Feeling exhausted

Gosh, I know the feeling.. It's crushing and at times my body feels like it wants to sink lower than the floor. Blood tests have been fine. Ditto vitamin levels.

As an aside, but maybe not, and I wouldnt know the significance anyway, do those who feel tired all the time, have rest and it improves?

It’s been a long cold winter without much sunshine.
Get checked out but I think the Spring will get our ‘spring’ back.

I mentioned this to my doctor the other day and he immediately said we will do a blood test and check to see if you need some B12. I get up at 5 every morning, when my tum wakes up as I have diverticulosis, I try to do as much as I can before about 11 when we stop for a bite to eat, after that I just flake out exhausted, a quick nap and I am good to go. I suppose as in my 80th year , it is not too bad.

Perhaps ask for thyroid and Full Blood Count tests. Both have caused me fatigue.
Liver function useful. Look at Elecroltes for instance. Take care❤️❤️❤️❤️

There is yet another version of Covid rife at the moment. The symptoms are so mild you hardly realise you are ill. It does, however, leave you feeling extremely tired. Have you had a bit of a cold recently?

fancythat

I am another saying get yourself checked out.

A friend of mine kept saying they were feeling tired, and was it normal?
I said it was difficult to say, me not being her, but it didnt sound quite right[for her].

She got checked out and had two heart problems.

Wondering what those heart problems are that are making your friend so tired? That's another thing I'm wondering about personally - as I can't think of any particular logical reason I'm aware of iyswim. But I come from a family with VERY heavy duty heart problems and I know I'm currently waiting....and waiting (as it's NHS) to see a heart specialist appointment - after a doctor I had a check-up with recently said she could see I'm having a good diet/looking after myself/not my fault if anything is wrong - but "heart.....heart.....heart..." and I was getting a lot of wrong results on the heart tests bit of the check-up.

I didnt want to write too much as didnt want to alarm the op unnecessarily.
I will DM anyone who wants me to.

I will DM you.

Always a good idea to ask your GP for a blood test. It could very well be the time of year and the lack of sunshine during the long, Winter months, but best to put your mind at rest. 🤞

Thank you all. I’ve sent in an eConsult to the HP and am waiting to hear back. Felt a bit better today by keeping myself busy.

I had Covid (for first time) in August and have been feeling fatigued ever since. I guess it is long Covid and old age.

fancythat

I didnt want to write too much as didnt want to alarm the op unnecessarily.
I will DM anyone who wants me to.

I will DM you.

Thanks re thought of DM....yep.

Personally I've had so many years to get used to the idea "Loads and loads of heart problems - both sides of my family" that it doesn't unduly worry me per se. I've been told of lots of my family having them and one comment was "That uncle was out on the dance floor dancing and he hit the floor - and ...he was gone. That was that". I was meant to take that as "Nowt to worry about if that's what happens come the time" and the only cause for concern basically after hearing that is in case some well-meaning person there wanted to be a "hero" and started doing some resuscitation on me. I've told everyone - "Don't dare try to be a hero at my expense - and if I keel over dead, then I keel over dead and just leave me to it. Do NOT try and resuscitate me - or I'll be swearing your head off as the first thing I do telling you off for that". There's a lot worse ways to go from what I can see - and right now I admire someone younger than me that I'm on friendly terms with - as she got told "Cancer - and it's killing you. You're terminal" and that was pretty much the first she knew - but she's taking life by the horns and doing a Swedish death cleanse/getting what enjoyment she can from life and being extremely open with everyone about it all". So imo - as far as I'm concerned - heart stuff....no big deal (as long as I don't get the "well-meaning wanna be hero/heroine" nearby).

Another cause of exhaustion can be bed mites.. Do you have a bed mite hoover for your mattress and sofas?

You may be anaemic. I was like it many years ago, and went to hospital for tests for something else, when they found that I was.

Interested in the title of the book you mentioned? My acid reflux seems to be getting worse, waking me up at night 😔

KaazaK

I’m so glad I’m not the only one with this problem!! Last year or so feeling increasingly lacking in energy. I thorough bloods done very recently - all clear. I have no problem sleeping. I am on quite a lot of medication but have been so for the past 5 years and it’s not affected me like this before. Only got a small house but doing housework just exhausts me, changing my bed is a killer!! I have 2 dogs. Walking was a great pleasure, now it’s to be endured!! Anyone has any suggestions I’d love to hear them.

It could be ME have you had any bad virus reactions.? My daughter , who is a sufferer , says other people do not realise how tired she is .

Yes, I'm hugely tired all the time. 3 or 4 times a week I have to go upstairs around 4.00pm and I sleep for an hour and a half or for 2 hours. It's a full sleep cycle. The doc knows I am tired and does regular blood tests for underactive thyroid and cholesterol anyway but he hasn't solved it for me. I'm 85 and hate the exhaustion.

Oystergran

Interested in the title of the book you mentioned? My acid reflux seems to be getting worse, waking me up at night 😔

Is that me you mean?

I'm going through three books currently on this:
1. "Acid reflux; foods, supplements & medicinal plants" by Isabel M. Rivero
2. "Acid reflux formula - overcome acid reflux permanently" - by Drew Neimeyer
3. "Digestive wellness" by Elizabeth Lipski.

Having to work my way through a list I made out of health/looks problems my body has - and so I focused on even more "priority" problems first. But it's next on the list - after I've finally dealt with foot problems fully for sure and certain.....

pascal30

Another cause of exhaustion can be bed mites.. Do you have a bed mite hoover for your mattress and sofas?

Is there a hoover that you’d recommend? My mattress is ancient but a really expensive one so I don’t want to replace it but I’d really like to give it a good clean. It does have a mattress protector on it but I didn’t use one when I first bought the bed. I did look at mattress cleaners but some of them didn’t have good reviews.

Vit D deficiency can cause fatigue, in Françe it’s commonly prescribed, I take it all through winter.

8 years ago, I had a severe bout of flu, lasting about 10 days, and ever since have been exhausted. Worked until lockdown, but was going into work later and leaving earlier (my own business). Had tests on NHS - could only have two at a time and results all ok.
I’ve been using a private health company for about 10 years, (every other year) and they have come up with up with the odd result ( from blood and urine samples) that the NHS missed. Cured my cough which I’d had for 5 years, which doctors dismissed, plus a UTI , both of which needed antibiotics.
They have a new test for Essential Energy Profile (£179.00 for 29 blood results and 6 non blood readings) and the Advanced Energy Profile- which I had - (£299.00 for 41 blood results and 9 non blood readings . This includes access to a doctor - to talk to - 24/7.
I should get my results next week, and only hope that I get a clue to my exhaustion.
It’s debilitating, my sympathies to you all.

Piskey - that is so interesting. Thank you. I had recently and reluctantly started to look at private tests.

Does that mean that there might now be a test for ME, something that has never imo been taken seriously?

ME is taken much more seriously now, but I think it's still a diagnosis of exclusion (ie there's no specific blood test for it). Long Covid sounds so similar to ME.
I've had TAT for 11 years now, always seasonal april to august. The only really significant thing they've found is sleep apnoea, diagnosed last year. Using my CPAP machine, taking vit D, & antihistamines daily for those months, I had very few bad days last summer, hopefully the regime will work this year too.

I have CFS which is a bit less severe than ME. Don’t do much physical work and now have a cleaner and gardener, jobs I used to do myself. I still work from choice but only use my brain, not my body. I’m 73. Take care those pushing themselves physically.