[thunderbear]

I have a lack of energy and motivation. Is there anything that can be done about the energy part? My psychiatrist ordered blood tests to check my anemia and iron defeciency, but in the last few years they have been normal. He also ordered a liver panel. I get the results tomarrow and if they are normal, what do you all do for the lack of energy? I can't drink coffee because it makes my anxiety way worse. All i know is I can sleep 12 hours and still wake up and be tired all day. I try to eat all my veggies and fruits hoping that it'll help but so far it has'nt. I just hate being so tired all the time.

[Naturefreak]

T-BEAR I'm the same way . If your blood work comes back normal , I'm not sure what is causing it , but I think just being depressed can give you lack of energy. It does for me anyway. Ask your pharmacist . They sometimes know more than the doctors when it comes to energy supplements.
Take care

[trevorzero]

I feel the same way. The only thing that is guaranteed to work is to rely on your willpower. Go and do the things that you need to do regardless of how crappy you may feel. Just put one foot in front of the other. Don't give yourself any other option.

[lonegael]

(((Thunderbear)))) I know that both stress and anxiety can be exhausting when they are acting up, because they rev up so many systems in the body. Do you get any excercise? Sometimes getting a bit of excercise every day can help up your energy levels, especially if you can stick with it a while. Nothing extreme, a walk for twenty minutes everyday, for example. Hope you feel better soon. I know it's been a tough ouple of days for you

[justfloating]

((((((thunderbear))))))

Are you taking anything to help you sleep at night? I take sleeping pills for insomnia and even though I get a full night's sleep they tend to leave me feeling pretty groggy for the rest of the day. Certain cold medicines can do that to you too, if you're on that. You could also check with your doctor if you haven't already to see if maybe the tiredness is a side effect of any other medications you're taking for your depression.

Other than that, when I'm feeling particularly drained what helps for me is to keep cool. Being too warm tends to make me really sleepy. I keep my heat on low, and if it's not too cold outside I open my window to let in some fresh air. Just getting some fresh oxygen to the brain can really help.

[carrie-19]

i have the same problem.i got allll the blood tests at least twice-its such a pain.it used to be a lot worse when i was on meds and nobody realised until i was off them that that was it.maybe thats the cause?
going for a walk helped me for some reason too lol (:

[Pomegranate]

To share my experience there are several things that make me feel that way:
1. hypothyroidism
2. depression
3. chronic fatigue
4. fibromyalgia

And when you have a combination of them like I have, you get lots of days of no energy and no motivation.

I have read that some doctors will give a low dose of meds for hypothroid if a person displays many of the symptoms but their test results are normal. It apparently helps many people.

I was sleeping up to 15 hours a day and in a wheel chair before my thyroid test finally came back abnormal and my doc put me on meds. BANG! What a diffenrence in my quality of life!