I'm so tired I'm so tired I'm so tired I'm so tired...

[motherinferior]

...is there any way to stop being so tired?

I go to bed at around 10, dammit. My children, aged one and three, sleep through the night (although the little one was ill last week) until 6ish (or, horrors, earlier). I eat reasonably healthily. I even get some exercise, although not as much as I'd like because I'm so damn TIRED. I'm far too tired to contemplate DP's suggestions of Wild and Passionate Lurve (baybeee) with anything but exhausted horror. Is this just nature's way of pointing out I should have had my children when I was younger, not embark on the first one at 37? And is there any way to stop being SO DAMN TIRED????

(sinks head in hands exhaustedly...)

are you getting wnough outdoor excercise?

hello MI

Four words; check your Thyroid function

You are describing exactly how I felt for three years ... unitl I got my tablets.

HTH

I walk the kids to their childminder half a mile slowly, then back quickly, then there quickly, then back slowly, so yes really. Not this week but usually.

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God, I thought my dh had logged on to MN then . Seriously, suzywong's suggestion sounds good to me. Hope you are feeling better soon .

Yes go to GP and weep, it worked for me. I look five years younger too

Could it be all the months of previous sleepless nights catching up on you? Almost like your body is now going into a sort of recuperation period and allowing you to feel the true state of your tiredness? I find that when i've had loads of sleepless nights followed by a good one i actually feel worse after the good one than after the bad because my body has had a true chance to relax opposed to the "must carry on" state that it's normally in! Dh says i'm odd!! If you are worried i'd go to doctors for blood test....couldn't be pregnant again could you?!

Good idea. I did have a thyroid check after my first baby but haven't had anything since then.

Yes go to GP and weep, it worked for me. I look five years younger too

Oh, and no I'm definitely not pregnant unless DP has taken Ungentlemanly Advantage of my sleeping form in incubus-type manner.

funny you should say that MI, when I was in the thick of my exhaustion haze I was certain I had a visit by an incubus at 2 am one night, I swear something was sitting on my chest and I couldn't move a muscle.

bump - anyone else?

Kids have been ill- you are missing your sleep, body is tired, fighting off a bug maybe? Keep going to bed early for a week or so, take floradix iron tablets and eat plenty of red meat. Drink a small glass of red wine every night and if you can manage some exercise that actually raises your heart rate (gentle jogging??) you should find that you feel better very quickly. Are you worried about anything?

Er...not enough work, going to starve to death, general worries about excess flab and insufficient money. Once DP starts his new job the week after next I'll also be able to nip down for a swim a couple of times a week as well as at weekends, which will help. And I'll see what happens with the blood.

You might feel better once your dp starts his new job.

I really recommend the floradix/wine/steak route. And if your kids wake earlier than 6 then try going to bed even earlier than 10 (I know I know, no life, but it works).

As well as checking for thyroid function, I suggest a blood test to check for anaemia. This was the problem for me when I was chronically tired.

Something else that helps is Valerian. See a herbalist and get some, it makes you feel more refreshed in the morning.

I said a weeks holiday wasn't long enough!

Do you have enough to look forward to, or does each day seem like drudgy trudge? It is SO exhausting (IME anyway) doing the whole juggling act, and not having enough treats to look forward to can rob you of your motivation and energy. Could that be part of it?

Enid - are you suggesting she cuts back to the one small galss of red wine?

silly question but are you getting to see any of your friends to take the pressure off being with young children all the time? sorry but was a thought!

Sorry to hear how you are feeling. Another endorsement from here for Floradix liquid, which is well worth the money. When I was very insecure financially, I used to waste huge amounts of energy worrying, but I am really sorry that I don't know what to say, because that only stopped for me when circumstances changed. Have you got a list of things which you enjoy, which you could do to distract yourself whenever you catch yourself worrying?

mif- lots of sympathy, you describe the way I am lots of the time..
anyone suggested drinking more water?
I am trying to remember to keep the intake up, plus that of dd and ds.. .. it's amazing the difference I have noticed when they don't have enough (irritable/arguementative etc.. just like er.. moi!)

You should work less and loaf more. If you don't have 'enough' work, then lie on the sofa or have lunch with a friend. Treats! That's what you need. (oh, and blood tests and Floradix and lots of water, I suppose).

And take it in turns to do the graveyard shift - ie the early morning waking. One of you gets up at 5.30am or whatever hellish time they are torturing with now, and the other lies in bed until 7 - 7.30.

I have absolutely no useful advice, but I hope you're feeling livelier soon.