Go to the doctor. Advocate for yourself. Make them take you seriously. I've been extra tired for a couple years and it turns out I have a few autoimmune diseases.
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Verify your sleep habits and that you're actually sleeping through the night. Disturbed sleep really messes with the cycles, so you don't get proper sleep. If you snore, that may be an indication of apnea, which can really mess with sleep.
Take a look at your diet, and eating schedule. If either are inconsistent, it can affect quality of sleep.
If you drink soda, (or any bottled drinks), work on changing that. Between the sugar and caffeine they can really mess with you in so many ways when consumed regularly.
This is a hard one - pay attention to (and respect) your sleep gate. I've struggled with this my whole life. When you body tells you it's sleepy, listen, and go to bed. I know, it can be tough. But overriding your sleep gate can really mess with your sleep schedule.
When you body tells you it’s sleepy, listen, and go to bed.
If I go to nap for 10 minutes at 12:00 and then at 17:00, the next day I'm guaranteed to be sleepy both at 12:00 and 17:00. That's how circadian rhythms adjust themselves. The only way to not be sleepy at 12:00 and 17:00 on further days is to overcome sleepiness and NOT give in.
Yeah, my first thought was sleep apnea. If OP sleeps alone, there are phone apps that will record and analyze the sounds you make through the night. This can be a good precursor to getting a doctor's opinion.
It's good to talk to a doctor about this kind of thing, especially as you get older. It's usually nothing, but it might be a vitamin deficiency or something. A good family practitioner will know what questions to ask you.
Yep. This is the right advice. Tired all the time’ is a super common condition to present to your doctor. It’s a symptom of very many things, for my last time I went with this condition it turned out to be a vitamin D deficiency.
Have your B12 levels checked. (Don't assume you have a B-vitamin shortage, GET IT TESTED.)
Fully support this. I've heard for years that "B12 deficiency is uncommon with a western diet," and yet, it happened to me.
I stayed exhausted, lost a ton of weight, and had terrible anxiety.
B12 is prevalent in the diet, but not everybody has the so-called "intrinsic factor" that permits the body to actually process it. If you lack it it's very difficult to get enough B12 no matter what you eat. (Ask me how I know…)
Don't sleep (yuk yuk yuk) on this. Get blood tests. Mine was cancer.
If you also have night sweats and are constantly tired?
Get checked now. Don't wait.
Another common symptom is swollen or "hot" lymph nodes. (back of neck, under armpits, etc)
Check your blood sugar. Being tired all the time is a symptom of diabetes. So is weight loss, bad vision.
Depression?
Have you always felt tired or is this a new thing?
If you've always had trouble then you may have a chronotype that is set to differ from your daily routine. Research suggests it's heavily influenced by genetics. Unfortunately I'm not sure what to do about it if that's the case since the world is designed to run on 9-to-5 with no regard for those that don't fit.
If it's new, then think back to when you weren't tired and what has changed since then. Changes in diet, sleep habits, weight, stress, stopping working out and more can all affect sleep quality.
I think this is/was my issue. I thrived once I got to go to college with mostly afternoon classes. I'm back in a rut because of kids waking me at 7am, though. Noon is where it's at for getting up!
Get more sleep, exercise on the regular and stop eating sugar.
I still don't get enough sleep, but I am at least getting more than I used to (~7hrs). I exercise regularly, but it isn't as rigorous as some. Just doing something helps heaps. Cutting out sugar evened out my energy swings a bunch. I also lost a chunk of weight quickly when I did so.
I am no healthologist, but doing the above (and maybe eating better if you are inclined) should get you to feeling better. Worth a shot, no?
Regularly healthy habits like mentioned here really help, but also drinking (alcohol). There are so many reasons why it can negatively impact your health and energy. If you’re drinking a lot, really take a moment to ask yourself if you can take a break to see if it is what was negatively impacting you. Try 3 months and see if you can see the difference. Either way, if so or not, try another 3, then another 3, and then keep going. Never look back.
Hey, good thoughts there. It hadn’t occurred to me to mention that because I really don’t drink much. Holidays and special events unless I’m the driver.
It is difficult to encapsulate the many other things that could make one tired. Internal (physical or psychological) issues and external (environment or diet). I just chose very basic suggestions to address and assumed those elements didn’t exist. An error on my part flexing towards simplicity, so thanks for saying something!
Got a CPAP to treat my sleep apnea. Easy top ten thing I've fone for myself. It took about 6 months to get use to the mask, but it was definitely worth it!
Hah was coming here to say basically this: if you're always tired after sleeping, go get a sleep study. If you do have sleep apnea, absolutely nothing short of medical intervention will make a meaningful difference, and it's an easy place to start.
Voted to fire the asshole in charge of this reality, felt mildly better for a while. Then he came back, and I'm more exhausted than ever.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Sleep
This is a really excellent book on the subject. It's in the normal places 🏴☠️
Definitely don't smoke meth.