So incredibly tired lately...

When was the last time you had your thyroid levels looked at? Have you been good about taking your medication EVERY single day for at LEAST the past 8 weeks? do you wait 30 mins after taking it before you eat? Do you eat a lot of soy (soy can hinder thyroid function according to my naturopath).
I always know when I am not right with my thyroid because of the tiredness... Good luck!

Yep, take my meds exactly how I should. And soy is disgusting. lol..

It sounds like it might be iron since you don't eat a lot of meat, but I can tell you when I tried to eat 1300 calories a day I was exhausted. Felt like I couldn't even exercise. So if the iron pills that hopefully you eventually find at the store don't work, consider upping your calories a little bit more, 1500 should stave of the exhaustion.

I just went to my doctor for the same thing. I would wake up feeling as though I never went to bed! I just wanted to hibernate and sleep for a month. My doctor sent me to my endocronologist since I also have thyroid issues and after having lab work completed, everything came back normal. I am not saying not to go to the doctor but for me, I was stressed from being in college full time, having 3 children, and working from home part time. I was low on vitamin D...I am not sure where you live but in New England..it is common to be vitamin D deficient. Do you have any clinics where you live that charge minimanl for those that don't have insurance? .I'm sure it is nothing but seeing a health care professional will certainly give you peace of mind!!

I've been counting calories for about 3 weeks now. The past 4 or 5 days, I have been completely exhausted! I'm getting enough sleep, which is unlike me. I net 1300 calories a day. I'm also hypothyroid and the fatigue is a symptom of that, but this is insane the past few days, no idea why I'm soooooo tired. Anyone have any ideas? Am I not eating enough calories or what? I really don't want to up the amount of calories because I don't want to slow down the weight loss, and some days I have a hard enough time even meeting the 1300. I just have no appetite really. I take a multivitamin every day, and for a week or so now I've been taking additional B-12. And no, I'm not pregnant, it's not that time of month for me. :laugh:

Cutting a lot of calories isn't going to help you since you have metabolic problems and not to much food problems. Most people who have thyroid problems shouldn't mess up their metabolism more by taking a large deficit. That doesn't mean you can't lose weight though. But many who take large deficits often complain about gaining with little food (and have a bunch of people who don't believe they're gaining on what they're eating). I had a friend that just visited from away who told me she was eating less then 1200 calories a day and gaining weight. I immediately told her to up her calories and she's been losing on 1500. We're actually talking right now about the thyroid diet. I love my carbs but apparently it's beneficial to people with thyroid problems to cut out all processed carbs and sugars. If you go to youtube and look up videos of real people with the problem you'll find that most of them who are controlling their problems with diet are eating a lot of protein, and cutting processed foods.

Not sure about the credentials of some of these guys but these are the links I'm currently looking at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04S5esiykwk <-Some guy with thyroid problems
http://www.livestrong.com/article/318267-high-protein-diet-thyroid/
http://www.well-women.com/support-files/maryshomon.pdf <-maybe contains a book you should look into getting. It also mentions how low cals tend to not work and if you google low calorie diets and thyroid problems you'll find people recommending against it.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5445982_low-calorie-diet-cause-hypothyroidism.html<- "Prolonged caloric deprivation, as with an extremely low-calorie diet of extended duration, can cause symptoms that might appear to be akin to hypothyroidism, such as the inability to lose more weight, fatigue and heightened sensitivity to cold."
http://www.apinchofhealth.com/resources/lowcarb/VLCD-Research.html <-mentions a bunch of thyroid problem research with diets

The problem with searching for solutions to this is you have to sift through a bunch of drug pushers lol. Anyway my advice would be cut out processed foods, eat at least .8g/kg of your weight in protein plus more if you're exercising (1.8g/kg), and start using coconut oil (there's a lot of mention of coconut oil on the thyroid sites I've looked on but I'm not exactly sure why so you should look into it before you do it).

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!

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.

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?