Really starting to get down about my ongoing exhaustion. It started for me more than 10 years ago during college when i would come home from lectures and fall asleep for the rest of the day. I struggled to make it to my lectures because I had to walk 40 minutes which isnt long i but didn't have the physical energy to walk. I barely passed my degree in the end. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and put on 25mg eltroxine. I was also put on anti depressant due to anxiety and depression.
After my first DD was born in 2020 I managed my energy levels by napping everytime she napped, that would help me get through the day. Now I have 2 and I am struggling bad. I am still breastfeeding my second who is 22 months old. She still wakes in the night. I need to stop breastfeeding but don't know how or where to start even though I did it with my 1st. I have awful guilt about how abruptly I stopped bfing my 1st and don't want to do the same with DD2.
Since my 2nd was born, I have been diagnosed with endometriosis, adenomyosis and low ferritin levels. I am a SAHP partner and feel immense guilt and shame about how much my partner has had to help me and how little I have been able to do with my girls. They deserve a better mom to be honest. I have a very bad cold this week, very weak, fatigued etc. My partner had to take the day off work to look after the girls.
I take eltroxine 50mg, ferrous fumarate 305mg, sertaline 100mg, I am on wait list for laparoscopy for endometriosis. I don't know how what else to do. Is it just normal exhaustion from 2 small children and bad sleep from breastfeeding. Do I just need to stop breastfeeding. Is there something else I could be missing. Anyone with any insights. Doctor thinks it's just depression causing it but I'm not sure. I feel depressed right now becasue I'm sick and not able to function but for the most part I feel quite okay mood wise but my struggle with my energy levels really gets me down.