Edit1: some thoughts based on comments. I was diagnosed with low vitamin D a few months ago but took bills. Maybe a month ago I ran out. I thought getting outside more recently was enough. You all inspired me to be more serious about it. Got my vitamin D3 and b12 pills.
Also, I noticed the two days I felt so tired I slept later and had alcohol too late in the night. One drink but around 12am. I think not just sleep quantity but when I sleep and quality matter.
Will aim to take my pills, not drink after 8-9pm if I drink, and sleep before 11pm.
Thanks for all the advice :)
Sleeping is good but sometimes just laying down stops my body from aching and feeling tired
Ask a doctor. Don’t ask for medical advice from strangers on the internet
Try the low fodmap diet for a week. When I did it, every day felt amazingly better than the last, and it had a positive impact on my health even when I went back to eating what I had previously been eating.
How are your iron levels and blood pressure? Sometimes, when you’re feeling tired all the time, it can be your body trying to tell you something. If you’re sleeping well and you still feel tired, there’s no harm in making an appointment with your doctor!
I quit smoking entirely and drinking except on special occasions, cut “empty” calories (from drinks and sugar) out of my diet, and adjusted my routines so I’m now forced to walk at least 5 miles a day (usually more) just to get to work and run my errands.
Basically a 180 degree lifestyle change, but I was lumbering half-asleep towards an early grave, so it had to be done.
Now I feel wide awake, full of energy and optimistic for the first time in 20 years.
If you’re already getting enough sleep then I’d actually recommend exercise. Just two or three times a week, work up a good sweat for thirty minutes. Don’t best yourself up if you forget or don’t do it for any reason, just try again the next time.
Vitamin D3, B6, B12 and Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation helps a bit but I do have autoimmune disease so ymmv. Do yourself a favour and get D3 level checked at least.
Low blood pressure can cause this too especially if your on meds that can lower blood pressure. For me a cup of coffee, working out in the morning, and being careful when I take those meds helps.
Exercise - getting regular exercise makes it easier to sleep
Nutrition - B12, Vitamin D, Iron, Potassium are some of the usual suspects but there are more
Sleep - get 8 hours
Get more sleep, exercise on the regular and stop eating sugar.
I still don’t get enough sleep, but I am at least getting more than I used to (~7hrs). I exercise regularly, but it isn’t as rigorous as some. Just doing something helps heaps. Cutting out sugar evened out my energy swings a bunch. I also lost a chunk of weight quickly when I did so.
I am no healthologist, but doing the above (and maybe eating better if you are inclined) should get you to feeling better. Worth a shot, no?
Regularly healthy habits like mentioned here really help, but also drinking (alcohol). There are so many reasons why it can negatively impact your health and energy. If you’re drinking a lot, really take a moment to ask yourself if you can take a break to see if it is what was negatively impacting you. Try 3 months and see if you can see the difference. Either way, if so or not, try another 3, then another 3, and then keep going. Never look back.
Hey, good thoughts there. It hadn’t occurred to me to mention that because I really don’t drink much. Holidays and special events unless I’m the driver.
It is difficult to encapsulate the many other things that could make one tired. Internal (physical or psychological) issues and external (environment or diet). I just chose very basic suggestions to address and assumed those elements didn’t exist. An error on my part flexing towards simplicity, so thanks for saying something!
Check your blood sugar. Being tired all the time is a symptom of diabetes. So is weight loss, bad vision.
Have your B12 levels checked. (Don’t assume you have a B-vitamin shortage, GET IT TESTED.)
Fully support this. I’ve heard for years that “B12 deficiency is uncommon with a western diet,” and yet, it happened to me.
I stayed exhausted, lost a ton of weight, and had terrible anxiety.
B12 is prevalent in the diet, but not everybody has the so-called “intrinsic factor” that permits the body to actually process it. If you lack it it’s very difficult to get enough B12 no matter what you eat. (Ask me how I know…)
Definitely don’t smoke meth.
Go to the doctor. Advocate for yourself. Make them take you seriously. I’ve been extra tired for a couple years and it turns out I have a few autoimmune diseases.
Voted to fire the apple in charge of this reality, felt mildly better for a while. Then he came back, and I’m more exhausted than ever.
