So Tired

LegacyUser

Hi all. Lately I've been feeling really tired and I can't figure out why. My day is average, I go to college at about 10/11am most days and never have more than 3 hours. Three evenings a week I work in a clothes shop for 5 hours and on Saturdays I work for 9 hours. I walk everywhere as it's my only way to get excercise. I also don't eat much junk food, mainly fruit and veg. I normally go to bed at 12. Despite this I am wrecked and am having real trouble getting up in the morning. As soon as I lie down I fall asleep basically. Anyone have any suggestions?

seamus

You say you go to college at 10/11am, but what time do you get up?

You say you eat *mainly* fruit and veg, but what about carbohydrates (breads, pastas, rice, etc) and proteins (meats)?

What are your meals like? When you're in work, do you go and buy stuff in a shop or do you go and get a proper meal? Do you have a proper lunch in college, and a proper breakfast before you leave college?

Do you do many late nights on the weekends?

connundrum

I know when I was going to college I never went asleep before 1 or 2am, which led me to be wrecked tired for most of the following day. All I had to do was be strict with myself and get in bed with telly off before 12am.

My mam was always really tired and the doc figured out that she was iron deficiant (sp?), so she went on a prescription tablet and she was grand afterwards.

As previously mentioned, you didn't specify the amount of carbohydrates you take in (pasta/potato/rice etc). This would help your energy store immensly.

hallelujah

Are you in first year of college? I remember when I first started college I was always wrecked. I would go to bed at a reasonable time and get up at 8.30 approx unable to open my eyes, exhausted. This all stopped in at most, second year when I had adjusted to the new way. It'll probably pass.

Some advice, go to bed earlier than 12 for a while and see if it is infact lack of sleep you are getting.

LegacyUser

Go to the Doctor and get him ti give U a blood test.

Only as an example,
Maybe U have an underactive thyroid gland - this would cause
much tiredness but is easy for the doctor to find with a blood test and treat.

tbh

Zzzzz wrote:

Hi all. Lately I've been feeling really tired and I can't figure out why. My day is average, I go to college at about 10/11am most days and never have more than 3 hours. Three evenings a week I work in a clothes shop for 5 hours and on Saturdays I work for 9 hours. I walk everywhere as it's my only way to get excercise. I also don't eat much junk food, mainly fruit and veg. I normally go to bed at 12. Despite this I am wrecked and am having real trouble getting up in the morning. As soon as I lie down I fall asleep basically. Anyone have any suggestions?

I was exactly the same as you when I was in college. Turns out it was diabetes!

not trying to scare you, but you probably should just get checked out anway - not necessarily for that, just in general.

Collumbo

Might sound mad, but have you tried pushing yourself regarding the exercise thing? it might be good for you, just to try a 20-30 minute run 2 or 3 times a week. i'd say I have a lot more energy since I started running and cycling a few times a week. OK I'm knackered by midnight, even at the weekends, but I definitely feel better during the day. Failing that, a tonic can be good too like Metatone or something like that that.

trip to the Doctor is a good start though...

LegacyUser

'I've been really tired lately too. I think it may be a lack of iron. Can anyone recommend any good sources of iron/iron supplements?'

CathyMoran

As`TBH said, please go to a doctor about this to rule out any medical problems, it will not hurt, honest.

sweet-rasmus

yeah, medical problems can deffo be the route of tiredness. a visit to the doc and a blood test will hopefully tell you the answer. good luck!

o1s1n

I was always tired like this through my late teens. Could never get to the bottom of it no matter what i tried. Turns out i had Crohn's disease! Not trying to scare you or anything might be a good idea to get checked out.

Webmonkey

I also have/had the problem but now i taking vitamen tablets "Seven Seas multibionta" and they seem to be doing track. 100% RDA of most vitamens

Catari Jaguar

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Catari Jaguar

Yea, Multibionta is good. Pharmaton is useless. You could have SAD (winter blues) or swollen glands? Get your bloods checked.

Black Swan

Could be due to one or more factors. Diet, vitamins, exercise, sleeping habits, bed that you sleep on, drinking, recreational drugs, motivation/attitude, who knows? I would start with a visit to my GP to eliminate any possible medical problem or deficiency. Walking is good, but often not strenuous enough for someone young as you are. Join a SOC that's into some sport or fitness, or frequent the uni gym (working it around your work schedule)? Or find a lad that likes to dance a lot?

Going Demented

Like the others said go to the doctor and get some blood tests done. When i felt like that it was Vitamin B12 defiency. It could be anything (like everyone had tiredness above yet had a diffrerent problem), or it could be nothing. Best off to see your doc.

Civilian_Target

Get some exercise and plenty of bread and other carbs - it'll keep you going and you'll sleep much sounder at night

LegacyUser

'I was always tired had to have iron injections at one stage my iron level was so low am now 39 and was only diagnosed last year with Coeliac Disease, it should have been picked up sooner seeing as I was frequently low in iron and Vitamin B, don't struggle on, there is probably an underlying reason, definitely make an appointment with your Doctor to get some bloods done'

Miguel_Sanchez

Similar experience near the end of secondary school. Turns out it was glandular fever.

I'm not saying you have it obviously but you should head to the doctor to get it checked out.

Victor

How do you feel about life. Are you bored or unenthusiastic about things?

I think drop along to the college nurse / doctor (won´t cost much if anything) and explain where you are.

Dave!

Jayzis, this is a cheery thread!

I used to be like that. Turns out I had leprosy! :eek:



As has been mentioned, it'd be worth going to a doctor and getting checked out. My brother is always tired, got a blood test and it returned normal. Still don't know why he's always tired...

Are you on any medication? It might be a side-effect. I used to have terrible vision and everything would go blurry all the time, so I got an eye test, and the optician said I have "better than 20/20" vision. I don't know if that's possible, but that's what she said. Turns out the blurriness was a side-effect of drugs I was on!

tinkerbell

I'm the same these days, I'm always exhausted. I used to be able to get up for work really early but now it's a struggle getting up before 8 a.m. I don't know why I'm so tired all of a sudden but I'm gonna get a tonic and multi-vitamins this weekend. I think I may just be run down, I haven't had many days off at all this year, so I think I'm just over-worked. Looking forward to Christmas where I'm gonna do absolutely nothing but sleep and eat. YAY The gym doesn't really seem to be fixing matters either. I was going to the gym but it wasn't raising my energy levels at all, and then about two weeks ago, I stopped going coz I just had no energy to go at 8 in the evening coz I was so shattered from work.

Maybe these multi-vitamins will sort me out, pleeease!!

Faith

DaveMcG wrote:

As has been mentioned, it'd be worth going to a doctor and getting checked out. My brother is always tired, got a blood test and it returned normal. Still don't know why he's always tired...

That's the same as me. I think it's stress, though.