Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[KaraShannon]

Hi, wondering who else gets really crushing fatigue at times.  Mine isn't helped where I'm living with neighbour issues, but I don't want to focus on that, it's made a lot worse by when I'm really shattered I struggle to get a lot done.  I hope I don't give the wrong impression, I've worked all the way through the pandemic and partly the reason I'm so shattered is I worked 14 days straight without a break, but I know this is also hormones.

What gets me most is when I let the house slip, which is easy to do as I don't live with anyone.  I'm motivated to make everything sparkly and tidy, but the exhaustion can be that severe that I just can't do it all. 

I wonder if anyone else gets this and whether this thread could be a bit of support for those days when you really want to get some stuff done but it's tough and you want to go through it step by step with others   

Anyone?  Feel free to come and go as you please, no commitments on it.

[CLKD]

Hormonal probably.  I remember my Mum suddenly sitting down and dropping off to sleep, she could be in the middle of anything: cooking tea, knitting, hoovering .............

When my brain shuts off I can sleep on a linen line  but the crashing fatigue is a totally different feeling 4 me. 

My brain often feels tired if that makes any sense at all  .  Like I have stuff to do but it's can't be bothered.

[Moonshine54]

I get that crushing faitgue and its awful when you want to get things done. I have also worked through pandemic but it feels a different kind of tired. Xx

[KaraShannon]

Moonshine, not happy you get it but makes me feel less alone.

today isn't the best.  My mother's just rung me too, she's run out of a few things and would I run some bits around to her, I'd better get to it as it's getting late but the thought of it is too much (only a 2 min drive) 

[CLKD]

Did U manage the shopping? 

[KaraShannon]

Yep I managed the shopping, got petrol as well, so quite a few things done considering I feel like I'm only capable of staring at the wall today.     Hopefully a good night's sleep will help, not always guaranteed with the neighbours but no point going there for now.

[KaraShannon]

Yes it doesn't help Avalon.  I'm having a lot of difficulty coming to terms with my drop in health in the last couple of years and feeling old already.  I thought it was a gradual process but it's all happened so sudden.
I really want to get fit again but I don't seem to have the muscular strength I used to either.  I'd do whatever it took to get healthy and fit again, I just hope it's possible.

I had a very low dose of my thyroxine over the weekend because I'd ran low.  I might have a low mood at the moment because of that, hopefully I'll pick up tomorrow.

[Annie0710]

I developed crashing fatigue during menopause, it really floored me.  Testosterone helped no end.  I get tired of course,  but your post has brought back memories of just how exhausted I used to feel,  I couldn’t even think straight.  It feels a long time ago now I felt that bad x

[Iris67]

Yes I get it a lot - along with awful joint and muscle pain and aches...glad of the lockdown to be honest (sorry everyone)

[Sparrow]

The last two years of peri were awful for this.  Every period would completely knock me fot six.

Lucky all gone, post meno.

[KaraShannon]

Yes I get it a lot - along with awful joint and muscle pain and aches...glad of the lockdown to be honest (sorry everyone)

I kind of understand.  I've worked through the pandemic, but from home.  Nightmare due to neighbour noise, but it has alleviated those commutes and the exhaustion a bit.  Also 2019 was a worse year for me, though I understand for some it's been absolutely traumatising and so much loss.  But I know what you mean about having things just stop for a while.

[KaraShannon]

The last two years of peri were awful for this.  Every period would completely knock me fot six.

Lucky all gone, post meno.

good to hear it went!  Oh please, I hope so. 

[KaraShannon]

I developed crashing fatigue during menopause, it really floored me.  Testosterone helped no end.  I get tired of course,  but your post has brought back memories of just how exhausted I used to feel,  I couldn’t even think straight.  It feels a long time ago now I felt that bad x

Yes there are times when I can't think.  I've told friends online if I don't reply, I am still listening, it's just sometimes I just can't......can't put the words together.  That's partly why I'm quiet a lot of the time here too.  I keep hearing about testosterone.  It's funny because I always had hair on my big toes, my dad and I used to laugh because he had exactly the same.  Well, it's gone.  I wonder if that signifies a drop in testosterone, all the hair on the arms is gone too.

[KarineT]

KaraShannon, I get the same at times.  This morning I felt so tired and lethargic I didn't want to get up.  The when I got on the train for work this morning, I felt asleep.  This afternoon, at around 3pm, I had a slump. I think it's partly because I wake up during the night.  Last night I woke up at 1am and 3am.  I don't sleep as well as I used to.  You say you have problems with neiihhbours, I live in a flat and I get that too from time to time.  They don't play music but they come in at all hours and I can hear some crashing & banging and loud talking.  It wakes me up every time.

[Annie0710]

I developed crashing fatigue during menopause, it really floored me.  Testosterone helped no end.  I get tired of course,  but your post has brought back memories of just how exhausted I used to feel,  I couldn’t even think straight.  It feels a long time ago now I felt that bad x

Yes there are times when I can't think.  I've told friends online if I don't reply, I am still listening, it's just sometimes I just can't......can't put the words together.  That's partly why I'm quiet a lot of the time here too.  I keep hearing about testosterone.  It's funny because I always had hair on my big toes, my dad and I used to laugh because he had exactly the same.  Well, it's gone.  I wonder if that signifies a drop in testosterone, all the hair on the arms is gone too.

It’s worth investigating x