Always tired :-(

[BPdanny]

I am in my 40s
And I am tired

I have no children or partner
I work part time
I sleep 8 hours a night
I am a healthy weight
Moderate exerciser
Reasonable diet - don't drink caffeine
No other health conditions
I am not depressed
Get out into nature everyday (I don't live in a particularly polluted area)
No more stress in my life than most (possibly less - see no children/partner!)
Have had bloods done at GPs - normal

I have been like this my whole life. I've always thought I was shy because I dreaded socialising - I'm not remotely shy and I love being with people, but I feel worn out 80% of the time.

Why?!?
And what can I do?

I've tweaked my diet/exercise over the years nothing makes a difference. I'm beginning to feel disabled by it. I am a creative person with lots of ideas and I can never realise them to completion because I'm always knackered The 3 days a week I work (lovely easy job, no stress, quick commute) I can't do anything after work, especially if it requires me to think.

I'd love to get a dog, I walk my neighbours one for her a few times a week - but I know I'd be too tired to walk it everyday.

Please can anyone help?

Have had bloods done at GPs - normal

“Normal” isn’t always enough. Some people only feel well when their levels are optimal/high end of normal range.

B12 for example. The normal range is set ridiculously low in the U.K. and you can still be symptomatic in the low end of normal.
Ferritin -many women suffer if levels are not above 50 yet above 15 is considered ‘normal’ for our labs reference range.
Did they check ferritin, thyroid, vitamin D, b12/folate, coeliac disease?

You could do with a print out of your blood results so you can see exactly what has been tested, your levels and the labs reference range so you can see where your results fall within that.

I hope you find some answers.

Is it possible that you're.... bored? I find myself feeling shattered if I'm simply bored. I don't want to do any work when I'm bored, I want to do something actually fun, but can never think of anything to do, so I'm just like ah well fuck it, I'll have a lie down.

Also just to add to what a PP said - you have to request some things to be included in your bloods (I had to, anyway, I had to specify I wanted them to test b12, folate, ferritin and it finally came back I was low in ferritin when the 'general' bloods said I was all normal range). Maybe worth another shot to double check?

@eandz13

Is it possible that you're.... bored? I find myself feeling shattered if I'm simply bored. I don't want to do any work when I'm bored, I want to do something actually fun, but can never think of anything to do, so I'm just like ah well fuck it, I'll have a lie down.

Also just to add to what a PP said - you have to request some things to be included in your bloods (I had to, anyway, I had to specify I wanted them to test b12, folate, ferritin and it finally came back I was low in ferritin when the 'general' bloods said I was all normal range). Maybe worth another shot to double check?

No not bored.

I did get a printout of my bloods. I'll recheck it.

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