Utterly exhausted.
Is it possible that past lack of sleep is catching up with me? that is what it feels like. Can lack of iron in pg and then breastfeeding catch up with me even though i stopped bf'ing 3 months ago, and eat well (most of the time?) and even though I had HG in pg, and did not have low iron (it stayed good all the way through)
My DS is 19 months old and now sleeps through (mostly). I sleep well most of the time, have nights when I wake up a lot, and no matter what time I go to bed, or wake up in the night if the kids need me, I wake at 6am or so, and then doze.
But, recently, I have been almost unconscious, rather than sleeping, that is how it is feeling. I hardly move in my sleep I am so tired.
It does come and go and I have days when I am ok in the daytime, just hits me at about 7pm. I am in bed by 9pm latest, on good days. I rarely stay up as I struggle to keep my eyes open.
And today, I struggled to get up, i struggled to wake up. And I had to get up for work, and even as I lay there knowing I was going to be late, I just dozed off again. My head and my body just refused to move.
I have been tired all day, like proper yawning and sleepy tears. I am normally fine, even after a bad nights sleep, in the day time, plenty of energy just slow down earlier. But not at the moment.
I have spent all afternoon struggling to get off the sofa after work, forced myself, and while i was moving about, my eyelids just wanted to shut, I have had tears streaming down my face from feeling exhausted, my bones feel weary.
And now, I feel so tired, I am almost past tired, if that makes sense. I actually feel a bit hot and have a headache I feel so tired. I feel quite tearful, have not had tea and no energy to cook it. I am going to bed soon and i know I will be asleep in minutes.
Why on earth am I feeling like this? It started when I started running about 2 months ago? but i have not been running for a while so it is not that. I eat well, most of the time. I am drinking more water than I used to. It started before the weather became hot but on and off and currently it is worse than ever. I am drinking less coffee, but not suddenly, so not caffiene withdrawal and don't think i drink too much either. I drink alcohol about averagely, 3-5 glasses a week. I smoke rarely, around 1-7 rollies a week (normally with wine). I am relatively fit and healthy so what is going on?
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I am so tired I could cry.
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Pavlovthecat · 04/07/2011 19:46
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