more tired as you get older? (thyroid, blood tests, hormone, depressed)
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I've been experiencing serious fatigue lately. I get random sleepy spells throughout the day and can't make it past 10pm for bedtime even on the weekend. Usually a few hours after waking up I feel sleepy again. I've had all kinds of blood tests run that are coming up negative except for having slightly low iron which I've always had. I had my thyroid checked and it's normal also.
I'm wondering is it normal to feel more tired as you get older? I rarely drink coffee and don't want to start a bad habit, but lately I feel like I need to drink it to make it through the day.
Yesterday I took a 3 hour nap from 5 to 8pm which is pretty unusual for me.
How old are you? Do you have any other symptoms? Dry skin, hair loss, weight gain, muscle aches?
It is not normal to feel sleepy most of the time, although I certainly battle that. It's been a long-term issue for me, mostly related to my thyroid.
I do know that just because your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) results come back in the range of "normal," that does not mean your body is adequately producing T4, or converting it into useable T3. Unfortunately many doctors don't look any further than the TSH test. Also, many labs list 0.5 to 5.0 as the normal range, but for those of us with antibodies attacking our thyroids, we feel awful with anything over about 1.0.
Your fatigue may have nothing to do with thyroid, but I would certainly push for a full thyroid workup if you've only had your TSH level tested. It should include TSH, T4, T3 uptake, Free Thyroxine Index, Thyroid Perioxidase Antibodies (also called anti-TPO), & Thyroglobulin Antibodies.
Let me know if you have any other questions. I know about thyroid issues not only due to my personal experience, but my profession is Clinical Laboratory Science.
I'm 29. I don't exercise frequently but I do walk about a mile a day for my job, plus I have a small child that never allows me to sit still. I don't drink any coffee, tea, sodas or rarely eat sugary foods.
I will ask my doctor about further thyroid testing. The fatigue is getting to be too much.
I did take a short course of prednisone for costachondritis about two weeks ago and wondering if this could be an after affect also. I've also been experiencing nausea and forgetfulness as well. I completely forgot a password over the weekend that I've had for years.
Your iron may be low. Very common with women.
That can make you feel very fatigued.
I agree. Or thyroid, or adrenals...
I could be your grandmother... I don't need much sleep and no one has more energy than me.
Age gets the blame for so much.
I've been experiencing serious fatigue lately. I get random sleepy spells throughout the day and can't make it past 10pm for bedtime even on the weekend. Usually a few hours after waking up I feel sleepy again. I've had all kinds of blood tests run that are coming up negative except for having slightly low iron which I've always had. I had my thyroid checked and it's normal also.
I'm wondering is it normal to feel more tired as you get older? I rarely drink coffee and don't want to start a bad habit, but lately I feel like I need to drink it to make it through the day.
Yesterday I took a 3 hour nap from 5 to 8pm which is pretty unusual for me.
No that is not normal. I had a few days of this, where for an afternoon I could barely stay awake. It usually came on after I ate, so I started looking at my diet. You might consider doing the same.
I agree. Or thyroid, or adrenals...
I could be your grandmother... I don't need much sleep and no one has more energy than me.
Age gets the blame for so much.
Yes, I intended to also mention adrenals, but forgot.
Miss Hepburn, I envy you and your energy!
OP, it may take a while, but keep at it! Research, discuss on message boards, try various doctors, nutritionists, alternative medicine. It took me years to figure out what was wrong and to feel well, (and in my case in was a combination of a few things that were wrong). I felt MUCH better for about 10 years, but for the past several months I've been horribly fatigued again.
I know what you're going through, and I know it gets frustrating. I will never forget sitting in my doctor's office, trying to convey to her just how horrible I felt, and how desperate I was to figure out what was wrong. I told her, "Now don't take this wrong, I am not suicidal, but at any given point of the day, I would rather lay down and die than have to try to keep functioning." And I was sleeping 12 to 15 hours a day at that time. I'm not back to that point yet, thank god.
29 and you say "when you get older". lol
Do you eat healthful foods? Take vitamins?
10PM is past bedtime for many people.
What time do you get up in the morning?
Some foods will make you tired/sleepy.
An early symptom of MSG and aspartame sensitivity is fatique.
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