Energy or lack of it !

A good rest

Carbohydrates

To have no stress - stress can drain me of energy

Bananas

Milk

But of course you have a medical reason, perhaps it would be a good idea to go along to your Doctors and have a chat with him about it.

My motivation has all but disappeared since I retired 5 years ago. I'm talking about housework, gardening, shopping, all that tedious energetic stuff. CBA anymore.
I'm very motivated when it comes to photography, playing on Photoshop, looking through Flickr. I'm also very motivated with craftwork - patchwork, soft toys, etc, also knitting and crochet. All the things you can do in an armchair .
Every so often the guilt overcomes me and I do something outside of the day to day minimum stuff I can get away with. Yesterday I cleaned the porch and the front door, for example. As quickly as possible, so I could sit down with a clear conscience and get on with the baby blanket I'm doing for my daughter.
As I sit here now I can see the TV unit disappearing under dust. But then I think of that lovely quote by Quentin Crisp, "There is no need to do any housework at all. After 4 years the dirt doesn't get any worse."

When I was put on statins, I read up about them and realised you should take CoQ10 with them. I still take them even though I do not take the statins, as you can absorb less CoQ10 from your diet as you get older.

I am on thyroxine as I had my thyroid gland removed over thirty years ago.
I have been told I have too much free T4 in my blood, but this is the first time that has been measured in over thirty years.
I was on 100mcg and asked to be put up to 125. I now take the 25mcg every other day.
However having read up on it, I am going to ask about T3 the next time I see my GP. They rarely look at T3, but maybe we have too much T4 because our bodies cannot convert T4 to T3 any more.

I have no energy at all. I worked yesterday and was exhausted afterwards.
Just to walk across the room is very painful and tires me out!
I've got to really make myself get up tomorrow and go to archery. After an hour of shooting I can't even hit the target let alone score!

Mishap.You have my sympathy. I know how painful it is to pull a muscle and have a cough. It is really awful. Get well soon.

Lona I empathise completely. I am the same age as you and my mother at 80 helped us move house. She cleaned the whole house while I was at work.

I have been retired now for 9 years, and really it has taken all that time to get into the swing. It just shows how programmed we are. But now if have a no motivation day I treat it as a day "given" and do exactly as I want.
I usually do through the house once a week - not terribly thoroughly I must say, but if I don't feel like it I don't. In a sort of way because I know that I can do nothing if I want - then I don't get cheesed off when I have stuff to do if that makes sense.

The other thing is that when I was at work I remember going to the Dr saying that I was so tired to the point of utter exhaustion. He gave me open ended sick leave and said that I was burnt out and one day would wake up and realise that my candle was once again alight and that is exactly what happened. Sometimes it is good to be kind to yourself, and sod everyone and everything else.

Granjo it is really interesting what you say about your doc reducing you to 100mcg. My doc did the same saying that Tests showed I was on too high a dose. I stupidly put up with feeling tired from lunchtime till bedtime for a year. In the end I said I was only functioning for 7 hours a day so I was put back to 150 mcg, having said that I am far from energetic.

I too am on statins. Did you know that those with under active thyroid often have high cholesterol ? I have gone from 7.6 to 4.3 and statins have had no side effects for me. I hope you are sorted out.

I have just picked up on this thread, after walking through the living room door and saying to OH that I think someone has turned my switch to OFF today! I have been lolling about in the conservatory reading a book - although I did make myself go out for 2 walks of half an hour each, as I need to exercise my hip. But they absolutely did for me! I am not quite sure how I got back up the hill. I have had a nasty chesty cough for weeks and spent Easter in bed with a temperature, and I do not seem to be able to surface - I am going about in a fog.

I think it is mainly post-viral as I am still coughing for England and seem to have pulled a muscle in my chest - I must say I will be glad when things improve!

I hope you all get your energy back soon.

The trouble is, I sometimes feel I've lost the motivation to do anything, and I've only been retired for four months!

Greenfinch I can slob with the best! My mum had more energy than me when she was 80! I'm 68!
I was a hard worker, but now I soon lose my impetus. Isn't that what retirement is for though, doing what you want to, when it suits you? (As KatyK just said )

We'll slob around together KatyK

That's true Greenfinch After all, it's what retirement is all about I suppose.

AshTree I found that when I got off the steroids, a lot of the puffiness disappeared. However I still had excess weight from the steroid induced overeating.

That was a reply toKatyK by the way.

It doesn't really matter though does it ? . Enjoy the opportunity to be lazy and relax. After all if you do the housework today it will only need doing again in a few days whereas if you leave it till then you will have gained all this time.

Nankate- I am in the same position as you,I was on 125mcg Thyroxin but the Doctor said my T4 levels were fine so she reduced my dose to 100 mcg.After complaining numerous times the next step she suggested that perhaps it was a side affect of the statins I was taking, I am dropping the statins for 3 months then will have another blood test.Two months have passed but no change so far.It will be interesting to see what happens next month.

I don't know what's come over me really! I have never been lazy, always had a routine for housework etc when working and now that I don't need a routine, it's all going to pot

I so identify with that KatyK

I don't lack energy but since I retired five years ago, I lack motivation and have developed a 'I'll do that tomorrow' attitude. I must sort myself out.

Terribull it rather helps to know that someone else with an under active thyroid finds their energy levels depleted. Sorry if that sounds unkind.

It really annoys me when in the paper medical experts say things like, once you are on the thyroxin things should return to normal. Well they bloomin' well don't.

I am on 150mcg. However when I read some of the other threads about illness I count myself as reasonably lucky health wise.

I will investigate the tablets Whitewave thanks.

thatbags Same here I had quite a bad relapse in 2013/14 and definitely haven't bounced back from it! I'm not very good at resting and push myself too far, which doesn't help. ME's a b***er, isn't it? SO frustrating

I have mild ME so often have far less energy than I feel I ought to have. The only way to help myself to maximum energy, given the limiting nature of ME, is to rest more. I used to be able to exert myself through an energy barrier; now I can't or at least, if I do, I'll pay for it later. Bounce back has bounced off

I'm inclined to agree diet can be a big factor in energy levels. Like coolgran I have been on steroids for over 3 years because of PMR, and I've put on about 2 stone in this time . Also like coolgran, I do love bread and find it so hard to cut this out of my diet.
Apart from this, I have colon problems (no, not diet related, and not IBS), which means that leaving the house early in the day is a massive no-no, so no early morning brisk walks for me!
OK, so later on in the day? No, because I also have intensely painful feet (currently being investigated) and knees which are well past their use by date. So walking briskly is impossible, and even a gentle stroll is often beyond me, though I try hard not to give into this and will go for a walk whenever I can.
I am currently trying to wean myself off the steroids, and hopefully I will find it easier to diet and lose some of the excess weight, which in turn may help my energy levels. Like so many, I want the end result, but don't relish the willpower and effort required to achieve it .

I just wish I could sleep through the night - no matter what I do its always fits and starts of a few hours at a time. I'm not complaining really - it could be much worse. in golf there is a saying ' as long as you are the right side of the grass......