Tiredness Puns

Part of the reason I never thought I had ADHD was because Im always so tired. I was always told that ADHD is just for kids who can't sit still and need to being doing a hundred things at once.

I'm so tired all the time and have trouble concentrating, I get bored so easily and have trouble sticking to things. I get bored of things that I enjoy.

I acknowledge that the hyperactivity would be a nuisance at times but id rather have too much energy than none at all

I always feel lethargic and sleepy… I am 25yrs of age and I remember before I use to feel energized and stronger..

I don't know if I have this much energy 'to lose'. I'm on wellbutrin too but god. I'm in medical school and I can't afford to be tired; idk what to do.

hey, so I posted this on r/aromantic but I think this is an issue for both aro and ace people, so have something I wrote feeling left out. enjoyy

My mom turned on the tv. She had begged me these past days to find a new show to watch with her, and seeing her excitement now, I really couldn't say no. A big, red NETFLIX pops up before we start looking for possible cool series, while I prepare myself for the things that are definitely going to appear.

You know one thing that comes with christmas eve? Cheesy movies and shows; the ones my mom suggested to watch just now.

Oh man, I already know how this thing goes.

She clicks on a random one, and the disaster began. A girl; well, a single girl, obviously, is happy without a partner. She works as a nurse, enjoys talking to her patients, and overrall isn't really thinking of starting a relationship. But her parents, friends, and truly everyone around her bother her so much that she lies to her family, saying that she found a boyfriend. The rest of the second episode is about her trying to find dates who can pretend to be her boyfriend, even though she doesn't want to.

My mom left the room at this point, and told me to keep watching, but I don't want to see this anymore.

Wait! She found the one! And he's... 10 years younger than her? What the-

Sex scene.

...I turned off the tv.

Do allos really enjoy this?

I've seen many different doctors and checked many blood tests saying I'm fine but feel like I'm running out of luck, what do I do? I'm trying to sleep better, eat a little better but fatigue is always there & seems like all doctors I visit say my Vitamin B, D, and Iron is a good level and not to raise any higher.

What tricks do others use? More exercise? Fresh air usually helps so I'll open a window or go for a brisk walk, I wish I had better a support system as well some people don't understand me it feels like!

My job also might be causing a lot of stress & fatigue not sure if that has anything to do with it though.

Relatively new to running and I appreciate this will all get easier with more practice but I am finding a common theme in my 5ks. Currently running 5k in 32 mins

1. My heart seems to be able to handle the run OK but there is a constant lazy voice in my head just saying "you could stop now" if you want. It's hard to keep battling this inner voice.
2. I find my legs seem to tire quicker then my actual heart. Meaning I get slower and more laborious when running not because I feel more "gassed out" but because my legs just feel heavier.

What is the solution to 2? Will barbell squatting / deadlifting / general weights help speed up leg muscle endurance or is just more mileage? Solution to 1? Get hard!

22m I’m and electrician and work a pretty physically demanding job starting at 6am when I get home at 3:00 all I want to do is take a nap. I Have a cup of coffee in the morning and don’t want to take pre or any caffeine after work on work nights because then I can’t sleep. It seems no matter how much sleep I get I’m still tired. I get 7 hours of sleep no matter what sometimes more. Any advice helps, thanks.

Does anyone else notice that their intrusive thoughts and/or compulsions are worse when they are really exhausted or didn’t get a good night’s sleep, or is it just me?

Since I was only going to fast for 3-4 days, I figured it wasn’t a big deal and I didn’t have those supplements.

I found a comment here saying that on their first try they didn’t use supplements and also felt tiredness, and on their second fast they did use supplements and they felt good. Didn’t feel similar. So yeah, why not take them.

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Personally I will go get those tomorrow morning when the supermarket opens. If my symptoms won’t go away after I take it I’ll have to break my fast which would be really sad so I’m bummed out.

Update: I broke my fast with the recommended bit of salad and milk, I will continue fasting if the supplements make me feel better today. Eating really helped! The nausea went away and I could fall asleep comfortably for 4 hours. I got strong stomach hunger and a bit of hunger aches since but they don’t feel unhealthy so I’m glad :)

It's Day 5 since I quit taking the suboxone and it seems a lot of the physical withdrawal only hits very rarely or not at all. Now it's just that I seem to feel sleepy a lot, and I sleep almost all day, and when I'm not sleepy I'm always either feeling kind of positive and upbeat or kind of grim and depressed at the drop of a hat. It feels like I'm bipolar or something. I don't know if any other people experience this when they stop taking suboxone but it's like all of a sudden I feel completely unsatisfied with a lot of the things I've been doing in my life. I don't know if it's an effect of the suboxone but when I was on it it's like I was always satisfied with keeping things simple and now that I'm not on it it's like I feel like I was just limiting myself or something. I disliked how much suboxone dulled my emotional range, but once off I kind of see why I would rather have my emotions dulled. It's extremely annoying. I'll feel like I miss people when they're right next to me, I feel like I don't pay my dog enough attention, I feel like I don't keep myself as involved in my friends' and families' lives as I should.

My addiction began because I couldn't handle the anxiety and depression I've felt a lot in life and it was one of the main motivators of staying on suboxone because it dulled my emotions just enough to where it was hard to feel truly sad but I could still feel genuine happiness and excitement usually. I'm thinking about making an appointment next week to see a doctor to see about putting me on some kind of anxiety medication. It's not too difficult to get that sad feeling to go away at times and then other times it's like I'll feel on the verge of tears.

Hi guys. Kinda like the post reads. So far my husband has had 300/300/100. Doc said probably 5-6 weeks until the next 100, and possible additional third 100 but doesn’t think he will need it.

He’s been doing great mainly, definitely no withdrawal symptoms. But he is tired all of the time, if he didn’t have to work he probably wouldn’t get out of bed. We’re sure his T is low but doc said not to mess with it as it will come back. Has anyone always been tired, and can always sleep at anytime? He’s never been big on naps but he can just pass out whenever. I’m fine with it, I love naps….but he’s getting down on himself not accomplishing anything so I’m a bit worried.

Also, after each shot he gets a good bit of redness and itching around the site for almost 2 weeks. He has tough skin, says the shot doesn’t hurt (doctor was surprised he didn’t flinch) but the redness is pretty big. It’s not red from scratching it but it does itch. I figure he just had some goo turn into a marble and it normal but who knows.

If anyone has feedback that would be great. Hope everyone is well!!

So, I'm finally trying out this SSRI that Leo is constantly talking about: fluvoxamine at 12.5mg. I've tried a few SSRI's: sertraline, escitalopram and paroxetine and out of all, fluvoxamine takes the cake in terms of straight out "could fall a sleep any moment" type of tiredness. Really, this needs to be taken before bed or else your day is going to be really messy.

Anybody has a similar experience with fluvoxamine?

My plan is to slowly titrate up to 25mg and then asses if I'll push it towards 50 or just add 12.5 mg's of sertraline to the mix, as I really like it ...

I usually wake up feeling like there is something in my chest and in my body that prevents me from engaging in daily life and let go. I feel bored and tired constantly and this mostly leads me to feel a huge emptiness. I keep thinking "maybe I'm just wrong, I'm just a lazy, boring human being and there is nothing I can do about it". I wanna feel excited about things, I wanna feel energy rushing through my body and the feeling that I have so much to discover and to live in this world. I'm tired of the lack of motivation, how can i let it go?

I've been using a CPAP for roughly 2 years now. I get inconsistent results. One day I feel great, other days I feel like dogshit.

I am not overweight. I clock in at 160lbs 5'8'. I'm in reasonably good shape. I consistently get readings from 3-5 every night. Yet some nights I wake up feeling like I didn't get any sleep. Last night I was a 3.2 on my sleep report yet I feel like utter dogshit today.

I use two different masks. The F20 and the F30. I use each for a few months and then switch for no reason other than trying something different.

I've been on the F20 for 3 months now so it's not a mask issue that I can tell. Any idea what might be going on here?

Recently I have been experiencing a ton of tiredness or fatigue. Im literally typing this as I yawn and could fall asleep right now. Ive found it hard to get up for work or to find the motivation to go to work. I could sleep all day, one day I did, and not feel at all replenished or energized.

Does anyone else experience this? I also have a mild-going-away staph infection which I have already took penicillin and prednisone for.

By far my biggest struggle is tiredness - and from reading various ADHD threads, I wouldn't say I'm alone. I would say most of the major struggles I face either stem from, or are worsened by, tiredness, but I still have yet to find a way to beat it.

I'm not asking for medical advice - I have already pursued a number of options:

• I was diagnosed with ADHD last year, and have been taking meds since then.
• I did a blood test two months ago, but (out of the factors tested) there was nothing abnormal.
• I've been doing regular therapy for a few years
• I've had a mostly regular sleep pattern for several years (though I find I am tired and struggle to wake up no matter how long I've slept. Without an alarm, I easily can sleep 12+ hours.)

My problem is I'm at a loss for what to do next. General things that would probably help - exercising, eating more regularly, more closely following sleep routines - are paradoxically extremely difficult to do because of the tiredness. I could get a second opinion at the doctors, or look into any possible sleep disorders, but I fear I'm just going to be told it's stress/anxiety again (which is how most of my doctor's appointments over the last few years have gone). I could also bring it up more strongly at my therapy and pyschiatry appointments - but again, I have in the past and as of yet haven't really had any helpful advice.

And of course, through all of this I still have to keep fighting the tiredness to keep doing what I need to (get out of bed, basic hygiene, etc.) It just feels like I'm tying to lift an impossible weight. I just need something - a lever so I can get a foothold.

Does anyone have any experience fighting tiredness and winning? What can I do?

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How are you doing it? How are you handling your time? Found any coping mechanisms? Ways of getting your energy and concentration up?

I’m a little over 5 weeks and I’ve been napping for like 2 hours every single day. I usually hate taking naps and never nap, but I find myself falling asleep all the time.

Is this level of tiredness normal? I’ve never been so tired in my life and it’s so weird…

I read that a known side effect is typically insomnia but I feel like I am having the opposite effect. I am drained after work and can barely keep my eyes open by 9pm when previously I would sleep around midnight and would have to take melatonin to sleep. I have been completely knocked out by 10pm these past two weeks on Bupropion.

Has anyone experience the same? I take it in the morning around 9-10am. It isn’t a bad thing that it puts me to bed early given that I usually wake up early for gym/work. But sometimes I want to stay up later and not feel so fatigue in the evening.

I sleep a lot. I am overly tired due to mental health ADHD AND OCD caused by ADHD. When I take my medicine it feels like I can conquer the world and then it feels so wrong to be tired at 430 when I used to work all the time and now I just want to lay in my bed :/ I remember working 10-12 hours in an ER and still having the energy to go home and make food and be a decent parent and wife. Prior to Medication I could work without it because of the pace. we moved to NJ and I currently don’t work and all I want to do is lay in my bed and sleep. I don’t want to do the to do list. There is no structural code for my own home and it’s really hard. I don’t know how to get out of the spiral. Any advice? I don’t know how to set up my home my schedule and any schedule usually is messed up by the second thing because I got major distracted and fell off the structure wagon. 28F

I was on oral pills since April but last month I started taking them sublingually. I am feeling very tired, sleepy and weak ever since right after taking my dosage.

I did get a blood report last my T was less than 10 ng/dl and E2 around 110.

But now a days I feel so sleepy after I take my pills sublingually.

What shall I do as I am not seeing any doctor and doing diy?

My whole family was exposed to covid over Christmas. Varying levels of symptoms, but the ones who were vaccinated AND boosted are only tired and fatigued. They haven’t been tested yet since that is their only issue at the moment. Should they get tested? (Lines are hours long) Has anyone heard of people with Covid only being fatigued/tired but no other symptoms?

It is clear to me that in order to be fully present, one must treat their body and their body’s needs with respect. This being said, adequate sleep is incredibly necessary to maintain a present mind.

However, because of my work, and because I am not always able to sleep when I am truly exhausted, I find myself often lost in thought. In general, it takes way more brain power to stay mindful and present, and most of the time I am too tired in order to recognize/exert that brain power.

If I welcome the tiredness I am bound to fall asleep. If I fight the tiredness I am bound to become lost in daydreams and thoughts. I feel a bit stuck when it comes to staying mindful when tired.

I'm sleepy in the mornings usually after a 9 hours of sleep (not too sleepy, would just like to lie down take a nap), and then incressingly active and fully awake vy evening through to night.

Jw how low T fatigue can be distinguished from regular fatigue.

Granted, I've got nothing going on in the mornings.

Every day I wake up and throughout the day my eyes are on the edge of watering from fatigue. I get about 9 hours sleep, though often disturbed.

I know if I carry on like this I will never achieve what I want to in my life.

I can’t share this with anyone as if they hear tired they assume lazy and they can never truly emphasize with how I feel.

Any help, it really feels crippling.

29-year-old male here. Normal body weight; normal blood work; have never used drugs or alcohol.

My fatigue and excessive sleep started around middle/high school (circa 2007). I would find myself staying awake past midnight watching TV when I should’ve been asleep. I’d eventually fall asleep for 9-10 hours – longer than average. As time progressed, 9-10 hours was no longer enough. In college (2011-2015), I would sleep around 10.5 hours per night and only take classes that started in the afternoon. I would usually take a nap before socializing or doing homework in the evening. At this point in time, naps were still refreshing.

Fast forward to today where symptoms have since worsened/stabilized. These days, I sleep 10.5-11.5 (sometimes 12) hours per night, and either: A) take a daytime nap for about 1.5 hours if under slept; or B) power through the day in order to maintain some semblance of body clock. My sleep feels deep but is entirely unrefreshing and I wake up feeling as though I never slept. My lengthy daytime naps are also entirely unrefreshing. It’s like pouring water into a bucket with a hole in the bottom.

I am chronically tired, to some degree, every minute, of every day, of every year. There are no exceptions. I can force myself to do things when absolutely necessary, for example, willpower my way through a workday or make myself spend time with friends, but it’s not pleasant and most of the time I just want to sit/lie down.

Secondary symptoms include heavy eyelids/eye ache with tenderness in the back of the head (occipital nerves), and a strong sensitivity to wind, which I kid you not walking around outside on a windy day makes me exhausted. Vision is a perfect 20/20.

A lot of the time I’m just tired enough to want a nap but just alert enough to not fall asleep. I spend all of my free time lying in bed watching YouTube videos from my phone as it distracts me from my symptoms and doesn’t take any energy. I also go to bed very, very late and have my most “energy” after midnight. On average, I have probably gone to bed around 4am the last decade and woken up around 3pm. I often get comments from others that I look tired.

Weird aside: I have never woken up with a morning erection, which should be a typical occurrence during stages of REM. Achieving and maintaining an erection has never been an issue - my sexual life is fine, and my testosterone has been tested twice, resulting normal.

Another aside: my fatigue is sort of

I've been on Venlafaxine, as well as the supplements Folate and Theracurmin for a few months now and it has really helped my depression. My mood is better and I'm starting to get my life back on track. But I'm still having terrible trouble with tiredness and fatigue. What have other people tried that has worked for them?

Been having immense tiredness, sertralin, an SSRI seems to counteract it for some reason.

So, this tiredness to the point of sometimes falling unconcious when I sit in a university lecture or at work has been going on for years now. My physician has no idea why that is, and honestly doesn't seem too invested in figuring out what's happening.

I (a lazy, 25 year old that only ocasionally does sports) have quite a low pulse when I feel this tired, speaking resting pulse of 55-60,going even lower when I'm actively trying to relax.

I started sertralin on 50mg,then upped to 100mg a day, and that kinda.... Fixed my whole tiredness issue. I was still tired, but a different kind of exhaustion. One caused by bad sleep, rather than just being permanent. But it did cause me terrible nightmares, teeth grinding and loss of positive emotions, so I reduced my dose, and now the tiredness is back.

What could be the cause of this? My thyroid values seem to be normal and all Standart blood values are within healthy limits. Slightly elevated ths levels, but that's most likely due to sertralin effect on thyroid function.

I'm desperate here. These past few weeks without constant exhaustion made it impossible to go back to being tired all the time. God dang it >~<

So, I'm Aspie, confirmed Asperger's about ten years ago but I recognise the term is no longer appropriate.

I have spent a reasonable amount of time over the years looking at how I might work differently to others (which I see as a positive). Part of this has been noting when I might be more likely to say something out of place, which is one of my main differences, such as being too open, too blunt or brutally honest (for example feedback - "well that was shit").

Over the years I've noted that I'm far more likely to say something that could be deemed out of place if I'm tired - is anyone else like this?

Not sure if it's just me but I have what I like to call dyspraxia days, days when my dyspraxia really hits, I could drop things all day, feel anxious over nothing or in a depressed mood for no real reason, especially when I'm tired I find speech awkward, I'll stutter or have to pause mid sentence, 'to find the words' before finishing my sentence, I'll end up repeating the same topics that were already discussed without noticing myself

And I find it incredibly difficult to read peoples body language especially on these days, is this just me or can anyone relate?

I’m so tired I literally can’t do anything :( I get better at night but then I have to sleep… in the evening I love cooking dinner so I do that.

What can I do to feel less tired?