Tiiiiiired
I’m tired. So tired. Yesterday I went to see the nurse at work to get my weekly vitamin B injection and chat to her about being tired all the time. She also recommended that I get my thyroid checked. I suppose I really should lift my tired bum and do it then. Life is not fun going through it like this. Even after my vitamin B injection yesterday I had trouble facing getting out of bed this morning.
After we got home we went to gym. I was yawning on the way there and just did not feel like going at all. I don’t know *how* I got through my workout, but I did. Getting to gym timeously is quite a mission. We leave work, go pick up Babyice, go home, feed him, bath him, get him dressed, get ourselves dressed and then head of to gym. We do our workout and sometimes (as we did last night) go to Pick ‘n Pay after gym to buy things for supper and then go home. Then it’s putting Babyice to sleep and Rudi does the cooking. We still have to shower and eventually we plop into bed. We usually go to bed around 20:30/21:00. A lot of people think that is early. Even though we go to bed early and usually wake up around 05:30 I am still tired all the time. 8 hours of sleep should be enough! I should even be able to get away with a little less, no? I’m only almost 30. Feck I’m old.
Christelle suggested that we don’t sleep as deeply as we used to before we had kids. I can neither confirm nor deny this. If Babyice does wake me up at night I have trouble getting back to sleep, but he has been sleeping through for quite some time now and it doesn’t happen very often. I don’t feel like I spend a lot of time running after him or that I expend an amazing amount of energy bathing him, etc (unless we’re rushing to get to gym)…so I don’t really feel like I can attribute my permanent lethargy to having a baby in the house. I could be deceiving myself or underestimating how much energy I do use to look after him, but I’m more tired recently than I have been in a long time. Actually…I don’t remember ever being this tired.
Perhaps I am anxious about having the test done. What if my thyroid is fine? Then WTF is wrong with me? I also want to have allergy tests done…but I don’t want to exhaust our medical aid in April already. I really need to do something though. Something is up and I need to fix it. Rudi says I’m wishing my life away by constantly wanting to go to bed or have a nap and he is right.
I really hope this doesn’t sound like a bitching/moaning session. I don’t want to be someone who whines on their blog all the time. Rudi says I moan a lot. Maybe that is because I am perpetually tired and grumpy! I should go. I must go. I must not procrastinate. I must not just keep putting this off until I collapse in an exhausted pile. At this rate I’m going to quit gym and it is not something that I want to do.
You need REST and/or SLEEP. Right now you don’t need the formal exercise regime so much except if you find it so damaging psychologically not to. Do a few sessions fewer at the gym and add them back in as you feel better. Get the thyroid test out of the way. Being healthy is about eliminating false variables. The test will show you where you stand. If you can take some time off work, do. If you can get away somewhere different for the weekend, do.
I know this would sound more convincing if it were coming from someone not suffering my medical condition, but it’s party because of these circumstances that I am fairly confident I feel I’m right on this one.
I so get what you are saying. I went through the same thing a while back. Could not face getting up in the morning and wanted to go to bed as soon as Zani was in bed @ 7h30! Started going for Vit B shots, but they alone did not do the trick. At the clinic sister’s suggestion I started to supplement them with Ciplathon tables (generic version of Pharmaton). This has really helped me.
There is also the saying that the more you sleep the more you want to sleep. Don’t know how true this is, but I have been making a consertive effort to not go to bed before 21h30 at the earliest. This was done more at an attempt to save my relationship with Deon than anything else, but now going to bed a bit later does not seem to phase me as much. I still get days where I just want to go to bed, but it has been better.
You need to give yourself a break as well. You have had a tough year so far with your Grandfather etc. You were also depressed before he died and maybe you still are?
Perhaps you should just bite the bullet and go to the doctor. Have a proper checkup – mental and physical!
Ok so maybe I’m being a stick in the mud again but you sound like a lady who is pregnant and in her 1st trimester.
The only reason I’m saying this is because one of my friends is currently 6 weeks pregnant and she can’t believe how absolutely exhausted she is ALL the time. Even after a nap she wakes up tired and goes to bed tired and gets up tired and falls asleep at work.
Sounds familiar? Just saying.
Sounds very familiar and now that you mention it…I felt this tired during my first trimester…BUT…I don’t think it is even remotely possible. All the signs were there that I am not pregnant about a week and a half ago.
Dude I had 4 periods while pregnant with both my girls!
Dude. I skipped my period first time around with both pregnancies.
Ok you win, lol! No reason why you can’t just do a R20 home test. Just in case. (Which by the way NEVER produced a positive result with any of the pregnancies, lol!)
First pregnancy – no positive results (in hindsight, for obvious reasons), with Babyice…BAM. First time.
Lend me 20 bucks please man…
No problem! Do you accept credit cards?
Yes, but only for larger amounts i.e. R100
Or you could just mail me a test
Hmm I think you should use the general check up/physical you get covered by medical aid done – you’re allowed something like one every 5 or so years when under 30. I hope you get this sorted out soon.
Oh I am tired all the time, but we have been sleeping like crap for 4 years – so no wonder.
Do you take an iron tablet? I find that I have a lot more energy when I take iron tablets and drink my recommended 2litres of water per day.
My suggestion would be to go for a full physical and take it from there.
I had my iron tested very recently when attempting to donate blood and my iron levels were fine
shame my friend there is nothing worse then that feeling of permanent tiredness. i know that feeling all to well (even though for now i have an excuse) ive always LOVED my sleep. maybe it isnt anything really serious its just your body asking for a little time out. Maybe a small weekend get away from the madness of work etc would do u good doesnt have to be a expensive one just a slight change in routine and scenery. good luck my firned and keep us updated
My thyroid is hopelessly under-active and I take meds for it. I am ending another set of prescriptions and am due to have it retested.