Medical or Lazy?

[MrsDiesel]

Dp is tired a lot, he struggles to get out of bed in the mornings and sometimes falls asleep if he takes ss to bed at 7. Sometimes he can sleep from 7 right through until the next day. He quite often needs a nap on a weekend.

I thought he was just being lazy but there are a couple of other things that might suggest maybe a hormone deficiency or anaemia or something?

He has lost a lot of his sex drive, he still has some but it has definitely decreased. Sometimes when we do have sex he doesn't actually finish off, this is getting more frequent.

He struggles for motivation to do simple things.

He is quite irritable.

I cant think of anything else right now but if anything else comes yo mind I will add it.

Does anyone have any experience or anything like this.

It does sound like there is something going wrong for him, I would definitely be suggesting that he needs to pop to the GP for a check up. Does he snore at all, as he sounds like my friend, she has sleep apnoea and was permanently exhausted until they got her sorted

No snoring thankfully I am a light sleeper and would have to gag him.

He won't see the gp because -he is terrified of needles-- he thinks they won't do anything.

I am trying to persuade him.

He is 25 if that is relevant.

Is he overweight?

He is nit over weight, more likely at the lower end of the healthy range although he eats a lot of junk!

I asked was he depressed but he said no. Not ruling it out though, maybe he just doesn't know or want to admit it.

Does he drink a lot?

No he doesn't drink at all. He should be in his prime.

Does he feel the cold a lot - could be thyroid ?

Whatever it is I would get it checked out by the gp as soon as possible.

Not sure about the cold, I will ask that in the morning.

I will keep nagging him to go to the gp. Even if its nothing at least my our minds will be put at rest.

Your do sounds exactly like me!
I have depression very well controlled with anti del drugs but I could sleep and stay in bed all day if give the chance! I try to keep busy but if I am working from home or have an easy week at work, I just crave getting in at 1pm and sleeping before school run. I do feel horribly guilty about it. I have had a lot of test in the past to rule out other medical causes all were negative. Hth

I don't think sleeping 12 hours a day plus naps, being irritable and having no sex drive are at all normal for a 25 year old.

It could be anything: Low hormones (testosterone), low thyroid, anemia, vitamin deficiency, or maybe something else.......

It is very easy to rule those things out with a blood test via the GP. If it were me I would want those ruled out before accepting a diagnosis of 'stress' or depression.

I was thinking along those lines lurking I just have to convince him to go to the gp and stop being so scared.

whitegrenache that sounds hard, interesting that you have had all the test and cone back negative. I don't know enough about depression at all I didn't realise it could make you so tired.

It could be vitamin D deficiency too.

It could be a lot of things, including depression, you need to frog march hi to the GP if he won't go willingly!

Your all right. Mission nag to the doctor begins.