I have no energy to do anything. I feel like I need to sit or lie down all the time. I wake up and look forward to when I could go to sleep again. Everything I need to do feels like a chore, even brushing my teeth. I am no longer productive in anything. I lack the energy and motivation. I go to bed always saying that tomorrow will be a better day and I will do everything I need to do. My body feels shaky, and I feel so unbalanced. My body aches, but I don't even know if it's real or in my head. I am 47 years old. My periods are regular but some months there is bleeding in between. I go twice a year to my gynecologist and my tests come back good. I have diabetes, type 2, and everything is under control with medication. I am also on Paxil and Wellbutrin for depression, but I have been on that for many years. This feeling I have has started over 8 months ago. I feel so alone, sad, and dont like myself or how I feel all the time. I feel extremely useless. If I do one thing, I feel exhausted. You would think I'm jet lagged. Can somebody help me? I want to feel alive again.
Hi jcort, it sounds to me as I recall when I was feeling this way that you are lacking vitamins. Taking a multivitamin is what got me up and going. You definitely should be taking vitamin D3 as well. Are you taking any vitamins?
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My symptoms started 5 months ago. With feeling tired,no get up and go,depresin . Don't want to do anything. Everything is a chore even washing my hair. Always having a new symptom everyday, feel so useless, lonely no ambitious.
Thanks for listening glad found this site.
Your are alive and will again be well. And you are not alone..
You sound anemic. Have you had your iron levels tested?
are you by any chance going through the peri menopause? I have started the last few months and suffer from anxiety and depression although it is under control but I feel exactly like you. i can go to bed at ten wake at six and then in the afternoon sleep for another two hours plus when im not at work. this is the third time in a month I have woke up with a migraine type headache. yes i was at the stage where the thought of even washing my hair was a chore? maybe your meds need changing my love as it sounds as if they aren't helping with the depression any more but im not a doctor ive just gone through what you are going through also if you are losing extra blood that may have an impact and as somebody has suggested you could have become anaemic its worth having some blood tests done my love
Anemia has very specific symptoms along with some rare ones as shown below.
Easy fatigue and loss of energy
Unusually rapid heart beat, particularly with exercise
Shortness of breath and headache, particularly with exercise
Difficulty concentrating
Dizziness
Pale skin
Leg cramps
Insomnia
A hunger for strange substances such as paper, ice, or dirt (a condition called pica)
Upward curvature of the nails, referred to as koilonychias
Soreness of the mouth with cracks at the corners
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms then you need to seek medical attention.
I'm not, but that is very good advice that I haven't thought of. Do you suggest a particular brand?
thank you. It's just been so hard facing the world. i am sluggish all the time. I hope this passes.
I am going to my endocrinologist on Monday. I am going to speak to her about that. It could be that. I just feel something is missing in my body. I feel so foggy in my mind, Always out of it. But I am going to definitely request this gets checked.
i really appreciate your advice. I am going Monday to my endchronlogst, and all this will be discussed with her. I assume this could be peri menopause, but I'm not quite sure. Would these be the symptoms of it? I just want to feel alive again. I don't know who I am anymore.
oh wow, I do have shortness of breath. Not bad, but just a few step I take, I feel a shortness of breath. I am really going to investigate into this.
They are simular symptoms to me my love and as I said I am going through the peri and what with this and the anxiety it has a habit of escalating thoughts feelings etc my GP actually said she felt sorry for me lol you can have a blood test for the menopause but it depends if the hormones play up at that time of having it i was fortunate or unfortunate that mine were my anxiety at the moment is my memory is so shocking i sometimes struggle with what im saying or want to say or people will stop to talk i know i know them but i cant remember their names its the brain fog. I hope you get some answers and the right treatments to help please keep in touch this is an excellent forum for support
Since i'm not allowed to post the name of it here, I'll send you an email giving you the names of the ones I've bought.
I have had so many thoughts running through my mind. I totally relate to everything you are saying, especially the memory part. i will keep in touch and cannot stress how grateful I am for your replies. Thank you so much.
your very welcome, and yes please do we are all here to help and support one another
Hi Jcort,
I feel exactly like you. This is aweful, and not like me. I used to do a hundred things a day, now its a good day if I do one simple chore!! You are in perimenopause whether your blood test shows it or not. I was tested day two of my period and def perimenopausal.. This is a huge symptom
I could have written what you just did. My gas tank is completely empty some days. This week I have just went with it and gave myself permission to sit, watch tv, sleep, do nothing unless I felt like it. Then it seemed like I had 2 days of more energy than I have had in months. I have been going to bed ALOT earlier than I have in a long time. That is probably helping a little too
I thought I was the only one who dreaded washing my hair. Good to know I am not alone.
It is so depressing when cleaning one bathroom in my house is like a huge accomplishment. And when my husband comes home and asks what I did that day and I say well I washed my hair! Lol