.

Zombella wrote: »

I'd take a pregnancy test. Birth control can fail. I thought I couldn't get pregnant and then I started losing weight. Both times fatigue was one of my first symptoms.

First symptom for me, too. It took a while for other symptoms to set in but I went from high energy to weak and blah in no time.

Mythril wrote: »

I just am not pregnant. Sorry, it doesn't happen to me. I have thought in the past that something looked like I was potentially pregnant, and I wasn't. I want to have a baby so bad I drive myself nuts sometimes. I just can not believe that I am pregnant. I do not believe that I CAN be pregnant.

I should add that I have absolutely NO problem getting pregnant now. I also have a three year old, angel babies, and am currently missing a period. Anything can happen.

Drink lots of water - being dehydrated can make you feel tired.

Fatigue is one of those symptoms that can be caused by so many things there's no way for us to even begin to address them all.

When you wake up do you feel better than when you went to sleep? Or are you just as tired?

(I feel you on the pregnancy thing. I get that anything is possible but every time I mention not feeling well everyone tells me I must be pregnant. I have a couple of chronic illnesses so that's pretty often.)

Just like we need different types of essential amino acids and fatty acids, we need different types of sleep (REM and deep). A sleep study may should you are not getting the right type of sleep.

Sounds like you need more electrolytes. I do Keto too and absolutely have to have my Morton's potassium salt as well as a bottle of magnesium and some pink Himalayan salt with me all the time. Anytime I feel like the flu is coming on or I have symptoms of hay fever and/or sandman eyes or I feel tired for absolutely no reason, I'll down some potassium and sodium. If I feel crampy in random places, I probably need magnesium. Usually my symptoms go away in less than 20 mins.

If you're on Keto, you need to be on top of your salt/electrolytes intake. No amount of caffeine and sleep are going to make you feel better. Also, drinking even more water (without replenishing your electrolytes) will make you more lethargic because every time you pee, you'll pee them out.

When you're eating carbs, your body is producing more insulin. Insulin tells your kidneys to retain water and salt. When you're in Ketosis, your insulin levels are lowered, so your body doesn't get the memo to retain water and salt. When your not holding onto your electrolytes, you feel like poop. Most people on Keto need between 5 and 7 grams of sodium per day (way more than a non-keto person).

You should read "Keto Clarity" by Jimmy Moore and Dr. Eric Westman. They go into a lot of detail about keeping your electrolytes in check while in Ketosis.