Struggling with Extreme Fatigue

Anyone else struggle with fatigue? Mine is to the point where I sleep for entire days. The day after Christmas I slept from 1 am until 9 am on the 27th. I woke up a couple times to eat and go to the bathroom but besides that I’m as asleep. I often struggle with falling asleep, but then I’ll sleep for a very long time. I’ve changed routines, taken sleep meds, and a boatload of other stuff. Sometimes when I’m awake I feel so weak, like I’m just going to fall over any moment.

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She_She_Kay

2y ago

Side effects from meds can for sure make you tired. Depression & Diabetic meds and meds like gabapentin.

Chesbro99

2y ago

Ugh I'm struggling today too, I think one of my meds is making it even worse too.

She_She_Kay

2y ago

Probably my #1 symptom out of everything that's wrong with me. All I want to do is sleep. I'm tired 24/7 but I have my 80 yr old mom and others to take care of. Can't wait for the big sleep sometimes 😥

salmontree

2y ago

One of my biggest symptoms. I don't really have an answer other than to say fatigue is horrible and I feel you

whitephantom

2y ago

I had this one time. I fell asleep while driving...on the freeway. (Luckily, I didn't get an accident.) Turned out I was extremely iron deficient. I was so low that I would have definitely gone comtose in the next few days to weeks. Anyways, get your iron and B12 levels checked. I had to get iron infusions for two weeks (as an outpatient, thankfully). This may not be your problem, but if it is, it can do some damage.

Briannaoohnana

2y ago

Exactly! It doesn’t matter how long I sleep, whenever someone asks how I am, I say tired. I have talked with a sleep specialist but it was the height of the pandemic last year so it was telehealth and they just had me track my sleep and caffeine intake for a month and then never got back to me :/

LaurElizabeth

2y ago

Have you possible seen a sleep specialist ever? It is something I really would like to do myself too - just a thought not sure 🤔 , but other than that I feel like I am always tired - even after sleeping a whole night does matter how many hrs I get in. I can sleep 3 hrs or I can sleeo 9 and still feel like I’m too fatigued too tired to even get out of bed. Sorry to hear you are struggling 💕

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