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Tired All The Time...

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Elizabeth-Elindel
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This past month I've found myself very tired physcally after a little bit of hard work. I can especally tell thsn when I'm romping with kids - after about an hour and a half or so I'm dead. LOL. I've been gluten-free (mostly!) for about three months now. When I say "mostly" I mean that sometimes I do accidently eat small amounts of gluten... but nothing that I can tell that would make my body act like this.

Anyone else have this problem? I've thought that I'm maybe missing some vitimans I should be taking? If I should be taking vitimans, what brands are gluten-free?

Thanks so much, peoples! :)

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flagbabyds
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You could very well be anemic or have a thyroid problem, you schould get a CBC blood test and a thyroid screening.

kristing Newbie
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make sure you're getting enough vitamins and minerals! it's tough to do sometimes with a gluten-free diet. i'm in a nutrition class right now and we had to do a diet analysis. i found that i'd been getting less than half of alot of vitamins and other nutrients i need. i got new vitamins to take daily, but you should check with your doctor first to make sure you're taking the right stuff!

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Getting tested for anemia and thyroid is a good idea. Barring either of those, I find that the fatigue is one of the symptoms that takes a long time to get better. I am 9 months gluten-free, and the fatigue has improved, but I still get tired easily and am ready to go to bed at 7:30! I take a multivitamin and am very careful about gluten. I am hoping that, in time, this will continue to improve.

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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I SOOOO hear ya!

Yesterday, after I took the kids to school, I came back, laid down on the couch, and next thing I knew, it was 2 p.m.!!!! I am tired ALL THE TIME! But I already know the reason: I am severely anemic. My family doctor is recommending IV systemic iron. I can't absorb iron if my life depended on it! (Which, of course, it does!)

Hugs.

Karen

Linda352 Rookie
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Living here in New Jersey is very drab at this time of the year. It seems that when the sun doesn't shine I don't shine either and I have no energy whatsoever. Every year during these dreary months..Jan, Feb, March....I think that there must be something wrong with me. Last year I actually went and had a physical and all was fine. Come to think of it I don't get as much exercise either so I'm sure that plays a part of my problem. Have you thought of this possibility? Also if you aren't getting a good nights sleep, considering you have little ones that may get you up, these are all possible factors. Hope your exhaustion will be short lived.........

Linda

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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a LOT of things can cause general fatigue. some of the ones I believe have affected me: testosterone deficiency, possible vitamin deficiency, sub-chronic viral infection, sub-chronic asthma flare, seasonal affective disorder, dysthymia, insufficient exercise, and stress. it's well worth talking to your doctor, but it can be tricky to get a doctor to take 'fatigue' seriously, and it's vital that you make it very clear to him/her that it is having a *severe* negative impact on your quality of life, even when you cut back on your own expectations.

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This past month I've found myself very tired physcally after a little bit of hard work. I can especally tell thsn when I'm romping with kids - after about an hour and a half or so I'm dead. LOL. I've been gluten-free (mostly!) for about three months now. When I say "mostly" I mean that sometimes I do accidently eat small amounts of gluten... but nothing that I can tell that would make my body act like this.

Anyone else have this problem? I've thought that I'm maybe missing some vitimans I should be taking? If I should be taking vitimans, what brands are gluten-free?

Thanks so much, peoples! :)

McDougall Apprentice
McDougall
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This past month I've found myself very tired physcally after a little bit of hard work. I can especally tell thsn when I'm romping with kids - after about an hour and a half or so I'm dead. LOL. I've been gluten-free (mostly!) for about three months now. When I say "mostly" I mean that sometimes I do accidently eat small amounts of gluten... but nothing that I can tell that would make my body act like this.

Anyone else have this problem? I've thought that I'm maybe missing some vitimans I should be taking? If I should be taking vitimans, what brands are gluten-free?

Thanks so much, peoples! :)

If I have a "minor" gluten accident, like my roomate used the same spoon for her food and mine for instance I'm wrecked for a few weeks. This is after 16 months "gluten free" with many such accidents. When I steer clear of any accidents (which is not easy I know) I feel better and better with each passing hour. I suggest being more careful about the accidents. I know little about vitiman supplements but take a complex/complete supplement and a calcium complex regularly, I won't suggest a brand but highly recommend you be sure it is glutten free and says so on label before you take it. Many brands do some cost more but it is worth it IMO. After 3 months I was still feeling God awful though better FWIW, 16 months later I'm a million times better but the accidents are very noticable,and I do mean very. The tiredness (FOR ME) got alot better around the 6 month period. I'm still nowhere near what I remeber of myself but it's gets better everyday as long as I don't have an accident. From my experiences I can't recommend highly enough staying away from those accidents no matter what that takes. For me that means preparing all my own food and only eating what I am 100% (not 99.9999999%) sure is gluten free.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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I SOOOO hear ya!

Yesterday, after I took the kids to school, I came back, laid down on the couch, and next thing I knew, it was 2 p.m.!!!! I am tired ALL THE TIME! But I already know the reason: I am severely anemic. My family doctor is recommending IV systemic iron. I can't absorb iron if my life depended on it! (Which, of course, it does!)

Hugs.

Karen

That's exactly what my hubbie does at the moment-nods off after taking kids to school,wakes up around 3o clock when they come home.

He's been doing this for around 4 weeks now.We all went down with a flu type virus back then,but whereas the rest of the family is back to normal,the virus seems to have left him foggy and fatigued :unsure:

Guest nini
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it could be a viral infection that is hanging on. I think that is what is going on with me. I have been gluten-free for 3 years now and am hyper vigilant although my husband is not gluten-free and therefore sometimes I'm sure I get some cross contamination in the kitchen... He's really really bad about putting his pizzas or toast right on the rack and using my cutting board to cut his pizza on... (I hid my pizza stone)

Anyway, the fatigues is overwhelming at times. I get home from work, get my daughter home from school and I pass out til dinner time (this is from about 2:30 - 7:00) then I turn around and go back to bed at 9:30... I can barely stay awake at work.

I do have fibromyalgia which is linked to chronic fatigue syndrome, but I had thought that was getting better. And I take supplements and multi vitamins so I'm pretty sure this is from a lingering viral infection.

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