Hi,
I am a 36 year old female with major fatigue issues. For the last 10 years I have been trying to get a doctor to listen and REALLY try to help me. I have insomnia every night, I am physically exhausted. My brain is ALWAYS awake just thining and thinking and thinking. Not worrying, JUST thinking. I have headaches often and migraines. Getting out of bed in the morning, I am sore and stiff. (Sometimes I feel very sore, some days are better).
I have taken Sudaphed for enegry and it helps some. Caffeine just makes my brain crazy.
I can not regulate my body temperature, if it is cold I am freezing. If it is warm I am often hot. OR I may be sitting in a room at 78 and be cold? During the day, I like the house around 78, but towards evening, I drop it down to 74 and FREEZE. Often my muscles burn like I exercised a ton of reps, but i just walk to the refrigerator.
I used to be FULL of energy, worked 3 jobs and was always on the go and loved it. I am depressed b/c I am so tired.
I have had some testing:
Lyme Disease - Negative 2004
Thyroid - Negative 2004
Thyroid (T3 & T4) - 2010 DURING PREGNANCY - Negative
I have been diagnosed with high anxiety, ADD, depression. I have pectus excavatum (now repaired) and scoliosis.
Other odd things:
When I was pregnant EVERTHING went wrong for ME (Baby is spectacular). So here are the list of things I suffered while pregnant. Everything listed is in EXTREMES. Not just sometimes.
Entire pregnancy - So constipated I could not eat, did enemas every other day for ENTIRE pregnancy.
First 3 months - So nauseous, could not move. The more I moved, the sicker I got. Dropped weight.
3-6 Months - DAILY 100% debilitating migraines.
Month 6 - Thrombosed hemmhorids
Month 6 - Back injury, mid back (see next)
Month 6 - Kidney stones? and kinked ureter
6-9 - Back/spine pain/kidney?
Of course, everyone thought I was exaggerating, except for my husband, lol, who had to hit up CVS weekly for 6pack enemas.
While I was pregnant, SALT helped my migraines?
I always crave salt.
While pregnant if I ate starches or sugars, my mouth would taste like garbage. I chewed Freedent gum like mad.(sugar in that was ok?)
So sorry to post so much, I just figured maybe something might trigger someone's brain.
Thank you to everyone who reads this to try to help <3
I would also ask my family doctor to prescribe a mild sleep aid. I would make sure that it wouldn't interfere with any other medications you take and monitor yourself for the first month or so (like no driving in the morning until you know how it will effect you). Also keep in mind with these that there is a window you need to hit to go to sleep and if you miss it, you are going to be up all night. Take the sleep aid and plan to go straight to bed, no last minute activities (like laundry, snacks, feed the animals). You may even ask for a mild antidepressant that you could stop taking when you feel better about things. Changes in lifestyles and no answers to problems you know you have can cause a lot of anxiety.
If you don't want to take medications, try sleeping in a different place than your bed. Maybe a recliner or try a radio on that would help you not focus so much on problems and distract your mind from thinking when you want to rest.
Talk to you family doctor again and see if they have any suggestions for you. If you don't get answers or you feel they don't take you seriously, find a new one. Remember, you are paying them, and you don't deserve to be ignored.
I hope this helps you, and good luck.