Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Hi Sweet People...I know we talk about fatigue a lot. I'm going to whine here. My rheumy says the anemia I have is the type that sometimes comes with having chronic autoimmune illnesses. He says there's not a lot to do about it except eat right, rest enough, and keep the disease under control as best as possible. I'm used to being tired. Been struggling with it for MANY years. But, ths fatigue I've been dealing with lately seems more intense. I'll feel fairly ok for awhile, but then I am SO bone tired I have to take 2 or 3 naps a day (and I am sleeping through the night.) My head feels like it weighs 100 pounds by itself. My arms feel like weights are attached. I am eating well, moderately exercising, right on top of my medications, taking my supplements. Sometimes I really do think I have cancer that is just being sneaky and they will find that when they do the hysterectomy. This tiredness is almost indescribable. OK...I'm done. Thanks for listening to me, and loving me. This is really hard. Always... Tess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Dearest Tess, I know what you mean about the exhaustion, and I don't even begin to have HALF the problems you do! Sometimes I feel like someone has pulled the plug and drained out every last drop of my energy. Today is one of those days, and I have to be at work, no choice this time. Dear one, do not be so afraid of having cancer that the fear takes over your joy of living. I don't know what else to tell you to overcome the fatigue, but just know that someone out here loves and cares about you. For now, you are alive, and just BE alive. have so much love and light inside that nothing else can grow. Keeping you in my prayers, Judi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 > If you typically have a temperature lower than 98.6F, then I wouldn't > rule out a thyroid system issue quite yet. I typically have a > temperature of 97.7 and I've discovered that this can indicate a > thyroid system issue that blood tests won't show! This link will get > you to an online book about, but there's more information on the site > too. *sigh*. I was diagnosed with 's a few years ago, took the meds for a while, and my thyroid seemed to heal according to the naturopath I was working with. My levels were normal (on the -sensitive tests). So maybe it's time to head over there again. Dang! I can't afford that guy! Lynn S. ---- Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky Editor/Publisher, The New Homemaker http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/ Celebrating 5 Years of Homemaker and Caregiver Support: 1999-2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 The " getting cold " part is what happens to me when I eat something my body reacts to. It is considered a kind of " shock " reaction, the blood going to the center of the body and leaving the extremities. I'd guess other metabolic issues could cause it too. I used to get sleepy after lunch ... on the WD, having a salad for lunch, that doesn't happen anymore. It takes a lot of energy to digest food, which is why animals tend to eat then nap. Soooo ... I'd look at what you are having for breakfast and lunch, and see if there is a pattern? If not, try some coconut oil for breakfast and lunch ... it tends to hype up the metabolism? -- Heidi Jean >I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what's going on here. Most >every afternoon lately it's like someone lets the air out of me. I get >cold and I HAVE to sleep for at least an hour. Bloodwork shows my >thyroid is fine, I'm not anemic and my blood sugar is very good. >Idears? > >Lynn S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Not knowing your age. . . maybe it's hormonal. Sheryl Lynn Siprelle <lynn@...> wrote: I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what's going on here. Most every afternoon lately it's like someone lets the air out of me. I get cold and I HAVE to sleep for at least an hour. Bloodwork shows my thyroid is fine, I'm not anemic and my blood sugar is very good. Idears? Lynn S. ------ Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky Editor/Publisher, The New Homemaker http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/ Celebrating 5 Years of Homemaker and Caregiver Support: 1999-2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Hi Lynn, I also have lots of fatigue. A few months ago I tried a round of T3 but it didn't help. Now, my doctor and I are fiddling around with my hormones (natural estrogen and progesterone) and I'm waiting for the test results on my adrenals and thyroid. Adrenal insufficiency can mimick low thryroid I am told. Eleanor --- Lynn Siprelle <lynn@s...> wrote: > *sigh*. I was diagnosed with 's a few years ago, took the meds > for a while, and my thyroid seemed to heal according to the naturopath > I was working with. My levels were normal (on the -sensitive > tests). So maybe it's time to head over there again. Dang! I can't > afford that guy! > > Lynn S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 > Re: Re: Exhaustion > > >> If you typically have a temperature lower than 98.6F, then I wouldn't >> rule out a thyroid system issue quite yet. I typically have a >> temperature of 97.7 and I've discovered that this can indicate a >> thyroid system issue that blood tests won't show! This link will get >> you to an online book about, but there's more information on the site >> too. > >*sigh*. I was diagnosed with 's a few years ago, took the meds >for a while, and my thyroid seemed to heal according to the naturopath >I was working with. My levels were normal (on the -sensitive >tests). So maybe it's time to head over there again. Dang! I can't >afford that guy! Another thing to consider is mercury toxicity, which is known to cause thyroid disorders and low body temp. From what I've read you can get it not only from amalgams but from a host of ordinary household items that contain mercury, as well as food and environment contamination. Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Heidi wrote: If not, try some coconut oil for breakfast and lunch ... it tends to hype up the metabolism? Heidi, So if that is true maybe that is why I am more hyper (bit shakey) on coconut oil. . .hmmm. . .maybe I need to cut back. . . Sheryl Sheryl Illustrations http://dovedesignsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Elaine wrote: Adrenal insufficiency can mimick low thryroid I am told. Eleanor, I have been reading about this lately and I am going to do a little more research this am. I have thinking about taking Adrenal Support. Sheryl Sheryl Illustrations http://dovedesignsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 > Another thing to consider is mercury toxicity, which is known to cause > thyroid disorders and low body temp. From what I've read you can get it not > only from amalgams but from a host of ordinary household items that contain > mercury, as well as food and environment contamination. I agree as I'm looking into having my amalgams removed too. When you first said that you were exhausted in the afternoon, my first thought was a sugar crash, but I don't know that that would require actually sleeping. Ghislaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Sheryl, Here's my experience. When I first started getting exactly the symptoms you described, the only thing that would turn me around was eating. I would freeze until I got food - my fingers progressed from blue to white and numb because there was just NO blood in them at all! I started increasing the carbs, and this helped a lot. I figured my blood sugar just got too low when I went too long without eating - this fatigue was my body telling me it's hungry. I got the exhasution back for the first time about a week ago. I mentioned it here and commented I'd had a lot of fat in the form of coconut oil that day. Idol suggested it could be a sign of poor fat digestion. So, lots of things to consider: hunger/blood sugar, reaction to coconut oil, poor fat digestion. HTH Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 --- In , Sheryl <dovedesignsrus@y...> wrote: > > Jo > > So, lots of things to consider: hunger/blood sugar, reaction to > coconut oil, poor fat digestion. > > Oh Jo, > > Don't give me choices I am not good with choices. > > I do have low blood sugar. I hate it. I think it is better since I started adding oil in my diet. > The coldness you mention really hit home with me, so in your place, I would definitely start looking at keeping your blood sugar up to normal levels - worked for me. > So the hyperness can be from the coconut oil, or poor fat digestion? Really can you tell me more or send me a link? > Sorry, it was mentioned by on this list, so I have no link for you. Poor fat digestion is a topic of much discussion here and I hadn't really believed the symptoms applied to me until said this. Other symptoms may be dry skin and floating stools (which both apply to me but I believed may be more symptomaic of something else) Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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