I'm Tired

[Aliantha]

Have you ever been so tired that you find it hard to stay awake at work?
Have you ever been so tired that every muscle in your body aches?
Have you ever been so tired that the thought of having to walk to your bed seems like too much effort?
Have you ever been so tired that your eye twitches constantly?

I've been feeling this way for about 2 months now.

I think I need a break.

[lumberjim]

i've been that tired. you need to take a chug of nyquil, and go to bed at 8pm

you'll wake up at 3 am...eat a huge bowl of cheerios or three and go back to sleep. maybe rub one out first if it helps you get back to sleep.

[Aliantha]

I go to bed at about 8:30pm most nights lately but I'm not sleeping properly. I think that's a big part of the trouble.

I decided that a night out with the girls might help me so last saturday I hit the town. I had two drinks and a game of pool and decided I needed to come home again.

It's very sad Jimbo. I think I might go see a doctor. The eye twitching thing is making me feel like a freak.

[lumberjim]

too much magnesium on your diet?

or if you believe doctors

[Aliantha]

Thanks for the link. So they say it's stress or tiredness that causes it? No shit! lol

Now all I need is to sleep better. I hardly drink coffee. I have one cup in the morning which is not very strong, and maybe one occassionally two later in the day. I could stop drinking coffee though. I somehow don't think that's the problem. You know, I've even been drinking warm milk before bed.

I think I should just shut up and go see the doctor. Thanks for indulging my whine though.

[DanaC]

Ali, it's most likely nothing sinister (let's face it, even a little hormonal flux can knock us for six from time to time, or you may just be anxious about something), but really, visit to the doctor is best. For all you know you could have developed something like sleep apnia and be totaly unaware of the fact.

[Griff]

You guys don't have lyme disease down there, do you?

[Spexxvet]

While I'm not a doctor, and I don't play one on TV, it could be...

Sleep Apnea
depression
not enough exercise
stress
alcohol
drugs

I hope you feel better soon, Ali.

[Aliantha]

Hmmmm...I could probably be any except the last one i guess. The only drugs i take are to help me sleep. Those are the nights i sleep through but wake up feeling like shit.

Maybe i should just get some hooch and imbibe before bedtime.

[DanaC]

Or....go to the doctor. Any 'symptom' that continues for two months is worth checking on. Most likely be nothing, but best not to take any chances eh?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I have one cup in the morning which is not very strong, and maybe one occassionally two later in the day.

You have 2-3 cups of coffee a day?

Yeah. That is a lot, even if it doesn't sound like it. Depending on how big your "cups" are and how strong your coffee is, that's like drinking 4-8 sodas a day.

I used to have a caffeine addiction--of just one soda a day. I didn't know I was addicted, really, until I had to quit because of breastfeeding. (Actually, it was just one of many things I tried, and it ultimately turned out a different thing was causing the problem, but by then I'd already quit.) I went cold turkey. The first day was okay. The second day I was exhausted, and I passed out at 8:30 and slept until 10:00 am the next morning. So did the baby. Another day or two of extra sleeping, and from then on, I felt freaking awesome. I'm not kidding, it was revolutionary. I have since stayed off, even though I don't have to anymore, because of how much better I feel. I am actively campaigning for my husband to quit too, but he hasn't found a whole weekend he can sleep off yet, too much work going on right now.

I'm telling you, it's definitely worth a try. It's too late for this weekend, but plan it for the next one. No coffee starting Friday morning, have a friend or relative come help out with the kids so you can even out all weekend. It might not solve everything, but I guarantee you, you will feel so much better by Tuesday at the latest.

[Aliantha]

I get what you're saying here Clod, but really, I don't even drink coffee on the weekends unless i'm socializing. For example, I haven't had a coffee since Thursday morning to this stage (being lunch time Saturday). I don't work on Fridays and so don't have the same routine as other weekdays.

The coffee i drink is not very strong. Usually it's instant with only a level teaspoon of mild roast. I have it very milky in a fairly large mug. If I make myself a cup when I'm at work I usually have about two sips from the top and the rest goes cold. I could definitely go cold turkey from coffee. I'm pretty sure it's not that, but just to prove it to myself, I'll go without coffee or other caffeine products for the rest of the week.

I'll let you know if I'm going loopy.

[Aliantha]

Oh, and in the mean time, I'm going to take myself to the doctor.

[DanaC]

You have 2-3 cups of coffee a day?

Yeah. That is a lot, even if it doesn't sound like it. Depending on how big your "cups" are and how strong your coffee is, that's like drinking 4-8 sodas a day.

Shit, that's a lot? *grins* I drink waaaaay too much coffee. Some days I have two to three cups before I leave the house of a morning. If I am out and about I'll usually end up getting a coffee somewhere. Some days I just have three or four cups (well, mugs really) but other days I may have 8-10.

[manephelien]

Yeah, I drink a lot of coffee too. And certainly in Finland no doctor would dream of telling otherwise healthy women to quit drinking coffee completely either when pregnant or breastfeeding. Or they'd see a drop in birth-rate and an increase in infanticides. We're a nation of coffee drinkers, the average consumption (including babes in arms) is 160 gallons per year.

I hope you'll find out what caused the tiredness. I've been a bit run down lately as well, although sometimes it's worse than at other times. At one point it didn't matter how much sleep I got, I still felt tired.