Re: Please describe the level of fatigue you experience

[Guest guest]

mine USE to be only at 4pm. Thats when all my symptoms began

(dizziness, fatigue- generally between 3 and 5 pm).

Now, its all the time. Like exhausting feelings after doing the

littlest task. Dizziness all the time, even after walking for 10

minutes. Menstrual cycles make matters ten times worse with adrenal

fatigue. The first day of my cycle I spend on the couch, litterally am

so tired and fatigued I cannot even move!

If insurance companies were better, doctors that specialize in fatigue

would be convered and then a lot more people could afford the health

they need!!! Primary Docs blow us off and make us feel hopeless!!!

I think i've advanced stages in the past few months by my symptoms, and

have started vitamins, DHEA, and will possibly toy with cortef low

doses. Im only 23 too!!! Ridiculous.

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> Hi everyone. I am trying to learn as much as I can.

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> Please describe the level of fatigue you experience. Mine is usually

> debilitating. Also, every day around 4:00 in the afternoon, it feels

> like someone sedates me.

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> For women, do your cycles and/or PMS make the adrenal fatigue worse?

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> Thank you.

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[Guest guest]

My fatigue feels like my legs and arms are weighted down, and like my brain

stops

working because I want to go to sleep, a dull feeling. I also get muscle

soreness at the

same time. I sometimes feel it in the daytime, but when I feel my

thyroid/adrenals are off

it really hits me right around 7:00pm. I'm usually ready for bed at that time,

and often

can't keep my eyes open no matter what.

I have had to stop doing things at night because I'm afraid I'll fall asleep at

the wheel. I

wish I could stay up until 10:00 like normal people. Caffeine makes me feel much

worse

so I don't drink it.

I generally feel worse the week before my period.

Carol

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> Hi everyone. I am trying to learn as much as I can.

>

> Please describe the level of fatigue you experience. Mine is usually

> debilitating. Also, every day around 4:00 in the afternoon, it feels

> like someone sedates me.

>

> For women, do your cycles and/or PMS make the adrenal fatigue worse?

>

> Thank you.

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[Guest guest]

> Please describe the level of fatigue you experience. Mine is usually

> debilitating. Also, every day around 4:00 in the afternoon, it feels

> like someone sedates me.

Yes, mine is debilitating. And that 4pm crash thing, I have had that

ALL my life, even as a child.

Now that I have two tinies, the 4pm crash is difficult. I can't let

myself sleep, though sometimes it's a close thing as to whether or not

I'm conscious. I call it the Suicide Hour, when I and my tinies are

all at our worst.

> For women, do your cycles and/or PMS make the adrenal fatigue worse?

Oh yes. For a few days before each period, it's much worse.

Rosie/5

[Guest guest]

Hi , thanks for the reply.

Yes I have the dizziness also. I also feel woozy and just really ill.

I too can barely move when I get my period.

Yes if more doctors took this seriously, people would not get so sick.

It is good to know that I am not alone, but I am sorry you have this.

[Guest guest]

Rie, thanks for your response.

I have a hard time getting up in the morning too. It is like I am

glued to the bed. It must be hard caring for two children when

dealing with this.

The spoon theory sounds interesting. Kind of like take things one

minute at a time when one day at a time is too much?