Afternoon pattern

I've noticed that at around the same time every day I feel shaky, weak, fatigue and clammy - sometimes sweaty. My feet get cold too. It's always around 3pm. I figure this has something to do with circadian rhythms, but what do I do about it? I've tried to have a snack around this time and it helps, but I get so worn out.

Anyone know anything about this?

I had daily flares of symptoms for about 3 years - late afternoon to early evening - lasting about 4-5 hours

I don't have that anymore - I can feel crappy anytime of the day now.

That might be what you're experiencing.
Hopefully you find out a cause so you can alleviate them.

Purrrsiankitty said...
Kristen,

The fact that it's at the same time daily
makes me think of adrenals. Have you been checked?

My weird period is in the morning but it sounds alot like what I feel.

You know, I don't know if they've been checked. My doc just assumed they're out of whack and I'm taking an adrenal supplement. I have no idea if anything is working. I take so many things - like we all do. I looked it up and everyone seems to blame cortisol or insulin. How do adrenals work on a time schedule?

I had the mid afternoon "flareup" for a long time and it was primarily due to Babesia. I could almost put a stopwatch to it it was that consistent. I had a mega-flareup almost every week like clockwork as well. Since Babesia has a 4-7 day lifecycle that was probably the culprit.

I don't know about it other than the same thing happens to me.
It is very bizarre, good luck ill be checking back on this post.

KristenBee said...
I've noticed that at around the same time every day I feel shaky, weak, fatigue and clammy - sometimes sweaty. My feet get cold too. It's always around 3pm. I figure this has something to do with circadian rhythms, but what do I do about it? I've tried to have a snack around this time and it helps, but I get so worn out.

Anyone know anything about this?

Rikky1 said...
I had the mid afternoon "flareup" for a long time and it was primarily due to Babesia. I could almost put a stopwatch to it it was that consistent. I had a mega-flareup almost every week like clockwork as well. Since Babesia has a 4-7 day lifecycle that was probably the culprit.

This.

After starting Malarone, I got super tired everyday around 3:00. I fell asleep on the couch most days.
Even if I didn't sleep, I'd be fine a few hours later.

When I stopped Malarone last summer, this went away.

I had completely forgotten about this afternoon fatigue, until it hit me like a wave my first or second day on Mepron a few weeks ago.

I think this is definitely Babesia for me, unless there's some pharmacological reasons Atovaquone makes me exhausted at 3:00 every day.

Totally agree - babs can trigger adrenal dysfunction.

I'm toward the end of my Lyme & bart treatment (with the exception of babs) but once I started a biofilm buster, everything hit the fan. Babs came roaring back and I would have your symptoms during the day but would also wake up every hour during the night, and other insomnia issues.

Everything settled down after increasing babs tinctures but also after shifting the timing of thyroid, adrenal and other support around. Sometimes you have to play with things.

Also agree w/ Traveler to get some testing done..

Your symptoms also suggest a little hypoglycemia so that might also be something to look into. Are you on a basically sugar-free low simple carb diet? Is it a new change for you? Any other changes?

And do you have a yeast/fungal issue?

-p