Fatigue, Part 1

Tired of being tired?
You wake up feeling tired. Your workday is filled with cups of coffee and no time to take a break. After work you go to your kid’s ball game. It’s been awhile since lunch but you’re not eating dinner until you get home, so you hastily consume a candy bar.

At home you eat a huge dinner and can only think of going to sleep even though you’d planned on going for a walk.

Sound familiar?

There are various physical and mental reasons that people can experience fatigue. Many medical conditions and medications can have side effects of fatigue. But in today’s culture feeling chronic tiredness is becoming more commonplace. We have families that need us and jobs that often have us working more than a 40-hours per week. The house needs to be cleaned and errands need to be run. Feeling tired gets to be just another fact in a busy life.

Symptoms of fatigue
The symptoms of what we would consider garden-variety fatigue could also be symptoms of disorders that might require medical attention. Talk with your doctor if you experience these symptoms – don’t brush them off just because you think you might be “a little tired.”

Common symptoms of fatigue include: Lethargy, Drowsiness, Weakness, and Listlessness

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