7 Reasons why you are always tired

HI

It's a long time since i came to this site so forgive me if i repeat anything about sleeping but: 

 i really couldn't eat a full meal at breakfast such as chilli beef - apart form being a vegetarian that amount of food would give me severe nausea and indigestion. but I agree a good breakfast fuels you up. And bananas are great here. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain iron from items such as spinach as they actually contain very little - it was an advertising campaign that made us think otherwise!

To obtain a good night's sleep I rely on a really good mattress - memory foam plus - as when you are in pain it gets far worse at night if you aren't comfortable.

Then slow release melatonin (5mg) is excellent and some nice smells from a relaxing serum such as Ritual's TAO/QI chinese mint and YiYi ren which you roll onto your temples, forehead and behind the ears. Expensive but lasts a very long time... and the smell is great!

Hi !

As beings with animal rather than plant based bodies , we find iron easier to absorb from meat  ( haem iron ) . Therefore it is good for vegetarians to get iron ( non haem ) , plus c and calcium , from spinach .

BBC web site , loads of great spinach info and recipes .  ( must be true BBC ! )

Also , # out  ' Two Ingredient Pancakes  '      -  Actually  -  The best thing since sliced bread  .  I imagine you could do a savoury version ,  with plantain  ,  and add spinach  .

ian59

Hello everyone, very new to your forum so please excuse any ignorance in my post. X I have epilepsy (rtl), issues with memory, occasional stutter (if talking too fast when excited/annoyed), and often I know what to say and do but can't complete the thought process all in one to carry it through. I can be doing something and suddenly stop for a moment then continue doing it without even being aware of what's just happened. It gives me sleep depravation and can be frustrating. Also have stomach issues and have had a couple of operations due to this. Also currently diagnosed with thrombophlebitus which is painful. That said, I count myself lucky as my determination has so far given me two beautiful children, a full time job, customer service manager for a worldwide manufacturer ('A' grade for 5th yr running) at that, I'm just starting a level 5 management degree. My loving husband also works full time as an aircon, refrigeration engineer and he has arthritis in his hips, one elbow and hands. We're both quite young really too, early forties. Reading your posts, reminds us that we're lucky even when we struggle, as there are those who are worse off.Much respect to you, and best wishes, Dawn

My daughter has narcolepsy so being awake is a wonderful experience for her, anyone know besides her medication how to help her. At the moment she is doing a degree in art but has to sleep during activites, not much fun.

Hi Dawn

When you say you can be doing something then stop and then continue.....are these absences to do with the epilepsy?

I take EP meds but am very lucky, I've been stable for 35 years but still need the meds so I recognise adsences. I also have osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, kyphoscoliosis, osteoporosis and after my 2nd hip replacement when doing an NHS exercise I fractured my greater trochanter bone {top of hip} and am told it will never heal. 20 months later I'm still on crutches. I can cope with that but the pain from it is getting worse. I cant sleep at night and when I do sleep I waken up crying because it is so hard to get out of bed and lack of sleep leads to depression ...well maybe not clinical depression but certainly feeling down and not wanting to go out to do things I normally do I've had arthritis and the others for about 10 years now but its only since this fracture that I'm finding it hard to cope.

I am lucky......I might not be able to walk far but can drive and just put the crutches in the back of the car and go.....that's when I can get up the energy

Hileena

I have a headache !

ian59

While reading these coments they help me as i feel like giving up when im in contant pain ..my life seems worthless at times when pain takes over so tired all the time cant do the things i use be able to do everytime i excercise im not able to move for three days after and cannot go out i dont drive which makes it harder to get from a-b and being in the house cracks me up all the time ...i left my job two years ago with pain from my osteo does this make me a failure ....

Bohan........you aren't alone. No you're not worthless.  I coped with my OA, scoliosis, spinal stenosis osteoporosis etc. What is pulling me down now is when I was 4 weeks post op from a hip replacement I was doing an NHS exercise and my leg gave way with a massive crack. I've been on crutches for 21 months now....its not going to heal but the main bit is the pain from that, not from all the other things. Its 5.20am and I'm sitting in agony. We are going away with Arthritis Care for4  days so have an early start and its too early to take my pain killers...well 2 of them are 12 hours apart so it will be 7am before I can take them so I know pain, we all do to one extent or another.

What sort of exercises do you do......you do need to exercise but there are right and wrong ones when you have OA. Check the arthritis care site, they have booklets on exercises as well as other things. You can download them. No high impact one.....low impact, walking is as good as any...even on 2 crutches  like me

I better get off here now because it takes a long time in the morning to get ready especially when I have a coach to get

I'll be back online Mon evening or Tues

Hileena

Hi @071bohan - never feel a failure!  The fact that you worked through the pain until then is commendable.  No one knows how bad it is except the sufferer, and only you know the level of pain you can cope with.  Small steps - don't push yourself so hard that it makes matters worse - just find he level that is bearable and work to that.

First I would say make sure you have a comfy bed with supporting pillows taking cod liver oil helps make sure you drink 2liters of water a day and taking some exercise will help but only do what you can do were all different and go to bed early with a bood