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Feeling sorry for myself, mainly.

There’s something wrong with me, I’ve been tired constantly for years now and recently its gotten so bad I can’t concentrate on stuff. I have near constant headaches too. All my doctors do is suggest anti-depressants, but I’m not depressed. Well, I am now, but its because the doctors are always brushing off my health concerns and telling me I’m tired because I’m depressed. No, I’m depressed because I’m tired. Try living your life constantly feeling like you haven’t slept in a week and see how happy you are about it.

I’m failing uni because of this. I’m too tired to understand anything and so my essays go unfinished. Either I’m too exhausted to go to my lectures or I don’t understand anything because I’m so tired my brain is too sluggish. I’ve only got as far as I have due to explaining matters to my professors, but I think they’re reaching the end of their patience and I won’t last the term.

I did try anti-depressants but they actually made me depressed. Whereas before I could plod along, always tired, not exactly happy but coping, once I was on the tablets I was crying constantly, it affected my balance so much I couldn’t stand up and even now, three months since I’ve been off them, I’ve been having dizzy spells that started on the tablets.

I just don’t really know what to do. I’m back at the doctors on Tuesday, although I know already how that will go. I have two essays due in tomorrow but I can’t do either of them. I sit and read paragraphs in my textbooks over and over again, as I’ve been doing for weeks since the essays were set, and yet I cannot undersand what they are about. I’ve gone from really clever to incredibly dumb so quickly and I’m terrified as I don’t think I could cope if it kept getting worse.

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mogck1 0 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (6 minutes after post)

Maybe, just to try, start taking sleeping pills??
If you wake up feeling refreshed and not tired that would be great.
If that doesn’t work;

Talk to a different doctor, tell them. I need to be awake, I am NOT depressed, and if you wont try to help me i will get it somewhere else.
Its okay for you to be a little upset at them now, because of how much the brush you off.

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An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (11 minutes after post)

I think seeing another doctor would be a good idea to start with and explain the whole situation to them

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An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (19 minutes after post)

have you tried physical exercise maybe go for a really long walk ar even join a gym and really knacker yourself out. Also try changing doctors or seeing another doctor in the practice.

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An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (20 minutes after post)

or buy some over the counter sleeping pills

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An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (30 minutes after post)

I once had hyperthyroidism once which made me very exhausted. Check for symptoms and ask your doctor to do some tests if your doctor has not ruled that out.

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10 months, 2 weeks ago (5 hours, 51 minutes after post)

Thanks for everyone’s replies. I’ve had blood tests and oxygen tests taken which all came back normal so that’s why the doctors are focusing on the mental side of things. I’ve also tried sleeping pills, prescription ones, but they just made me sleep for longer and I was just as tired when I woke up so I stopped them.

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