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When at work, I feel good, never tired...but when I get home, I just don't have the energy to do much at all. On weekends, I've got all these plans but by early afternoon, I usually just wind up taking a nap then watching TV at night.
Is it common to get fatigued due to age...I can see maybe someone in their 80's, the stereotype and all, but at 54, I'm starting to act like an old man.
Ten minutes ago I was having a conversation with my wife about being sore and beat from cleaning out a storage shed in back of my house. I'm seventy three, retired eleven years and now wondering if I should move to a condo and quit doing anything that requires any hard physical work at all. Yes, getting old does change things, and sometimes the inkling of those changes come in one's fifties.
When we are in our working years we often plod along out of sheer habit, knowing that it is mandatory and part of our "natural" order. But as we age we begin to feel the loss of that old, and all to often taken for granted, energy level. You are most likely giving your optimum energy output on the job, once home, you realize the stringent energy output requirement isn't there and respond accordingly, there is a big chasm between what we THINK we are capable of and the reality of our energy levels.
Relax and give yourself some rest on your time off, you are now at that point in life that you will need to conserve your energy for work, and yes, you are an old man, just ask any twenty five year old...
OP, I was just thinking about this yesterday. Timely thread.
I will be 55 in a few months. I have noticed my energy flagging over the past year or so. I am already on thyroid meds (have been for over 20 years) and my levels are fine.
I think my job (which is really busy), my commute, and my hours are just wearing me down when they didn't use to. I get up at 4:00 am to beat the traffic and it's just getting to me. I think that I just don't sleep well anymore due to menopause so the lack of quality sleep is playing into this. You're a man so you don't have that, but one thing to try to figure out is if you are getting a sound sleep.
Once I get to work and have my caffeine, I am good for most of the day, but I definitely feel like I'm missing that "zing" that I used to have. I blame my job mostly. I'm also not exercising and I think that is a double whammy.
I've been feeling the same way for the past two years, and I'm 52. I have not been in the gym in 2 years. I'm thinking that is the special sauce to reverse this chronic fatigue, I certainly hope so. Once it gets colder out I will be in the regularly. I told my doctor about it and he suggested I speak with a specialist about sleep apnea.
Do you get any regular exercise? Going to the gym, even for half an hour on something like an elliptical, will make a surprising difference.
^Yes!
At age 58, I started working with a trainer. It made a world of difference in my stamina and energy level.
The OP didn't say how much s/he self-medicates with caffeine in the morning to get the juices flowing. That could cause a mid to late afternoon crash.
If it were me I'd try both those: Kick the caffeine to the curb and work out 2-3 times a week.
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