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If you’ve been feeling more tired than normal lately to the point where it is affecting your daily activities, there might be a serious underlying reason. Most of the time it’s a quick fix, like upping the amount of days per week you get some exercise, or maybe adjusting your sleep patterns.
In other cases, it might signal an iron deficiency or a disease that might send you to your doctor. It’s important to listen to your body, and if you’re feeling tired all the time, you might want to head to the doctor. Keep your eyes out for any of these symptoms.
1. Anemia
One cause of being tired all the time is iron-deficiency anemia, which causes extreme fatigue, pale skin, feeling weak, shortness of breath, chest pain, cold hands and feet, brittle nails, and a fast heartbeat. Iron-deficiency anemia is just that—a signal that the body is deficient in iron.
For the most part, the cure for this is a simple trip to your doctor, where you’ll most likely be given iron supplements. However, you might want to visit a doctor before trying to self-diagnose, as a overload of iron in the body can lead to liver damage and other complications.
Believe it or not, your period might be making you tired all the time. For one, your body temperature rises during your menstrual cycle, which might make it harder to sleep. You can make sure your bedroom is set to a cool sleeping temperature of 60-67 degrees in order to help this.2. Your menstrual cycle
Another reason why you might have trouble sleeping on your period is the pain of cramps, which can be subsided with several natural ways or just by taking an OTC pain reliever, like Midol or Advil. Feeling depressed and having nausea might also, you know, make it a little hard to sleep.
Try exercising a bit if you’re feeling down, and if you have tummy issues, a mug of hot ginger tea before bed should do the trick.
3. Depression
Depression can cause feelings of extreme fatigue as well. Symptoms of depression include continuous feelings of sadness, anxiety, or emptiness, as well as disinterest in the things you once enjoyed. Over or under-eating can be a sign, as well as trouble concentrating. Depression can lead to physical symptoms as well, such as headaches, cramps, an upset stomach, and fatigue.
You might feel more inclined to sleep throughout the day and find it hard to get out of bed, or your tiredness might be a part of a cycle of having trouble falling asleep due to the depression and suffering from daytime tiredness. Ways to cope with depression include talking to a therapist, exercising, avoiding caffeine, being in the sunlight, and meditating/doing yoga.
4. Adrenal Fatigue
When someone has Adrenal Fatigue, the body produces lower levels of hormones and neurotransmitters, which can cause a slew of different symptoms. These symptoms include feeling incredibly tired, even after getting a full night’s rest, craving salty foods, not being able to handle stress, high energy levels in the evening, a weakened immune system, and a reliance on stimulants throughout the day, like caffeine, sugar, and cigarettes. There are several ways to fix this, such as improving your diet, using meditation and deep breathing techniques, working on sleep hygiene, or visiting your doctor to talk about solutions.
5. Lack of Exercise
Something as simple as a lack of exercise and an incredibly sedentary lifestyle can cause fatigue. Exercise helps us cope with stress and depression in a healthy way, as well as boost mood and energy levels. If you’ve living a very sedentary lifestyle, chances are you aren’t working out as much as you should (if at all), and thus not reaping the benefits of exercise! Get to the gym or go for a walk or run for 30 minutes and you’ll notice a huge difference.
Try to get 30 minutes of exercise each day and your energy and mood will change drastically.
6. Thyroid Disease
Twenty million Americans deal with this, and it happens to be more common in women. Signs of thyroid disorder are fatigue, moodiness, muscle pain, weight gain or loss, vision problems, changes in body temperatures, and changes in appetite.
When someone has a thyroid disorder, the thyroid gland, which is the “master” gland that secretes hormones that regulates all other functions of the body, is all wacked off. However, there are several natural treatments for thyroid disorder, like following a diet that is gluten and dairy free, avoiding toxins and heavy metals, detoxing the body, and consuming adaptogen herbs.
A quick visit to your general practitioner (GP) can tell you if you need to worry about thyroid disorder and how to get it under control.
7. Poor Sleep Patterns
“Sleep hygiene” refers to the habits we have that allow for us to sleep well regularly. When our habits are poor, such as not sticking to a schedule, drinking coffee before bed, and staying on our phones until lights out, we throw our body clocks off and make it difficult to get a good night’s sleep, which in turn makes us feel tired all throughout the day.
Good sleep hygiene practices include:
- Avoid napping during the day.
- Avoid stimulants like coffee, alcohol, and cigarettes close to bedtime.
- Exercise daily, and do your most vigorous in the morning, and relaxing exercise, like yoga, before bed.
- Have a regular bedtime routine, and go to sleep each night at roughly the same time.
- Associate your bed with sleep, and not being on the computer or “taking work home.”
- Don’t eat right before bed.
- Take a hot bath or read a book before sleep to relax your mind and body.
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