I've been do the doctor...well, actually, I've been to TWO doctors now, and a chiropractor. I've been though a battery of tests, and felt like a pin cushin. And I'm reading here today that both stress and being tired are just as inhibiting as being drunk. NOw, I understand that, which is why I've tried some pretty strange things, beleive me.
I'm getting to the point.
I sleep a lot. I can sleep over 12 horus straight, let myself wake up naturally, and still feel exhusted. I've been this way since I was in high school, which is why I went to the doctors. I've tried different diets, mediucation, vitamins and suppliments, special beding, geting less sleep, more sleep...a whole SLEW of things, and no one can tell me why I'm so tired. B/c I'm tired, I get stressed easily, and I end up having to turn away and take a deep breath some days to keep from blowing up at work. It's so bad that I want to quit, but I don't want to basically be throwing away all the money and time I spent getting to where I am. I know I'm only a med aide, but that's still a LOT of time to me and money I really couldn't spare at the time.
So I'm just balling about what to do, b/c it seems like nothing is helping anything.
What do you do for recreation to unwind a bit? Any hobbies you enjoy? Are there any ways to eliminate some of the stress you are experiencing? We all need some form of diversion to blow off extra steam. Hope you get back on track soon.
What do you do for recreation to unwind a bit? Any hobbies you enjoy? Are there any ways to eliminate some of the stress you are experiencing? We all need some form of diversion to blow off extra steam. Hope you get back on track soon.
I USE to be in the SCA and I did dancing and all sorts of things, but it just always felt like I really had trouble getting the energy up to do anything for very long. I'd have to contuinally take naps before large events or whatever we were doing, no matter how much fun they were, b/c I'd feel run down pretty quickly. For a while I did a lot of aroebic exercises thinking I was out of shape (I still do, just not like I use to), but they didn't help much either. That's when I started out with vitamins and eating healther. The whole time I kept thinking, 'its got to be something I can change,' b/c it just felt that way. I finally broke down when we moved out here and saw the doctor about it. They did the tests first, then put me on anit-depresents, and I got tired of not only being tired but having to take a pill every day that wasn't doing anything but draining my wallet.
It feels bad to be so desperate that you're willing to sell your soul to anyone who can give you a cure. I'm sure its nothing compaired to having cancer or something where you're not only tired, but sick and having to take treatments as well. But its pretty rotten to feel bad about yourself b/c you don't feel like you have enough energy to be of any use to anyone. I feel worthless b/c I have to struggle just to do the very basic of tasks, and its so hard to stay focused on one thing without zoning out.
So its just come down to the point that I want help, but there just isn't much around to be given.
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What do you do for recreation to unwind a bit? Any hobbies you enjoy? Are there any ways to eliminate some of the stress you are experiencing? We all need some form of diversion to blow off extra steam. Hope you get back on track soon.