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Nov 18, 2008, 06:23 PM
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So now that I have no structure to my days, it is messing me up. Add in the fact that it's nearly dark by 4:30 pm and cold (I think we hit a high temp of 26F today), and my touch of SAD probably is kicking in.
However, I also now sleep all day and stay up all night. I go to bed around 2 a.m. usually, up between noon-2 pm, take a shower, force myself out of the house, manage to accomplish ONE thing, even if that one thing is walking around the block, and by 5 pm I'm exhausted enough to go to bed for the rest of the night. I don't know if it's that I'm not eating like I should, or I'm anemic, or I'm on my way to yet another depression. It's getting to be the bad time of year for my PTSD, too. I just saw my primary care doc and don't see pdoc for another month. I have no idea which one to call, because I have no idea what's wrong. Any ideas? 
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Nov 18, 2008, 07:16 PM
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could be depression. I know I have been sleeping more than my norm lately.
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Nov 19, 2008, 08:25 AM
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worth getting your bloods checked for animic, and go from there as being anemic can cause some of symptoms similer to depression
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Nov 20, 2008, 09:38 AM
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Daughter sleeps a lot when she is struggling with depression. Maybe you could go to the Dr and check physical reasons and proceed from there? I hope you feel better soon Candy.
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Nov 20, 2008, 07:54 PM
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Candybear, I'm just like you, though I go to bed aroun 4-6am and wake up around 4-5pm. And since I live in the arctic, there's no sunlight here at all during the day; at best we get 1 hour. x) Yay arctic!
I can't get anything done, and I'm NOT depressed - but fatigue is a side effect of the current medication I'm on, plus I've been iron deficient (borderline anemic if I don't pay attention) since childhood. Usually the deficiency isn't a problem (and I take my iron every day), but combined with extra fatigue from the meds - I end up like this. I don't even have the energy to do laundry, my place is a mess atm. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency, and it leads to fatigue, so get that checked. If it's not iron deficiency, I'm putting my money on seasonal depression. |
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Nov 21, 2008, 01:27 AM
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Last time I was this tired and turned out to be anemic, I was SO anemic (with corresponding extremely low white and platelet counts) that I nearly died. At around this time of year, in fact. So surely you will understand why I am reluctant to get a blood draw for this.
 I'd rather not know than have to go through that again. I think I'll just assume it's depression. :-\
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