Feel crap ALL the time

[GhostBridezilla]

Does anyone else just feel crap ALLLLLL the time?
I wake up tired. I feel lethargic. It doesn’t matter what I eat or drink I always feel low in energy.

Not low in iron because I took supplements for a year with no change.

I feel like I am constantly reflecting on how I feel and monitoring my mood. I think about how my body feels all the time.

I also have incredibly low self esteem and constantly think about how to lose weight, how I’m not losing weight, how old I look, how fat I look. How I’m a failure. I have to constantly do things to make myself get through the present eg I might have to journal or go for a walk or have a nap or talk to a friend or get a hug or seek emotional support from DH just in response to how bad I feel.

I do have therapy.

Not depressed either, I take Sertraline.

I just feel so shite all the fecking time. I can’t be alone in this can I?

Me! I’ve been back and forth to doctors for blood tests and I think we’ve settled on peri menopause. I’m going back in a few weeks to discuss HRT.

The fact that you are taking sertraline and having therapy makes me think that you have diagnosed mental health issues. Maybe go back to the doctors and see if your medication needs changing?

Fwiw I feel the same as you. I 100% know its down to my mental health and need to sort that out.

I'm similar. Without the seretaline. I'm so lacking in energy. I'm in my 40s and have been like this since my 20s so while I think peri is a factor now it can't have always been that. Every few years I get some blood tests done but nothing ever gets found except that my ferritin levels are low but I'm not anaemic. Taking iron doesn't make a significant difference.

I do have heavy painful periods and experienced unexplained infertility so I suspect endo as I know that can cause fatigue.

How overweight are you? I have just been prescribed a Weight loss programme on the nhs as my bmi is 30
I am only on day 3 but not doing well as had a terrible migraine today

Ooh what’s the weight loss programme? I am quite overweight. have tried everything.

I have Generalised Anxiety Disorder. So basically I find life difficult. I am managing it ok at the moment and it has been much worse.
Maybe I need to adjust my meds. I may speak to my Dr.

You could try taking Vitamin B complex, I have a noticeable difference in my energy level when I take it. Its cheap as chips from the likes of Boots, might be worth a shot

It's called Oviva
It's an app. I have chosen to do low a carb but I had a chat with a health coach and have to log everything I am eating
It hasn't gone well so far as I had a crashing migraine yday

Thanks will try a vit B too. Good idea. I’m going to try and walk every single day and drink my water and just keep going. Some days I feel shite but positive (today). Which is better than the shite and negative days.

Could you have an underactive thyroid? Might be worth asking the dr to check

take a look at your diet- I bet there is something your eating that is causing fatigue. My first thoughts are dairy or gluten.
also the gym helps me massively
jm on setraline
doing something about my weight even tho I’m not where I want to be yet makes me feel good