Anyone else just physically exhausted?

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I go to bed early enough, lights out by 10 or 10.30pm but I’m really struggling to just get up in the mornings. I’m WFH so I set the alarm for 7 or 7.30am to get the DC ready for home school but find myself just wanting to lay in bed and sometimes unable to open my eyes - it’s like I’ve been drugged! At the weekend I’m sleeping for 10 or 11 hours.
I’m desperately trying to stick to a routine and DC are always washed and dressed and ready for online learning at 9 and the same for me and DH with WFH.
I’m also exhausted during the day for absolutely no reason. I do take some supplements; vitamin D3 and a Berocca daily.
In normal times I’m up at 5am three days a week (I work three days a week) and on the train to work at 7am. Home by 5.30pm and not half as tired as I am at the moment.
Maybe it’s just the sheer strain of the pandemic and the time of year, making me slightly depressed.

Not here, definitely worth keeping an eye and checking it’s not something else causing it.

Is your diet and exercise different from normal? Are you getting outside much?

Yup, some days I feel so drowsy even til lunchtime, like i can't clear the fog. But I'm a bad sleeper w

I was feeling like this for much of autumn but starting to take iron supplements has actually made a huge difference - I realised my diet wasn't ideal at all. So it's worth ruling out physical causes.

Other than that though I don't think it's unusual to be finding the pandemic absolutely exhausting - physically and mentally.

I read your post and wondered if there might be a little bit of depression creeping in. Look after yourself won't you x

I was just literally thinking the same.
I am just so tired.

Weary.

I have been feeling similar. Cant even drag myself out for a run anymore, which i used to LOVE. I have just sent off a do at home blood test to test my Iron, vit B, vit D and some other markers. I will get the results next week. Don’t want to go docs and ask for a test as i feel i am wasting their time

I found upping my iron intake and also taking magnesium supplements really helped.

Bone achingly tired. Can't always sleep well but even when I do its no better. Jaded and exhausted of it all

Oh i am not saying you shouldn’t go doctors though

same. no energy. Maybe depression, plus the grind of 3 meals a day cooking, worrying about DC etc etc, plus working from home.

Yes. Shattered at present. Also this week unable to sleep so getting about 4 hours a night.

Yes, same. SAHM to two preschool age DC with nothing to do and no where to go.

It's been like this for a year now, thanks to lockdown and various restrictions. I'm probably depressed. Feel like I could sleep for 87 years and still be tired.

Yes tired. But you should look at your diet and speak to GP if concerned.

Yes, I have worked throughout this as retail, driving to various different supermarkets every day. I'm now covering for people isolating and it's so tiring, the work and the driving, thankfully my children are teenagers and very good at their home schooling, also I am a single parent and v v tired.

Thanks everyone. Diet is ok I think. DH has MS so we generally eat a healthy diet, with lots of vegetables and mainly fish. I might look into some additional supplements just to get me over the winter.
It probably is just life in general at the moment. Like millions of others, I’m chained to my laptop for work three days a week (high levels of concentration needed) and also home schooling two primary aged DDs. I’m just looking forward to half term so that I only have one ‘job’ to juggle.
I know I need to get out for more exercise - I just struggle to find the time and have the appetite for it!
Glad I’m not alone though. Take care of yourselves 🤗

I felt exactly like this earlier last year. My sleep went to shit. It all got worse. I ignored it and ploughed on. I’d be in tears most days as I couldn’t shake the malaise. I put it down to stress, lockdown, mild depression, boredom, fedupness, getting old. I’m normally super fit, active, bursting with energy, positive etc. Anyway fast forward a few months and I got really ill (flu like symptoms) and developed a rash. I was worried the rash was meningitis (given my other symptoms and it didn’t change when I rolled a glass over it). I went to A&E. 24 hours and lots of blood tests later, I was diagnosed with an Epstein-Barr Virus infection. They concluded I’d had it several months, which tallied with when I suddenly started feeling tired. Not realising I was ill I did all of the worst possible things I could have done - not resting, ignoring it all and ploughing on. I then suffered from Post ViralFatigue which I’m now about 80% over 8 months on.

It’s well worth booking a Drs appointment and getting them to run some blood tests. Then if there’s something amiss you can deal with it and get back to normal.

A friend of mine was the same and she was diagnosed with a fatty liver. She doesn't drink so was a bit surprised but her doctor said that it's more common than people think.

I’m similar - I used to jump out of bed at 5am, now it’s more like 7am and I could sleep longer if I didn’t force myself to get up. I think I’m a bit depressed tbh.

I've been feeling like this too. I suspect diet in my case as I'm vegetarian but probably don't eat enough leafy greens to get my iron intake.

Going to start taking supplements from tomorrow.

I felt this over xmas and most of January. Brain fog all the time. I started doing 16/8 intermittent fasting to stop weight creeping up (not eating for 16 hours after 6-7pm) and now mentally feels loads better as well. So i looked it up and it is supposed to help you feel more alert. But it could be a total coincidence!

I dont think the dark mornings help as our bodies will still be wanting to sleep.

I'm snoozing by anywhere from 9PM to 11pm and my alarm is set for 7.15am.

I worked out to feel okay I need at least 9.5 hours of sleep. Anything less I'll cope but feel like shit, left to my own devices at weekends I will easily sleep 11 hours or more!

Partly though I think its having nothing to get up for. I WFH in a very demanding job where I spend most of the day being verbally abused, to then have to sort dinner and kids. 2 of my 3 kids are in school, and one is live lessons all day so even that morning buzz of getting one out for school feels muted.

Weekends are just an endless circle of laundry because all our clubs and hobbies are cancelled. Why wake up early to go out, I certainly dont need another fucking walk!

Life just feels muted and monotonous.

Have you had Covid? The reason I ask is that I was like this for 5-6 months post Covid.

Yes, and I think iron is a big factor for me. Although life is just exhausting

Me too. Haven't had covid (and had a test via Zoe app, no symptoms this week so haven't got it) but hit the point of exhaustion.
First few months we were very busy and ran on adrenalin, now there isn't a huge amount to do.

This is me. Sleeping every night from 9pm - 6am and getting out of bed feels like a mountain.

I suspect a bit of mild depression. I've bought one of those wake up to the sun likght things.