So this morning Colin and I were talking and he brought up the topic of me constantly being tired. For as long as I can remember I have always been tired. (even back in high school when i was constantly working out and exercising).
Over the past few months i have not worked out as much as i should and he thinks that may have something to do with me being soo tired and have 0 motivation to do much of anything (i just force myself to do things) -(but i only think it may be part of it.) At the end of the month though i'm joining a new gym (city employees get an AWESOME discount
) and I am also scheduling a docotors appointment to see if this is an issue or not before my insurance goes out in july.
BUT in the mean time i'd be really interested to see if any of you have gone through this before and what was causing you to be soo tired (how did you resolve it/ get more energy?) It is not uncommon for me on my days off to sleep 10-14 hours (not on purpose- i don't WANT to sleep all day- but i just can't help it- i sleep through alarm clocks and i just stay soo tired) when i get 6-8 hours i still feel like i haven't had enough rest even when i get the recommended amount.
Yesterday after work for instance- i was watching the news around 6 when i fell asleep in the living room (not even planning on taking a nap) when i woke up it was 6:30 so i figured i'd go lay down for a little nap and then get up after while. That didn't happen- i slept straight through my alarm. I did not wake up until 8:30 am this morning. (i know that's definitely over sleeping- but that wasn't even intentional!) that was about 14 straight hours that i slept. And i was still tired this morning when i got up to take care of the aniamls/clean house.
I don't know what's going on with me- Anemia has been ruled out 3 times (my doctors kept insisting on retesting me for it but so far i'm negative (thankfully!) I have had a bunch of problems with my potassium levels dipping very low in recent months and was put on medicine for a temporary amount of time- and when i was on that - it REALLY helped. So i may get my potassium levels retested and see if they're ok now or if i need to be back on meds for it.
Colin and I both think that working out regurally will help- so that's definitely going to happen. I didn't realize what a big problem this was until Colin sat me down this morning and pointed out just how concerned he was about me being constantly exhausted/never getting enough sleep. But i think there's something wrong in addition to that- i just don't know. Any ideas?? I'd like to write some suggestions /etc down before i go to the doctor so i can ask about them. Thanks guys!!!
Over the past few months i have not worked out as much as i should and he thinks that may have something to do with me being soo tired and have 0 motivation to do much of anything (i just force myself to do things) -(but i only think it may be part of it.) At the end of the month though i'm joining a new gym (city employees get an AWESOME discount
BUT in the mean time i'd be really interested to see if any of you have gone through this before and what was causing you to be soo tired (how did you resolve it/ get more energy?) It is not uncommon for me on my days off to sleep 10-14 hours (not on purpose- i don't WANT to sleep all day- but i just can't help it- i sleep through alarm clocks and i just stay soo tired) when i get 6-8 hours i still feel like i haven't had enough rest even when i get the recommended amount.
Yesterday after work for instance- i was watching the news around 6 when i fell asleep in the living room (not even planning on taking a nap) when i woke up it was 6:30 so i figured i'd go lay down for a little nap and then get up after while. That didn't happen- i slept straight through my alarm. I did not wake up until 8:30 am this morning. (i know that's definitely over sleeping- but that wasn't even intentional!) that was about 14 straight hours that i slept. And i was still tired this morning when i got up to take care of the aniamls/clean house.
I don't know what's going on with me- Anemia has been ruled out 3 times (my doctors kept insisting on retesting me for it but so far i'm negative (thankfully!) I have had a bunch of problems with my potassium levels dipping very low in recent months and was put on medicine for a temporary amount of time- and when i was on that - it REALLY helped. So i may get my potassium levels retested and see if they're ok now or if i need to be back on meds for it.
Colin and I both think that working out regurally will help- so that's definitely going to happen. I didn't realize what a big problem this was until Colin sat me down this morning and pointed out just how concerned he was about me being constantly exhausted/never getting enough sleep. But i think there's something wrong in addition to that- i just don't know. Any ideas?? I'd like to write some suggestions /etc down before i go to the doctor so i can ask about them. Thanks guys!!!