Why Am I Always Tired? Fatigue

When a woman says she’s exhausted it’s often a sign of an underlying problem and can interfere with every aspect of her life. The Endocrine system produces hormones to regulate sleep, mood, and metabolism among other things. An imbalance here may be a domino effect from another issue, such as hormonal imbalance or stressed adrenal glands. Other possible issues that may cause fatigue are food allergies, chemical sensitivity, and chronic inflammation or a combination of several issues.

Fatigue gradually worsens leaving you feeling like you are trapped on a treadmill of exhaustion, constantly losing steam and not getting anywhere. If you are experiencing constant fatigue, it means you have a disruption in your body’s systems. Don’t push through and ignore it, there are answers and help to restore you to full energy

You wonder if you are just tired from lack of sleep, or if you are suffering from fatigue. It is important to pay attention to your mild symptoms before they become constant and include:

• Being tired even after sleep
• Headaches
• Joint Pain
• Depression
• Poor short-term memory, confusion, irritability
• Feeling exhausted both physically and mentally

 

Stress

Stress brings on high cortisol levels and has a direct impact on your sleep. Cortisol is typically highest in the morning and tapers off throughout the day and near to bedtime. For women suffering from fatigue, this is reversed and cortisol levels are highest at night. It will leave you exhausted during the day and give you a second wind at night, allowing you to sleep until 3:00am with your mind racing. It is hard to cut stress from your life, but you can find ways to deal with it throughout the day such as meditation, yoga, taking a walk or running.

 

Dehydration

What you may not realize that when the body becomes thirsty dehydration has already set in and fluids are desperately needed. Fatigue may have already been occurring at this point. Many women live in a state of almost constant dehydration and not realize that it is the reason for not being alert or focused and it could be as simple as drinking more water.

 

Adrenal imbalance

The adrenal imbalance is attributed to constant, long-term stress. This includes ‘good’ stress that you enjoy such as exercise. It puts your adrenal gland on high alert and releases cortisol. The continuous ‘on’ positions puts extra work on your adrenal glands and results in fatigue, anxiety, weight gain and even hair loss.

 

Anemia

A common medical reason for feeling run down all the time is an iron deficiency and is something that can be common in women  who are still having their periods. Anemia causes your muscles to feel heavy and you get tired very quickly.

 

Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea is when your throat narrows or closes when you are sleeping and repeatedly interrupts your breathing. This causes you to snore and drops your blood’s oxygen levels. It makes you wake up often in the night due to the difficulty in breathing so you feel exhausted the next day. Alcohol and smoking aggravate the problem.

 

Anxiety

Feeling anxious from time to time is normal. Major life events happen that bring on anxiety and then after the event the anxiety lifts. Some women have constant feelings of anxiety that are uncontrollable, which are affects their day to day life. This is referred to medically as Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and leaves you feeling irritable, tired and worried all the time.

 

Underactive thyroid

Underactive thyroid is most common in women and it happens more often as you get older. It means that you have too little thyroxine (thyroid hormone) and it makes you feel tired all the time. You are more likely to put on weight and have aching muscles.

 

We can help to determine the reason for your fatigue and give you back the energy you want and deserve. Begin by starting the free consultation to take the first steps toward a better life.