I don’t feel non-drugged until well after 6 PM. I’m sleeping very well. I even tried caffeine pills and even caffeine doesn’t budge the “just come to under general anesthesia” feeling. I’ve been under before, and that retch-y feeling is the same. People have also noticed that I’m moving slowly. I don’t drink alcohol, so this isn’t a hangover. It started rather gradually but is getting worse.
Someone suggested it could be low b12, but I’ve been having the sublingual spray for months and there’s no improvement.
Am I just getting old and this is something I’m gonna have to put up with for the rest of my life?
“Is it normal to feel completely different all the time from how ive felt before”
Ragebait used to be believable. Tinfoil hat says this is a misogyny bot
Women becoming decrepit and old at 30 years is such an unbelievable trope these days.
You see this quite a lot though, “I woke up and my arm had fallen off, is this normal or should I go to the hospitals”, in the past when it was on reddit it was usually engagement farming not really sure what the point of that here is.
No that is not normal at all.
Are you living alone? Start seeing doctors.
Are you living with one or more people? Start seeing the police. (edit: and then doctors)
Get a physical.
Do you get your kicks out of this? Why do you keep on making new accounts and trying to frame misogynistic tropes?
Ya pretty normal for women over 30. In your next life be born a man
It’s not normal for women over 30.
It’s normal for your hormones and blood chemistry to change over time, especially as you get further and further from your easily recoverable childhood, when a good night’s sleep solved most problems.
Talk to your doctor, get some bloodwork done, and see where your levels are. It’s likely that a bit of adjustment will do the trick.
Doctor. Go to the doctor. You need to see the doctor. This is not in anyway normal. See the doctor. You need to see the doctor. Go see the doctor. This is a medical issue and you should see the doctor. See the doctor.
Hopital
Doctor. Now.
Right like off the top of my head we’d literally be screening op for cancer like severe fatigue with sweats and nausea and relatively sudden onset a few years ago this is bad bad bad bad bad OP might already be dead from letting this go on so long posting this on Lemmy instead of SEEING A DOCTOR is insane.
posting this on Lemmy instead of SEEING A DOCTOR is insane.
OP has posted it. Your point is moot.
As someone with sleep apnea, you have sleep apnea. You feel like that because your brain is not getting oxygen.
oh i didn’t know apnea was the only thing that caused that
There’s no way you can make a reasonable diagnosis from a 100 word Lemmy post, and doing so might be putting someone in danger.
That’s correct, which is why just about every comment in here says to go see a doctor.
I think this wording is too strong, but I indeed ctrl+f for apnea. OP should do a sleep study.
Honestly, talk to a health professional if you can. That doesn’t sound normal.
Have you tried a pregnancy test?
I don’t understand. Are you asking if pregnancies last 2 years?
Obviously. Babies gestate for 1 to two years in a full-grown female and are born as adults.
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Doctors will do that a lot - send you for blood tests and then give up once they come back normal. You need tests beyond your standard blood test. I have narcolepsy and no doctor ever brought up getting a sleep study, my parents actually did. You should push for a sleep study since this sounds like it could be a sleep disorder. If it’s not, you gotta advocate for yourself and push for answers because a healthy person does not feel that way after a good night of sleep.
Sometimes, generic tests are shallow, you’d need another tests
Keep going back. It sucks but this generates a history of chronic ailment and is what will get the issue escalated for other testing or seeing specialists. If you are in the US this is especially important in order to get insurance to cover things, and specialists typically have a long waiting list. If you need one get on that list ASAP.
did you do full blood panel tests? checking all your deficiencies, anemia, blood gucose, urea,etc. and yes recheck thyroid.
The last thing you should be doing is consulting Lemmy.
See a doctor.
“I’m sleeping very well”
People cant assess themselves for sleep issues, you are asleep, you cant tell whats happening. If you have central apnea you might be ‘waking’ 30 or 60 times per hour and never have a clue its happening. But the side effect is you never get to the recuperative level of sleep the body needs.
This.
People with apnea say CPAP/APAP are life-changing.
They are not exaggerating.
I was dealing with a sciatica flare for months that would never get better. Had an unrelated sleep study, found out I never even get to deep, restorative sleep. Healing just…isn’t happening.
Maybe unrelated, but since starting APAP my sciatica is much improved and I’m actually waking up refreshed.
Well, I think I can asses that I don’t sleep well. When it takes me hours to fall asleep, then I wake up at 3am and can’t fall back to sleep for an hour or more.
I’m pretty sure some people can assess themselves for sleep issues…
I mean you are awake, so technically you can’t tell if you sleep well ;P you can make an educated guess though.
Well, I think I can asses that I don’t sleep well
I meant in the time while you are actually asleep, if you cant even get to sleep thats insomnia and is for sure an issue in it own right
Go 👏 see 👏 the 👏 doctor 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Nope! I’m older than you and that doesn’t happen. You probably need blood work done? I went through a time when I was exhausted constantly and was like “this must be middle age” but I had low iron and vitamin d.
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They didn’t do any followup? Low white blood cells for that long can indicate some stuff that should at least be checked for. Your doctor should also know if those numbers are normal for your age. Did they make any suggestions? 32 is genuinely still young.
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By the way, I think my initial reply reads dismissive, but my intention was to try and make clear that whatever is happening isn’t normal aging. Can you see a second doctor? Fatigue is such a vague symptom, with so many possible reasons, but what you’re describing could indicate a lot of things and you need a doctor who will take it seriously.
My friend was able to do a mini sleep study from home recently, to test for sleep apnea. I noticed when we were traveling together that he sometimes gasped in his sleep, and he told his doctor about it. I think there are DIY sleep monitoring apps but I don’t know if they’re any good. Might be worth looking into, if your doctor isn’t helping. Or find someone to listen to you sleep.
The range of possibilities with bad fatigue is just so big. I can only make suggestions based on my own life experience, but a doctor in your corner would be able to look for so many more things.
Oh, did you have a bad illness at some point before the fatigue? Covid isn’t the only virus that can have confusing long term after effects.
A relative with fibromyalgia had constant farigue, but I think pain is a factor with that one.
I can keep thinking of possibilities, unfortunately.
Seconding everyone else saying you should get a second opinion. Something is clearly wrong and if your doctor isn’t looking closer to figure out what the issue is or trying to find solutions then you absolutely deserve a second opinion from a doctor who cares
They should not be repeating the same tests, they should be thinking about what else they should be testing for.
i would probably see a 2nd opinion, if it appeared suddenly 2 years ago, there is a cause. b12 does nothing unless you deficient, usually vegans that supplement b12 gets it. or if you have absorption disorder like celiacs, which prevents intrinsic factor, small intestine from abosrbing. currently thinking about seeing a 2nd derm and pcp, because they are quite how should i say it, not very keen on atopic dermatitis, if they dont see a rash/severe symptoms they will not do anything further.
Your test results, plus fatigue, without an accompanying protein, vitamin, or nutrient deficiency, seems to indicate an infection of some kind, possibly in the liver or kidneys. Some environmental factor is also possible.
Your combination of test results and symptoms seems a cause for concern. I would consider asking your Dr. about it, possibly getting a second opinion.
32 isn’t old I mean if you had said 60 then I would have told you you got a problem but age isn’t it!
Go to the doctor!
Are you allergic? Food allergies are a beast and as little as a 0.001 gram can trigger it, making you feel like shit for days.
Now, go to the doctor!
I’m just trying to help, so please don’t take this the wrong way, but what are you eating and drinking? It could be “healthy” stuff or it could be crap making you feel this way. My best advice is to try and figure it out now, because it won’t get easier. Food sensitivities seem to be brushed off because they’re not bad enough to kill you, but the damage can add up over time.
- Start with removing the crap
- See a good nutritionist or study up from the Mayo clinic or Cleveland Hospital sites, they have a lot of good info.
- Drink a lot of water no matter what you do
- Watch your caffeine intake, you have to be consistent if you’re going to have it.
- Since your muddy headed, it might help to go on nature walks. It doesn’t have to be a long time, just try to get outside.
did you test for anemia?
People have also noticed that I’m moving slowly. I don’t drink alcohol, so this isn’t a hangover. It started rather gradually but is getting worse.
This symptom here is the most concerning. There’s no way doctors are hearing that symptom and telling you everything is fine.
Are you the same user who posted about feeling this way and chalking it up to being over 30 years old and a woman a month ago or so?
