As I 'flaked out' (proper description below) I thought 'this is not normal what is going on?'
If you recognise any if this please help me figure out what might be causing it.
I got back from a gentle 5k walk this morning planning to spend the afternoon doing DIY and decluttering. After a sandwich, tea and a biscuit I suddenly felt overwhelmingly tired. Reading this back I half remember breaking out in a sweat at the end or soon after the walk, it's a warm day but I was surprised.
I had to lie down and crashed out very quickly, falling asleep.
The weirdness was feeling tired, lying down then feeling so exhausted I literally couldn't move but still conscious.
Fell asleep/'passed out' in that position then gradually came to well over an hour later still not able to move. As my brain was waking up I thought again 'this is not right why is this happening?' and tried to notice and remember.
I noticed slightly odd sensations in my feet and hands and it seemed to take quite a while before I was able to move at all or open my eyes.
After a bit I was suddenly fine getting up, felt more normally tired and could go and make tea, talk to the family etc. I basically lost the whole afternoon and I don't feel great now. I feel tired with a slight headache.
It would be really easy to ignore this and try to make up for lost time decluttering instead of posting here but I think I keep doing that. I always have lots of reasons to be tired including not getting a good night's sleep (not due to insomnia). I think this sort of crash happens fairly frequently and because I am busy I just ignore it and keep going as soon as it passes. This time I decided I should consult the hive mind that is MN and hope for some clue about what this is and, fingers crossed, how to prevent it. Its incredibly inconvenient and also slightly concerning.
In no special order things I am wondering about/ noticing.
- it seems reasonable that I suffer from fatigue every day although of course I wish I could get a night's sleep and didn't have some major stresses to deal with. This type of crashing out could just be a result of the pressures of life and I should stop thinking about it and get on with what I'm supposed to be doing!
- I finished a very physically strenuous 10 days on Tuesday perhaps I'm just not over it.
- loads of people have had Covid again recently. A family member has been referred to a long Covid clinic. I had some nasty viral illness (didn't test) about 3 months ago maybe I haven't shaken it off?
- Dr switched me from Ozempic (taking for years) to Mounjaro a couple of months ago, could it be a side effect? Could it be blood sugar related?
- blood pressure?
I plan to contact my GP about my general level of fatigue, a friend suggested getting blood checked eg for anaemia, would make sense. Meanwhile I'm trying to get my head around this particular weird experience and I'd be very grateful if you can shed any light on it. TIA.