Discussion The Perpetual Tiredness

[UserFromNowhere]

Anyone else perpetually tired? No matter when you go to bed at or when you wake up, you just end up feeling tired? And it persists throughout the day, even with caffeine and other stimulants? I don't even think the meds which are supposed to help with it are helping anymore, and I don't feel prepared to try another one that has a 50/50 shot of working or only working for a few days and then causing me to remain perpetually tired or make it so I can't go without the pills or I can't get to sleep at all. It feels like a curse, and I honestly think it might be contributing to my depressive thoughts (beyond just the existing, recurrent ideation I have) when I think about having to endure another 50-80 years of this without ever being able to feel rested.

 

[TAW122]

I think I've had similar experiences over the years of during my life, especially early 30's. I don't think I have many days of adequate rest, sometimes I wake up tired, less tired at various hours, but briefly, and then later feeling tired or sleepy, then at night when people are sleeping, I don't feel as tired. Sometimes I think it may have been my circadian rhythm being messed up during times where I stayed up late or during a period of time in my life when I had to work night shifts for about a year.

 

[TwistedNightmares]

Yes, there are a lot of days where I feel extremely tired no matter what I do. I will still feel tired even if I sleep for 10+ hours. It definitely feels like a never ending curse.

 

[UserFromNowhere]

I think I've had similar experiences over the years of during my life, especially early 30's. I don't think I have many days of adequate rest, sometimes I wake up tired, less tired at various hours, but briefly, and then later feeling tired or sleepy, then at night when people are sleeping, I don't feel as tired. Sometimes I think it may have been my circadian rhythm being messed up during times where I stayed up late or during a period of time in my life when I had to work night shifts for about a year.

Yeah. I keep thinking "it might be better if I just slept during the day" but I'm not even sure if that'd help. Feels like short of a constant drip of adrenaline I wouldn't ever be able to feel rested.

Yes, there are a lot of days where I feel extremely tired no matter what I do. I will still feel tired even if I sleep for 10+ hours. It definitely feels like a never ending curse.

Apparently sleeping for too long can also lead to tiredness, which is rather ironic but nevertheless a thing that happens. It definitely is a curse, never quite being able to be "awake" beyond a lingering sensation of consciousness, always feeling like you didn't get enough sleep and if you just "took a nap" or "slept a bit longer" it'd all be better, but that never seeming to be the case.

 

[TwistedNightmares]

Apparently sleeping for too long can also lead to tiredness, which is rather ironic but nevertheless a thing that happens. It definitely is a curse, never quite being able to be "awake" beyond a lingering sensation of consciousness, always feeling like you didn't get enough sleep and if you just "took a nap" or "slept a bit longer" it'd all be better, but that never seeming to be the case.

I have heard about that. It is rather ironic. Sleeping the recommended amount of time also doesn't work for me either, unfortunately.
To be fair, I do have 2 syndromes working against me, so that is most likely why I feel the way I do with tiredness.

 

[VanillaCake]

I have the same problem unfortunately It's so frustrating because no matter how much I manage to fix my schedule, it doesn't totally fix the tiredness (although it does make it slightly better).

Do you think you could have sleep apnea or something? Doctors don't always think about it but it's a cause of lasting tiredness and it can also worsen depression.

 

[UserFromNowhere]

Do you think you could have sleep apnea or something?

For better or worse, I know it isn't sleep apnea, it's just a perpetual tiredness. Even if I "fix my schedule" so to speak, it doesn't really help.