Is anyone else just so fucking tired...

[Totallybannanas]

I’m not sure if it’s my job, my age, or both, but this winter feels like it’s dragging on forever. By the time I get home, I’m completely drained—I cook, do the dishes, then spend the rest of the evening in a vegetative state until I finally give in and go to sleep. I have zero motivation to go out or do anything because, first, I’m exhausted, and second, I find a lot of people in society today insufferable. I don’t know if it’s just a seasonal slump or something that comes with age, but I genuinely hate being around strangers in places like pubs or restaurants. People just seem like complete idiots, and honestly, I’d rather just hibernate or escape to an island away from everyone.

Yes I'm always knackered. But we have a toddler and are always ill / getting over illness, so I assume this is how I will feel for a good few years yet 😴

Thank goodness it’s not just me then! January went on for fucking forever and February is going the same way.

I’m in peri, on HRT and my job sucks. Pretty sure they are contributing to me feeling crap and miserable but I’ve had a bloody cold for forever and now can’t shake off the chesty cough which rattles constantly. Don’t think it’s a Chest infection - just being run down.

Always take vits esp Vit D
so not sure what it is.

Need proper sunshine!

The fact that last Summer was non existent didn't help I think.

For me, work is currently relentless and that's really having an effect on me.

I feel hibernation should be an option. I've only been doing low level cleaning and need a lie down

Thank you. That's so kind of you. I used to be a nanny and in between I worked in shops but always went back to child care. I will look to see what's around as I have a dog who is used to me being with her most of the time so I have to work around her. My ex said she won't live for ever so I can go back to work. Twat. I'd love to work in animal rescue place or a tea room so I'm open to whatever comes up.

God yes, I feel you.44 here and probably peri but feel like everything is just grey and pointless. No time to feel miserable though as too much to do, work, clean, sleep repeat 😴

@Totallybannanas
Take vit d

Haven't RTFT but what has made (some) difference for me. Actually going to bed when really tired even if it is 830. Silk eye mask. Magnesium tablets. Vitamin D. Am sleeping really deeply now, even if it still takes me half the weekend to bounce back. Good luck.

I've met up with an old and beloved friend. 2 hours. 1.5 glasses of wine. I'm done.

I have zero extra capacity for anything other than the basics. I feel like I did during lockdown.

I'm exhausted today. Although that's partly due to DD phoning me last night after midnight to come collect her and her boyfriend from the bus stop. They could have walked from the stop but her new shoes were cutting into her ankles. I was in a deep sleep at the time, so I had to get out of bed, throw on some clothes and get into the car. Then I had to get up at 8 to drop her to work.

It seems to be relentlessly cold and grey. Roll on summer.......

@redmapleleaves1 can you recommend some magnesium please ? Even the choice of that was overwhelming so as per, I do nothing

I'm fucked too despite eating right, exercising and taking my supplements. I laughed yesterday when QuickBooks informed me I was 'signed out due to inactivity" ....you and me both, pal! 😂

Err not sure why my reply has been hidden! 🤔

Oh it's been allowed 🤣

I do all of that. I always eat healthily, take 11 tablets worth of supplements a day, exercise every day and walk the dog, take my antidepressant… I still feel drained and shit.

For me it’s the weather as I have SAD and this endless grey is draining the life out of me. Add to that the cost of living, the worrying news every day, work being in a serious crisis, rubbish everywhere, endless roadworks and everyone around me feeling the same and it’s a recipe for miserableness.

I take vitamin D, magnesium and iron supplements. Tumeric also for aches and joints. I have done the bare minimum today, too wet and cold to go out. Even the dog refused 😂

@tattoonewbie oh I just get the one they sell in Lidl. Or was it Aldi? Sorry - as you can see, not at the height of my game :)

Same here. I've wasted the day today, napped, lazed about scrolling on my phone, read a bit, basically done nothing but not even really enjoyed it. I look forward to weekends as the weeks are so busy but then the weekend comes and all I want to do is eat and laze about. Been ill on and off for weeks, my skin is all dry from the central heating, and pretty sure I still have some kind of sinusy thing which is making me feel weird in the head. Im so fed up of myself.

I think hibernation is a totally valid lifestyle choice this time of year. The sun refuses to come out so why should I?

Honestly I'm doing ok. Taking my vitamins, healthy diet, plenty of exercise, HRT working but I still have zero motivation to get up off the sofa after 6pm!
Just give me some sunshine, that would cheer me right up!

Hello tribe! Yep. I’m tired. I just don’t want to anymore. I don’t want to do my job. I don’t want to deal with the myriad crap of daily life.

I want to win the lottery, quit and then spend my time on me.

I’d probably feel better if the last two summers hadn’t been abysmal. I’m actively now need some sunshine.

and I need an end to the god awful endless rain. I’d like to be able to go for a nice walk to improve my mental health - but a trudge in miserable drizzle doesn’t quite do it for me.

I forgot to add about the cold! I’m so sick of being cold to my bones 😭.

@graceinspace999 @Winterymix I'm a good bit older than you and have had an underactive thyroid for what seems like for ever. I didn't go to my GP about tiredness (I am an insomniac so permanently tired) or weight gain as I had just had my first DC and it was picked up via blood tests (for god knows what back then). Been on varying amounts of Levothyroxine over the years. I can't say its made me fee any 'better' as I'm still tired and lethargic (or hyper and wired from insomnia) but I've just learned to live with it and have devised my whole life (and business), so I can deal with it, and shut myself away for an hour a day in my bedroom. It's my safe space. It's how I calm down. I just need that space and time to stay sane!

I live overseas and it's unseasonably cold ATM, it is sunny though which helps. (Some people might recognise the pun in my username!)

However I can't wrap up warm and cosy in my fluffy onesie in the evenings because of the STUPID FUCKING MENOPAUSE AND HOT FLUSHES 🥵😠😠😠

I felt I could sleep at any point.
GP said my folic acid was too low. Took 3 months worth - I'm like a different woman!