Tiredness ➡️ low mood

Clinical depression can present as tiredness. Could you discuss this with your GP? Are you sleeping OK? How's your appetite?

Underactive thyroid can cause both extreme tiredness and low mood. I think you need to have a chat with your doctor - if possible

Charly
Have your B12 and Thyroid checked out.
A word of advice. If it turns out to be B12 you will be put on X 3 monthly injections.
My original Dr realised that I need injections X2 monthly. My next Dr wanted to change them to X 3 monthly. I got what my body needed X 2 monthly. 😉

Check Vitamin D

Charly like others have touched on. You need to have a complete blood test including a fasting cholesterol test as that gives better results than a non fasting one. If you don't already take any vitamins etc can I suggest you take calcium,vitD and vit K combined tablet,B12,cod liver oil capsule,folic acid and vit C . I have been taking calcium Vit D and vit K since I was 50 and told at my first mammogram to take them. I stopped eating meat 2 years ago but eat chicken,fish and Quorn so take vit B12 ,folic acid because a blood test showed mine was low. Cod liver helps with my joints as I have a rare hereditary neurological condition which effects my limbs. And vit C just to help my immune system.

As we get older we do tend to get tired. I can have a good night's sleep but still need a nap some days. I am 65. This might make you smile. Few months ago I thought I would stay up and watch a film that started at 9 . When I woke up I thought the sound had gone on my TV then realised it was a different film The quite place with Emily Blunt. Had to check another channel to make sure it had sound. I must have fallen asleep as soon as the film started . I am lucky if I can stay awake until 9.30.
Just accept it but make sure you have the blood test.

Thank you so much to all who have helpfully replied.

Merlo Streep abd Grandma Batty, I was born with hypothyroidism, untreated until I was a year old. I have been on thyroxine meds all my life since, but I do wonder sometimes how effective the levothyroxine still is, even though the blood tests I have had every year at my local surgeries, wherever I’ve lived, have always shown up as ‘normal’.

I’ll look into this some more.

Aveline, I’m quite sure I get depressed because I get tired but I’ll keep the reversal in mind, just in case.

Whiff, you’ve recommended a lot, for which I’m grateful. A nap might be more advisable nowadays, but I do take.Magnesium Plus pills anyway. I’ll look into the other recommendations you made. I know what it’s like to go to sleep on the sofa and awaken to another film!

Oldfrill, there’s Vit D3 in my Magnesium Plus pills and I eat salmon once a week. Not sure it’s enough still though.

Merry Christmas all!

If you've had covid this could be a result of that.. post viral tiredness is quite common..

Some conditions and feelings are a bit inevitable when we get older, but we don’t have to just accept it, especially clinical depression! Please go to your GP and take a list of all your symptoms, good luck x

@Whiff, a year or two ago, my husband and daughter had gone out for the evening and I was watching the TV. I nodded off and woke up when they came back. My daughter asked me what I thought l was watching and my bleary reply was Bargain Hunt. This was when I got the “Muuum, it’s Naked Attraction.” I gave Usain Bolt a run for his money with the speed at which I switched off that TV.

Musicgirl, thanks for that!🤣🤣🤣
Re your tiredness, Charley, I don’t know, but there’s good suggestions on here. My tiredness started since I’ve been on BP medication. Before that I was full of energy. Don’t know what the solution for that is.

Hi Mollygo, ask you GP for a change of BP medication, it can take a while to find one that suits.

Netty63

Hi Mollygo, ask you GP for a change of BP medication, it can take a while to find one that suits.

Good idea-this is only the second type, but they insist on trying it for at least a month before they’ll change it.

Musicgirl that's so funny. I watched a bit of naked attraction once. All I could think was how does a man shave his you know what's . Then I laughed about what my late husband would have said about that. 🤣

I found this article that I think could be of interest: rub-md.com/8-hard-habits-to-break/. Hope it helps

Have your B12 checked. I felt absolutely rubbish and during a routine blood test for something else my B12 was shown as extremely low. I had 6 loading injections over 2 weeks and now have an injection every 12 weeks. I feel much better x

Charly/Crystal46, you seem to have two accounts which is against GN rules.

Joselunoh
Interesting article my only comment would be that traits that I just think of as me are listed bad habits that need fixing
Perhaps it’s the level that’s relevant

icanhandthemback

*Charly/Crystal46*, you seem to have two accounts which is against GN rules.

Not intentional - old iPad broke a few years ago and I lost a lot of passwords and had to start again. If it’s a big problem for you you’d better report me, but I’m not doing any harm.

Thank you all of you who posted helpful responses. I will mull over and take action. Right now I’m down with a virus (caught from husband) but look forward to New Year new beginnings.

Ok.