You could be anemic. Ask your doctor for a quick check up, it is very common. they can prescribe you (i think) with a special iron supplement, and advice on which foods to reduce/increase in your diet. I have several friends who are anemic badly, and I get anemic around my period. 8 hours of sleep are also essential - every night! and if you find you are anemic try this for a meal: pasta and cheese sauce (follow any basic recipie, they're all similar) with broccoli and spinach (just add to the sauce - turns it a funny green colour but dont let that put you off) - absolutely lovely and very iron rich wash it down with pure orange juice as this has plenty of vitamin C which should help absorb the iron into your blood quicker for an instant boost. and dont drink energy drinks because they can make you more anemic cos of the caffiene.
hope tis helps
Moo
xx

Hello everyone.
I am always tired. I get a good nights sleep but all day i'm still tired. I've started eating more fruit and vegetables to try and help but i'm just sooo tired all the time - can anyone out there help me with this? Thanks.

You could be anemic. Ask your doctor for a quick check up, it is very common. they can prescribe you (i think) with a special iron supplement, and advice on which foods to reduce/increase in your diet. I have several friends who are anemic badly, and I get anemic around my period. 8 hours of sleep are also essential - every night! and if you find you are anemic try this for a meal: pasta and cheese sauce (follow any basic recipie, they're all similar) with broccoli and spinach (just add to the sauce - turns it a funny green colour but dont let that put you off) - absolutely lovely and very iron rich wash it down with pure orange juice as this has plenty of vitamin C which should help absorb the iron into your blood quicker for an instant boost. and dont drink energy drinks because they can make you more anemic cos of the caffiene.
hope tis helps
Moo
xx

I feel the same however I'm a student and have taken multivitamns etc and eaten healthy for years! I know what foods are healthy so I eat them as I know the benefits of them from past experience, I also exercise everyday. However I have been to my GP and dont have an underactive thyroid etc, I sleep 8hrs+ on a weeknight and have to drag myself out of bed almost every morning I also fall asleep very easy especially in front of the tv or in the cinema!and I can barely last til 2 or 1 oclock when Im on a night out! I drink herbal teas and would not drink coffee everyday, only really for exam. So any help please!!!?? [I also give blood-not anaemic and take B vitamns for my hormones!]

Hi there pennydavis,

I've been so tired for the past 5-6 months aswell. It's got to the point where I've gone to see my GP today who took bloods for glucose, anemia amd thyroid. I look fine - not pale or anything, sleep like a baby but am constantly SHATTERED. I strongly suggest you get checked out by your GP too as you may well be anemic or something. You should't leave your health to fester. If you don't look after yourself - no one else will do it for you!!!!!

Hello, even though I'm a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the first thing I usually suggest is a thorough Western medical check to rule out anything serious. If nothing shows up, that gives you the green light to try alternatives, such as Chinese medicine.

Diet and lifestyle factors are probably playing a key role in your problem, so you need to look at what you're eating; whether or not you're overworking and/or under too much stress; getting sufficient exercise, and other things too.

You mention eating more fruit and veges, however they won't necessarily give you more energy. Often people who eat a vegetarian diet complain of tiredeness.

While forums like this can offer good advice, there can be too much advice as well, which can be very confusing.

See your doc first.

All the best,

Matthew

www.chinese-holistic-health-ex ercises.com

Hi, Penny.

You say that you get a good night sleep. Are you sure? The amount of sleep you get is one thing. Getting quality sleep is another.

Mental issues are a common factor for tiredness. You might be bored, stressed out or simply worry too much, and drains you out.

I've set up a short presentation that summerizes the main steps toward becoming an energetic person.

Download it here:
http://a-sleep.com/energy.pps

I hope I could be of some help.

Rotem.
http://a-sleep.com

ok if you eat iron rich foods such as lean red meat and zinc rich foods like shellfish eat dark green veges and pasta, also eat meat, fish and eggs for vitamin B12
Try cutting out sugar, cakes, biscuits and sweets. also caffine and alcohol!!
See if this helps you..
otherwise see your doctor to see if you are anaemic, as this can cause tiredness..
take care
Donna

what you need to do is get some coffe from duckin dounts and you will be staright that,s my advice to you

If you make a lupus test that would be also good, because i was all the time tired like you 2 years ago, and i did not know that i had this sickness. Lupus makes the person all the time tired, see ya

"Hi ! "

I'm a french girl and I come on this site for the first time, so I saw your title and I think you're maybe always tired because your body is tired ! what is your job ? perhaps it's too hard all long time, and it's so good to start eating fruit and vegetables but maybe you have an anaemia ! tell this to your doc, and make a blood test, the first sign is the tiredness.. and if it's that, you will have to eat more and more meat. (and your doc will give you a treatment like the IRON), and another thing again : if you have an anaemia, avoid to drink a lot of tea.. So... I hope my english isn"t too bad , and I hope that"s help you..

Always tired could be any syndrome of beginning of any sickness.Check up ,if You are suffering in Diabetics,or lower Blood-pressure.If nothing found,i recomment You also,to check up Your blood.Thats the most important advice,i would give to You.I hope,Youre will be ok.

Hi
My name is Sandra and I'm 24. I lice in Scotland. I saw yor message about being tired all the time. in 2001 I went to my doctor cause I was feeling tired all the time. I slept well at night, Missed my nine o'clock classes at Uni and only managed to go from 12 pm onwards. I would be findin g it difficult not to fall asleep. Tried eating more fruit but it didn't help. Sound familiar? I also found that I was gaining about a kilo a week dispite healthy eating. I had to go to the doc anyway and mentioned it as a by the way kind of thing. Turns out I have an underactive thyroide gland. Just need to take one tablet a day and am fine. It came on so gradually that it was barely noticable. But when I was on the thyroxine I suddenly realized what bad shape I was in because I was feeling so much better. Now I can lead a normal life againAll the doc would have to do is a blood test. They also check for diabetes cause the symptoms are similar. YOu have nothing to loose by going to the doc.
Hope that helps
Sandra

I take Vitamin C when i'm tired and it seems to work. Also, dried fruit, but I suppose they're just ways of helping the symptoms, not getting to the root of the problem. Have you seen your doctor? Maybe it's the weather - ie seasonal Affective Disorder... my sister gets that really badly and it knackered for six months of the year.

Thanks for replying, I have seen the doctor so there's nothing wrong with me. I have'nt tried vit.C so i think i'll give it a try. You might be right about the weather having some affect on me, i hate winter and i really feel the cold too, perhaps i've gone into hibernation mode like bears do!!! It's interesting to hear about your sister as i always feel like poo this time of year - when spring/summer come around i definitely do feel 500% better.
Thanks for the tip, i'll keep you posted! Penny

I always feel crap at the this time of year - it's almost worse if we have a few days of sunshine, then nothing!
I find I have more energy when I exercise, so I try and go for a 20 min brisk walk or jog (apart from I've just had a baby, so not doing much pf eother at the mo) two or three times a week and it's amazing the difference it makes.

maybe it would help u, to take B vitamines as well. I am a vegeterian and I was tired all the time until I started taking B-Vitamines.
Have a nice day

Hi!

First up. I'm a man! Straight too. Not on here for the obvious either. (Well I'm sure a few posts will prove that!).

I was actually surfing looking info on fitness etc and recovery.

I find that i stopped getting less tired when I increased the intensity of my aerobic activity. THis seems to have made my body over compensate and recover faster. Now obviously I've given myself time between runs but I haven't felt so alive for about 15 years! (43 btw).

Also are you getting enough water? This helps tremendously.

I've also found that the flat being untidy makes me tired so I've given myself very short times to sort single items e.g. washing up and do youknow how much better you feel when you get a job done?

I've even invested in a 'daylight lamp' (2 actually). At this time of year they really cheer me up. I haven't been diagnosed with SAD but by god I do feel down when it gets darker. Mad as it sounds these lamps have been a god send. Previous to getting them I used to get so tired and miserable during Autumn and Winter. IN fact over the years I noticed that my relationships suffered cos of the SAD. Last 2 autumn and winters... no trouble. Just keep the lamp on lots.

I've also taken the step of getting a mind movie from www.darrylsdomain.co.uk too. I watch my vid (even on my phone) and it helps me focus upon what I want rather than what I don't want.

Finally are you happy at work? I no this all sounds nosy but stress doesn't half make you tired.

Hope this helps lass

David