Hi. Please can someone help. I am a 28 year old female, feeling tired all the time. I used to exercise a lot but feel too weak to contemplate any exercise these days. I have cracked lips - the sides of my mouth split and are very painful. I have been on Citalopram for over a year and have tried to come off them myself these past two months by taking one every other day. I work from 7.30 to 5.30 and usually all I want to do is go to bed after work. I feel better at the weekends. I sleep ok, have trouble getting up but manage most of the time. I feel my quality of life is deteriorating because all I want to do is sleep. I would also like to lose weight but find it impossible to exercise. I am not overweight, I just want to be able to excercise to look better. I eat relatively healthy, chicken, quinoa, protein. I take iron supplements but at the moment it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I am fed up of feeling this way and am eager to live life but just feel too weak to do so. Is this depression returning or something else? I can't believe that it's all in the mind it is too much.
Hi you should defo get this checked with gp, your depression could be a deficiency in something or your tyroid crack lips and spits at side of
mouth are signs, try not to worry but gp will test this for you, hope things inimprove x
Hi
I agree with julie see the gp maybe get him to
do a blood test especially for for vitamin b's
Hi it is possible (but fairly rare) that you have a vitamin B12 deficiency. Have you been tested for this? If not ask your nurse or doctor for a blood test to rule it out. You can google your symptoms online and see what it says. x