Late 40s. Do you feel rubbish or okay?

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Sick of feeling sick. I had a bad injury and a chronic health condition developed after which I have to take meds for. I feel like I never feel well or have energy. Wondering how much this is me or how much this is late 40s?

44 and I feel good, physically very good.

I put it down to loads of walking and yoga

I used to walk a lot and do Pilates. Remember feeling strong and well.

Ive had to make an effort with my diet, sleep, exercise and hydration to feel good on a day to day basis. Things I could get away years ago have a bigger impact on my body now that Im in my late 40s - alochol, sugar, too much junk food play havoc with me now!

You need to get your testosterone levels checked. You can do blood tests privately. The NHS is version of Ok is not my version of Ok.
I’m hoping when the testosterone script comes through, it’s going to change my life and my energy levels will be back

I normally feel fantastic. Woke up this morning and I could just go back to bed already today 😂

It's hot, humid and thunderstormy here today, the air feels heavy so I'm putting it down to that.

Thanks everyone. Tips to help are really useful too.

taking steroids and gained a stone +. Ugh. Not technically overweight, but top of normal BMI now. Sure it doesn’t help at all though. Cannot seem to lose weight.

I’m mid forties.
I have weeks where I feel great and then boom I’m so tired I’m dragging myself through the week.
im definitely peri menopausal and I notice at different times in my cycle my energy levels are up and down.

I also have an auto immune disease that I’ve been on meds for for 13 years and will be forever and depending on if that’s settled and levels are right or wrong dictates how infeel

i just drag myself through the days I’m shattered but it is annoying.

I’ve started walking again
inused to walk most days before work and it really does make you feel better but I slipped bak abit so need to get back into it.

I also think many women our ages are juggling ageing parents ,teenagers and careers as well as normal day to day life.

I had a bad injury and a chronic health condition developed after which I have to take meds for. These are two big specific things, rather than it being an age thing.

Can you do anything to improve your health, and if not, can you do anything different to help you adjust to your changed health?

A change in health is very stressful, and being stressed makes humans feel crap, so even basic stress mitigation might be worth looking at

@verycloakanddaggers I am trying. It is tough though. I used to go for a run and feel good. Now feel terrible just walking.

Sleep is so important now.

I’m mid 40s and feel good on the whole, although the peri menopause symptoms hit hard sometimes. Brain fog and not always sleeping well for me, but lots of women suffer tiredness and lack of energy with it as well as a million other possible symptoms so it could be that for you.

Look at your diet, sleep, exercise. Get some bloods done to check everything is normal. Does your health condition cause the symptoms or maybe the medication itself? Speak to your doctor if so and see if there is anything they can recommend. I hope things improve, it’s rubbish feeling unwell. 💐

It sounds like you’ve had a really rough time of it. I can totally empathise as I’ve found my forties rough too - I won’t bore you with the details, but i have had moments of wondering if this is it in terms of quality of life. What has helped me is upping my exercise - doing a short weight training session 3-5 times a week and a run a couple of times a week on top of walking a decent amount. I know that might sound impossible when you’re feeling rubbish - it would have to me, but I just started doing it first thing in the morning before I could even think about what I was doing. Initially, with no weights and then light ones - sometimes (ok, fairly often) I did it in quite a lacklustre way, but I figured that was better than not doing it at all. It helped me feel a lot better and there was something really positive about something physically improving when it felt like everything was otherwise deteriorating. I also found running outside a really positive way to start the day. Plus, it all helped with my peri sleep issues, which made me feel better generally. I appreciate that what I’m suggesting might not feel doable at this stage - it wouldn’t have to me initially either - but a bit more exercise and pushing yourself with it (as much as you can given health issues) can really help with energy and how you feel about yourself. Most of all take care of yourself - friends I know who have had a rough time in their forties tell me the fifties are great! 🤞🏻

I’m exactly the same. Amazing how good I feel when I eat properly, exercise, get loads of sleep and drink less wine. Can be a bit boring though 😁

I’m pushing 50 and feel dreadful most of the time. I felt reasonably good until about 46 but since then peri has been kicking my arse. Between low iron from flooding, migraines, insomnia and the stone in weight I have gained around my middle I just feel crap most of the time.

Exercise helps a little but I struggle with energy for it due to the low iron and insomnia.

I really need HRT but have a horrible family history of breast cancer so that’s out. I take triptans for the migraines and tranexamic acid for the flooding which help a bit but I feel like a shadow of the woman I was in my mid 40s.

46
perimenopause- aches, pains insomnia, brain fog heavy periods. HRT has improved some of these
chronic pain- 2 prolapsed discs and osteoarthritis

if anyone had told me in my forties I’d feel about 79 I wouldn’t have believed it

Thank you everyone for the responses.

Am trying to change the obvious things that are contributing to feeling rough, catastrophic diagnosis and huge amounts of meds aside…

Really, really prioritizing sleep. Going to bed before I get tired and not using a screen. Doing some bedtime yoga - like a 10 minute wind down. Still sometimes get tripped up with insomnia and not really waking up refreshed, but feeling a bit better during the day.

Almost 56 here. I feel great. I need to lose about a stone, but otherwise feel pretty good. Collagen is good for aches and pains. I have heard that fasting is an excellent way to re-set your body, sometimes actually curing illness. In your shoes I'd try a 48 hour fast.

OP can I ask what steroid you are on, the dose and how long you are expected to be on it? They can play havoc with everything

I felt quite awful at 46-47. Awful joint pain almost crippled me and I put on loads of weight.
Started HRT at 47 then Mounjaro at 48 and lost 10kg. Now about to turn 49 and feeling quite a bit better.

Late 40’s with a 4 year old DS.

I’ve never felt better. I do make sure I get plenty of sleep though as I find that makes a huge difference.

I’m 47 and have had a bit of an epiphany this week. I have tried every type of supplement & HRT including testosterone in the last 6 years.

Nothing has made anything significantly better. I’m now post menopause having had extensive blood tests checking EVERYTHING. I have quit drinking too.

Anyway I have come to the conclusion that every little bit helps. Every workout, glass of water, run, walk, piece of fruit whatever helps me feel better tomorrow.

My life isnt massively stressful. I only work part time in a job I enjoy. No long commute. Supportive partner. No small children and yet I feel exhausted most of the time.

I think of marginal gains like today I couldn’t book my normal gym class so I did a weight workout at home. Only 30 minutes but enough to feel it was worth it.

My daughter went to Reading festival and stayed out all night. That used to be me! I am trying to accept my new normal.

oh and the irony is that I work in a chronic fatigue service so know all the tips and tricks.

I'd like to hear more about this. My testosterone levels just came back as NHS normal but I still feel awful - joint pain and fatigue primarily, plus constant PMT feeling

Prednisone 5mg. Up to 10/20 with anything that risks a flare. Four years. Taking vit d to hopefully mitigate bone loss.

I will keep you updated. It’s only been a few weeks. I’ve not noticed my life transformed as yet.

I'm 46 and feel OK. I can't pull as many late nights (ie up until 3am) as I used to - have needed to but then I need an early night the next day. Don't have time to exercise but I get my steps in through normal errands as I don't have a car. No sign of peri menopause. I have a 3yo and have no problem climbing up big soft play frames with her or chasing her through the park. I'd feel better with more exercise and I'm looking forward to having more time for it once she starts nursery.

How are you sleeping on it? They bloating it causes is hard to overcome as is the increased appetite. You have my sympathies op. I presume you are on something for bone density. I truly hope things improve.