Yes, I have this problem too. It is not unusual for me to be in bed by 8pm. Wake up often in the night. I am so tired in the morning, but afternoon I am useless. If I get anything done in the day it has to be in the morning. Even then, I sometimes cannot do anything. I feel for you, and unfortunately I haven't found anything that works for me yet. I hope others can offer suggestions.
Hang in there!

Yeah thats me- I keep on telling myself to get to the gym or get to yoga and sometimes picking myself up to even make dinner is very hard. I feel lazy/ worthless and then it makes me depressed. I am hopefully getting thyroid medication when I got to endo at the end of month. I was just diagnosed but have had thyroid issues my whole life.

Are you on any medications?

Hi there,
It is very common. I get really tired in the afternoon. Sometimes, I can't function. Then I can't sleep at night. I do take Melatonin to help me fall asleep.
Cheryl

Also- my mom will fall asleep at 7:30 and not wake up til 5- we tease her but it is definately because of her hypo!

I didn't get to sleep till after 4 am this morning and slept till noon. The other day didn't get to sleep till about 4 am but woke up at 8:30 yesterday morning. I just want 7 hours of sleep and feel rested when I wake up. No matter how much or how little sleep I get I feel tired all day long.

NchixJ, I can totally relate to how you feel lazy and worthless, I feel the exact same way. However YOU ARE NOT LAZY OR WORTHLESS :) We must keep in mind that it is this terrible disease that saps us of our ability to do what we want, not ourselves. I know how hard it is. I have had to go on antidepressants because of how bad I feel all the time.
The sucky thing is that other people don't get how terrible this disease is and how badly it affects the ones suffering with it both physically and mentally. However, more awareness is starting to be put out there. More needs to happen in that respect tho.
I really hope that you get some meds soon and I really hope they help you. I feel for you girl...

I find myself falling asleep by midnight or sometimes before. Then I begin waking up around 4 AM. I get up at 5:30. Since I am not able to work, I can take a nap during the day to help with what I miss during the nights.

In addition to a thyroid problem, I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis which can be difficult with pain issues to deal with during the nights.

{{{hugs}}}

my mom has both hypo and rheum. i ll prob have that too- my aches and pains/weakeness are horrible and i am sooo young
whats it gonna be like when i am 30. and the worst part is no one believes me!!!!!!!!!!!!

currently i am layed off from work- but i think i might be a blessing in disguise since i am in alot of pain and always tired/sleeping. i am also scared bc i loose my insurance in june :(

I understand.

My husband just took a 20% pay cut. We're going to have really watch our budget more. Also resort more to using coupons and other grocery deals since that's where it seems to be coming from.

{{{hugs}}}

I feel the same. I'll be at work and just feel like falling asleep while standing up. Caffeine and anything energy is out of the question because of my Anxiety. I also understand how people just have no idea of how it feels like to have this disease. I'm constantly reminded that I'm alone, until I get on the computer, then I start to feel better. It's all about finding a way to make people aware. I too don't work very often because of my dizziness and I don't have insurance. It's great! But be optimistic. Really try to do yoga. I want to start that too, but i'm too lazy as well to do it, i think if you have a friend do it with you, it'll be a motivator. So ask a friend to go with you and get you up out of your place!

Goodmorning, I uderstand. I fall asleep by about 8:30pm and will be up by 2am they night before that I was up at 1am. I find once I get up I can't go back to sleep thats why I have time for the computer. I hope everyone has an ok day. I have lost my voice so today at work it will mainly just be working on my computer. Not sure if I will work on the weekend or not at times I do. I will check back on later.

Nchix, I have 18-hour days. I used to feel the way you do but not any more.

energylost- did u go one some kind of medication? what has made you feel better?

gosh sleep issues , aren't they great? I go to bed because i feel exhausted, but then i wake up every hour almost on the dot , so i have to stay in bed longer so i can fall into deep sleep at some point. Lyrica has helped a little bit ( for the fibromyalgia) but not nearly as much as i want. I mean, even benadryl won't keep me down! I try using it for sleep meds sometime but i wake up even with that!