Girl, I so understand. After my thyroid was removed I had FATIGUE like I never imagined. I swear, even laying down was exhausting. It took 8 months of replacement thyroid hormones to begin to feel alive again.
I sure hope you can find something that helps.

Have you had a thyroid panel run?

yes I have keeska and it has been really aggravating. One time its up the next its down, it's never one or the other. I'm on a stabilizer of sorts....DHEA which is suppose to keep things stabalized in your body.
I seriously can't stand this. I hope I'm just in a really bad flare or something, but if I'm not over it by mon. I'm going to the dr. I have kids to take care of and I struggle with that already! ...don't need this too!

I vote that it's a temporary flare.

If you do go to the doctor, lay down on the exam table instead of sitting up. I did that once and when the doc came in she took immediate notice.

Or maybe slouch in the chair. Drag your feet when you walk. Anything to let them see for themselves how bad it is. Complain that you wish you could clean your house, that you can't even stand up long enough to cook supper.

If that doesn't make them sit up and take notice, I don't know what will.

Good luck.

P.S. I love your kitties with the blinking eyes.

i have the same problem. I am just so exhausted even after sleeping at 9 and waking up 1 this afternoon. All my limbs are so tired and sleepy.

Yes, I have been dx. with chronic fatigue syndrom(sp). Its incredidibly frustrating. Don't know what I'd do if I had little ones all day n night. How do you do it??? What is Adderral??? Since I'm on pain meds. it causes further fatique, do not know what the answer is for us......
hugs, Vicky xxxxxxxxxxxxx

I haven't talked to my doc about how exhausted I am...well, maybe I have. Either way, she ignored it. She would blame that on Fibro or meds, most likely.

I suspect the amount of pain I'm dealing with is enough to exhaust anyone!

I don't just like coffee...I have a relationship with it!!!

Unfortunately coffee does nothing for me. Well....maybe it has the opposite affect!...maybe that 's why I'm so tired lol. I live on the stuff!! Day and night.

I looked up Adderral: Adderall is used to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

hmmmm, not sure about that. I hope there is something out there though I can't take this and take care of house and kids.

I'll never understand how the same drug can be effective for two rather opposite conditions...shaking my head on that one!

Come to think of it...all the coffee I drink doesn't really do much for me either, but I like the taste.

WOW, at my last physical, my doc claimed my thyroid was slightly low. He wanting me to start on meds that made me crazy and caused very serious pain in my legs.

I really hope mine is not going bad now. I just can't take another medical issue.

Just being in pain takes up a ton of energy. I notice the difference now that the pain level is a bit lower. I haven"t changed anything else and I drink decaf so no kick from that.
I had anemia last winter so fatigue city, I was there!

I hope you resolve yours Dixe4me.
Ama

Just a reminder...get your vitamin D level checked! When my doc finally thought to do that last Winter, it was the lowest she'd ever seen! It's supposed to be something like 30 to 60 and mine was 6.

Symptoms of vitamin D defficiency are extreme fatigue and all over body pain!

LOL Cherry, If I remember right mine was 6!!

For me the ME/CFS is more debilitating than the pain. Pain I can deal with. Heat, ice, massage, etc......and if I get desparate....throw a pain pill at it! The fatigue......absolutelty nothing I can due but surrender to it! Bleh!

Love coffee for the taste. It used to keep me up.......pre-illness.....since the monster struck it does nothing for me....except help my mood and I find it comforting to sit down with a nice cup of coffee and read, watch tv, or chat with a friend on DS!

Hugs my TN sister!

Tonna

I completely understand, I was to the point where i was passing out mid-sentence while talking to people. Every dr i went to just wrote it off as fatigue from my chronic pain, after doing a little research on my own I became convinced that i was having hormone issues. I got one of my dr's to agree to run some tests, and I believe he did it just to placate me. I just about flipped when the results came back, testosterone levels range from 300-1600, 300 being considered as extremely low. My numbers came back at 14. I was like what???? 300 is extremely low and im at 14???, they retested me and there wasn't much change. So they started me on testosterone replacement and a full cycle of dhea which from what I have found is a testosterone precursor that increases energy levels and helps process sugars in the body. i am on my second cycle now, they doubled my amount since the first attempt and although i now have more energy I am still nowhere near where i should be.

My CFS has improved since I started taking vitamin D, zinc and Ultra 90. I can't drink caffeine to help me stay awake it tears my (IC) bladder up. I also drink muscle milk which is protein. I have to stay away from carbs and sugar it makes me sleepy.

Everybody is right hormones and thyroid are a big factor in CFS. I got my dr attention by laying down on the table instead of sitting up, lol. Things we have to do to get attention it shouldn't have to be this way.

Healing hugs