so exhausted

I am just so exhausted. I am not sleepy but I am finding myself nodding off at work, at red lights and early in the evenings while watching tv/reading/playing in puzzle books.

No matter how much sleep I get, I still am having a hard time getting up in the mornings and am slower at getting ready for work. Been late several times this past week or two. Even with fibro I usually stay fairly active, but not lately. about the only thing I do is a load of laundry and make my bed. And, of course, put in a full day at work.

I know that as soon as the radiation therapy is over and I am cleared I will start the thyroid meds and will soon be feeling better and more energetic but what till then? And, how long will that be? I still haven't heard from the radiation dept. on getting that appt.

I have called the doctors office to explain how exhaused I am and that the fibro is starting to act up and that I just cannot handle coming in to work all day everyday......so we will see if she calls me back and will help me get on short term dissability.

My eyelids are full of fluid and heavy. my skin, mouth and eyes are dry, dry, dry. I feel dehydrated no matter how much I drink. And, I have those "whoozy" kinda headaches you get when you don't get enough sleep even though I get a full night (with the help of ambien).

sorry for the run on and the paragraphs being in the wrong order but I cannot type them over again - already did once when I accidently erased it all. I just needed to whine. thats all

thanks for listening.

Hi Denita,

I am so sorry you are dragging so much. I know exactly what you're talking about too. When I was recovering from the anaphylactic reaction and my body was fighting viral pharyngitis I literally crawled in to work, took a nap either at my desk or on the cough in our conference room during lunch and then barely made it home and into bed. The Fibro really can get bad when other things are going on. I was sleeping 12 - 14 hours most nights and still could hardly make it through the day.

I really hope you get the radiation treatment soon so that you can start the thyroid meds. I know that the best my Dr. could explain what was happening to me was that my body had been through the ringer and what would be hard on anyone going through it makes it that much harder for my body and the only thing I could do was give in and rest. I literally looked and felt like a walking zombie. That would be great if you could maybe get the short term disability until it is all sorted out. Even when I went to work my brain was never there, I probably should have just taken time off but I was being stubborn.

Make sure you keep taking care of yourself and resting. Be careful getting to and from work, sometimes we are much more out of it then we think we are and if you really just can't get going one day then it's probably best to just stay in bed and listen to your body. We all know it will win if we don't give it what it wants.

Hang in there! Sending you good thoughts and some strength to help you!

Denise, the exhaustion is caused from not having a thyroid. I just recently had it taken out and I cannot start the thyroid medication until I finish the radiation treatments ( which haven't even started yet ).

Robin, I had taken the vitamin D therapy several months ago and I get the b-12 shots every month. I haven't had a blood work up on these and my iron issues in a while so that does need done. the new endo doc is going to do a complete work up after we get all this thyroid nonsense under control.

She told me that the exhaustion and dehydration issues were from the lack of thyroid function and wanted me to get the radiation asap but there are still channels that have to be gone thru and I am now waiting on them to schedule.

Frankey, I am stubborn too. This past summer my iron levels were 6.82 and they are not supposed to be below 11.5. The doctor could not believe that I could walk across the room let alone drive and work. I did end up with a transfusion and had to take large doses of iron to get the levels back up. Before they could get all the way back up to where they belong I was hit with this thyroid issue. I think that I just had way too much hit me in too short a time to do any good "healing". And, I never took any time off work. Now, I want to, now, I feel I need to.

I just hope the doctor calls soon and/or radiology does. either right now will work?

Sorry you're feeling so down.
I know the feeling and it's the pits!
Rest as much as you can, you need it.

Hi Denita, You have been so strong through everything you are going through. Maybe it is time to give yourself a break from work at least until you are on the thyroid meds. I do understand what it is like to feel exhausted all the time and there is no way right now that I could put myself on a work schedule. Please do your best to take care of yourself right now.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley

Hang in there and be kind to yourself. I always find the fatigue to be worse to deal with than the pain.

I too was falling asleep driving- be REALLY careful with that! You could kill someone or yourself.

I kept little bags of pop corn in the car with me, and if I felt I was sleepy (morning or evening) I'd grab a bag. eatting keeps me awake in the car. I was buying doritos at work, but worried about the calories. smart pop has cheese popcorn in 100 cal. bags. that did the trick.

Be well!!!! Hope you feel energy soon!

((Denita)),

You really do sound like you need to take time off work if you can possibly swing it. I know you don't want to, but ..... maybe it's reached that point. Hope somebody calls you soon!

Debbie