to be fucking fed up of this

[cjt110]

I am exhausted ALL THE BASTARD TIME!!!!!!!

I am 29. My son is 2 next month. I have a 9-5 Mon-Fri desk job. I go to bed at 10pm and get approx 7-8 hours a night (wake ups dependant). I have an underactive thyroid which is level and fine.

I am exhausted. I feel so titred all the time. It is bringing me down and making me feel worse. I have had reams of blood tests and it shows nothing amiss. I am fed up of feeling like this and have been for MONTHS.

I have a GP appointment tomorrow for a mole removal but feel it unfair to take up extra time to discuss this. But they have no pre-bookable appointments for 4 weeks.

I can't handle this anymore.

[cjt110]

bump

[dreamingon]

It is horrible to feel like that all the time. I was like that but I had blood test and found I was lacking in B12, I had 6 injections over a week and now have a top up every 3 months and it has made a difference

[AuldYow]

What's your diet like?

I find that if I eat crap I feel like crap. Also I need fresh air and exercise every day otherwise I spiral downwards at an alarming rate. Even if I'm knackered I make myself go out and always feel better for it.

Good luck and don't be too hard on yourself a 2 year old literally zaps your energy

[cjt110]

I have today bought some multivitamins + iron for what good they'll do in the hope they help me. They have iron and B12 in.

I want to sit in my Doctors surgery and cry and not leave until they figure out what is wrong.

[cjt110]

Auld My diets ok really. Lots of veg and meat, pasta etc. I've also been going walking on an evening for 30 mins too

[ChipsCheeseandIrnBru]

You have a full time job - exhausting
You have a toddler - exhausting
You are doing both!

No advice. Just bumping.

[AuldYow]

Maybe it's just the toddler zapping you of energy? I vaguely remember the toddler years it was hell I was so tired

[notquitegrownup2]

Book the prebookable appointment for 4 weeks time, but when you see the GP tomorrow, talk very speedily about your mole, then whilst it is being removed ask if there is time to talk briefly about your exhaustion and whether there is anything else you should be looking at as it is making you feel so awful. Anaemia? B12 deficiency? Depression? If you raise it again now, you will be steps ahead if you have to go back in 4 weeks.

Could you be struggling with depression? Being a mum of a two year old and working full time is exhausting. Do you get enough support /a break at home? Have you had a holiday recently?

I see that you have had lots of blood tests, so you might want to focus on things that s/he hasn't tested you for. Best of luck in getting it sorted. It's a horrible feeling.

[cjt110]

I feel like an old person. I am barely active Im so tired. This has been going on or months. I was signed off with "fatigue" for 2 weeks earlier in the year and literally did nothing but sleep for the fortnight. It got better. Now its pants again.

[cjt110]

notquitegrownup2 Depression and anxiety - yep but being treated. Also have a counselling referral pending. My husband is good and helps a lot around the home. My son NEVER sits still. Had a 2 week "holiday" in June abroad with DS, DH and my parents. As much of a holiday as you can have with a toddler! lol. Have another week off in Aug.

[Latium123]

OP, I am also hypothyroid. You can have thyroid symptoms even though your blood test is showing normal for T4 (level of thyroxine in your blood) so it would be worth discussing your thyroid in more detail with your doctor. There are other markers they can get on a blood test to check what is going on with your thyroid. It might be worth getting this checked / ruled out.

[Mycatsabastard]

My folic acid levels were really low and I felt like you. Have those been checked?

It's horrible feeling so tired all the time. Keep asking at the GP.

[ijustwannadance]

Could well be mental exhaustion rather than physical. With work and an active toddler you are not getting any time to just stop and recharge. Would there be any way of getting a couple of days of your week off to yourself? Leave toddler at grandparents of with dad?

[DoinItFine]

Are you sure your thyroid issues are deakt with adequately?

[cjt110]

Will ask for gfurther tests to thyroid tomorrow, aswell as other things. ijustwannadance Could be mental exhaustion. Sadly cant get time off. My husband works alternate weekends so I have 1 full weekend alone with son, other weekend is with my husband and son :(

[mum23kidz]

It sounds like you may be depressed, have low iron or something like that. I would go to q and tell her you need help now with this. Do keep us posted on how you go.

[cjt110]

My parents have my son 3 days a week as it is so I'd feel cheeky asking them to have him more

[DoinItFine]

How were you diagnosed?

Did you see an Endo?

Or was it done by a GP purely based on TSH and T4 outside "normal range"?

[cjt110]

diagnosed via bloods. No endo. I went some time back and he did a whole lot of bloods and also an MRi as I have an abnormal pituitary gland. Nothing to note. He suspected if he referred me to an endo, they would say I was fine as my TSH is within the normal range.

[EreniTheFrog]

I have health issues which cause the sort of extreme exhaustion you describe. One thing that helped was CBT, which taught me to use my limited energy more effectively - I'm no less tired, but I am less stressed by it.

[trafalgargal]

My thyroid is under active and I'm on a very low dosage, there are times I need a higher dose although my bloods show only a minuscule drop not enough according to my gp to justify changing the dose but eventually he agreed to try to shut me up. It does make a difference to my tiredness levels and gets rid of the bone tired feeling and I now up my dosage slightly when I feel it creeping back and revert back to te lower dose after a month. Bloods aren't always the whole story.

[Stormtreader]

Hmm TSH isnt the only measure though, is it? Theres lots of sub-categories like measuring uptake and stuff, they just go for TSH because its the easiest and cheapest one to measure

[Catanddogmake6]

Husband has underactive thyroid as well. For him it's not T4 but his T3 levels that make the most difference. I don't think NHS generally test for it so he has to request it specially. It's also the balance between the two - although can't remember what works for him (eg something like one in the slightly high normal range and one in the slightly low normal range). It makes such a big difference when they are not in kilter even though the changes are very minimal. He becomes shattered and is impossible to live with. Probably worth reading more about Hashimotos disease (sp?). It is so treatable but just generally doesn't seem well managed and it makes such a difference to everyday life. I know as soon as he is out of kilter because he changes - lethargic, grumpy, less able to deal with things.

[cjt110]

I just want to feel "normal" Not tired. Not snappy because I'm tired.

[RubySparks]

Could the pituitary problem mean you need other hormones like cortisol or growth hormone? An endocrinologist would be able to help. I have hypothyroidism and have been utterly exhausted at times, other things like Vit D and B12 seem to need to be optimal not just in range for me to feel anything like normal. I also have coeliac disease which is related to the hypothyroidism as both are autoimmune in my case - they can do a blood test for antibodies to check if thyroid issue is autoimmune.