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Posted by Tom Twilight on June 22, 2006, at 7:42:24
Hey everyone
I just wondered if anyone had any ideas as to whats making me feel so damn tired all the time?
The only med I'm currently on is Tianeptine
And my fatigue predates my use of TianeptineDoesn't seem to be affected by sleep either-I sometimes feel like I have more energy if I sleep less
Fatigues been an ongoing problem for me for the last few years.
The limmited number of ADs I've tried don't seem to have helped much.What I'm wondering is could there be some kind of physical cause?
I've got some bowel problems, IBS probably-Could this be affecting it?
Has anyone else had these kind of problems?
Has anyone treated them succesfully?
Posted by Declan on June 22, 2006, at 12:24:47
In reply to Tired all the time-Why?, posted by Tom Twilight on June 22, 2006, at 7:42:24
Tom, of course it has a physical cause. It's just trying to find it and find out ways to make it better. It may of course have a psychological cause. I have fatigue no doubt for various reasons, one of which is that I never sleep well. That may be HPA Axis overactivation, inflammatory cytokines and stuff, and/or a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism causing an adrenaline response at 2am, and/or an alcohol problem, and/or an unhappy home life, and/or no friends of the right sort, and we could go on like that for quite a while,hey?
Your IBS is no doubt part of all this, of course.
Declan
Posted by Declan on June 22, 2006, at 12:33:33
In reply to Re: Tired all the time-Why?, posted by Declan on June 22, 2006, at 12:24:47
When I take tianeptine I get an immediate stuffy nose...that's my high IgE. In ways I'm completely ignorant of, that's all connected to the CHO catabolism thing and that's connected to hormones, and Godknows. The Chinese, who were wiser than us, called the brain a 'strange organ'. Our mental maps are not that helpful.
You like tianeptine? Does it make you feel weird? It's mildly prosocial for me. I can understand people saying it makes them feel weird, but it's no weirder than normal for me.
Declan
Posted by Phillipa on June 22, 2006, at 12:51:01
In reply to Re: Tired all the time-Why?, posted by Declan on June 22, 2006, at 12:33:33
Declan not trying to be funny but I have IBS and if Tom has diarrhea he could be up all night in the bathroom just a thought. Love Phillipa
Posted by shasling on June 22, 2006, at 19:10:16
In reply to Tired all the time-Why?, posted by Tom Twilight on June 22, 2006, at 7:42:24
> Hey everyone
>
> I just wondered if anyone had any ideas as to whats making me feel so damn tired all the time?
>
> The only med I'm currently on is Tianeptine
> And my fatigue predates my use of Tianeptine
>
> Doesn't seem to be affected by sleep either-I sometimes feel like I have more energy if I sleep less
>
> Fatigues been an ongoing problem for me for the last few years.
> The limmited number of ADs I've tried don't seem to have helped much.
>
> What I'm wondering is could there be some kind of physical cause?
>
> I've got some bowel problems, IBS probably-Could this be affecting it?
>
> Has anyone else had these kind of problems?
> Has anyone treated them succesfully?
Tom,Have you ever had your a.m. serum cortisol tested? Mine is low, and I have to supplement it to even function. Tianeptine lowers cortisol and therefore completely wiped me out, like back before I began to supplement. Don't know if your response is related to that, just wanted to note it totally wiped me out for days for that reason. Might also explain your underlying fatigue. Might Google adrenal fatigue...
Good luck,
Suzie
Posted by Tom Twilight on June 23, 2006, at 7:18:59
In reply to Re: Tired all the time-Why?, posted by Declan on June 22, 2006, at 12:24:47
Thanks Guys
Probably would be an idea to get my Adrenals checked.
I've been under a lot of stress over the past few years.
This probably hasn't done much for my Adrenals!
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