[BlueMerleGirl]

I struggle with depression and anxiety, and ADHD. I also recently discovered I have mild hypothyroidism, and I'm being treated for it. So far it has helped with my energy levels because I was soooo exhausted before I was treated.

But still- i just don't really seem to have much energy or motivation. I'm a mom to a 12 month old and she still doesn't sleep great but I don't think that's it. I don't know if my low energy is mental or physical.

I don't really have any hobbies but I feel like working moms don't often have much time for hobbies.

Does anyone just feel tired all the time? I mean I feel like I would prefer to sleep instead of do anything,but I can't always sleep during the day.

I see my coworkers exercising during lunch, and doing things after work, but I never have the motivation or energy. I just feel like others have a spark for life and I don't. Things are good in my life and I really have no reason to be depressed but I still am. I love playing with my baby so I just try to keep myself busy with her but it doesn't always work.

[Skeezyks]

Hello BlueMerleGirl: Well... I'm an older person. So that accounts for at least some of my current tiredness. But feeling tired, dragged out & lethargic most of the time is something I've struggled with for many years. I never did figure of what was causing it. Even antidepressants, which I was told would perk me up, just made me groggy. I do remember, many many years ago, when I was a teenager, a doctor said I had low thyroid levels. He put me on some kind of medication. But it knocked me out. So my parents took me off of it & threw the pills away.

They tell us that depression is a matter of imbalances in neurochemicals in the brain. So, from that perspective, one doesn't need a reason to be depressed any more than one would need a "reason" to have any other illness. Perhaps the same physical conditions that cause a person to develop depression also contribute to one's feeling tired all the time. I think all you can probably do is to continue to work with your doctors in an effort to figure out what, if anything, can be done to remediate your exhaustion. Hopefully as your daughter gets a bit older, that may help too. I wish you well...

[laffer75]

Originally Posted by BlueMerleGirl

I struggle with depression and anxiety, and ADHD. I also recently discovered I have mild hypothyroidism, and I'm being treated for it. So far it has helped with my energy levels because I was soooo exhausted before I was treated.


But still- i just don't really seem to have much energy or motivation. I'm a mom to a 12 month old and she still doesn't sleep great but I don't think that's it. I don't know if my low energy is mental or physical.


I don't really have any hobbies but I feel like working moms don't often have much time for hobbies.


Does anyone just feel tired all the time? I mean I feel like I would prefer to sleep instead of do anything,but I can't always sleep during the day.


I see my coworkers exercising during lunch, and doing things after work, but I never have the motivation or energy. I just feel like others have a spark for life and I don't. Things are good in my life and I really have no reason to be depressed but I still am. I love playing with my baby so I just try to keep myself busy with her but it doesn't always work.

I'm the same way, could sleep all the time. I wake up feeling tired lol. I just try to keep moving and avoid eating carbs... that helps

[pillid12]

They tell us that depression is a matter of imbalances in neuro chemicals in the brain. So, from that perspective, one doesn't need a reason to be depressed any more than one would need a "reason" to have any other illness. Perhaps the same physical conditions that cause a person to develop depression also contribute to one's feeling tired all the time.

[BlueMerleGirl]

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I agree that it is important to remember that you don't have to have a reason to be depressed, since it is a chemical imbalance. I've just gone through a lot in the last few years, including losing both of my parents in the last 10 years, so I'm used to having a "reason" to be depressed.

I think I need to change pdocs. I moved recently and now have a new one and I feel like all he does is rush me out the door.

[Fuzzybear]