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Re: Always tiredFrom: Elaine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue Dec 13 19:13:38 2005
Hi Jessica! It is fairly common to be tired all the time when your body is constantly fighting with endo pain. However, some women with endometriosis also tend to have other autoimmune diseases going on that involve fatigue as a symptom. I for example have hypothyroidism which can be fatiguing if my medication is not at the right dose. You might want to have your thyroid levels checked just to be on the safe side. Other autoimmune conditions that can make you more tired are anemia (a possibility if your periods are very heavy), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and lupus. Please don't think I am suggesting that you have all these things, it's just something to research further if the fatigue is really bothersome and interfering with your life. Many pain medicines can also make you more tired, as well as various hormone treatments, especially progesterone/progestins. Are you on any pain medicines right now or under any treatments for the endo? Just curious. One thing that helps me with energy is taking the B complex vitamins. This can take several weeks to notice an improvement but it does help me some. I still have to get a good 8 1/2 hours of sleep at night as well to function. As for the pain, if you don't want to take heavy narcotics and ibprofen or tylenol doesn't help, you can use a heating pad on your abdomen for relief. I know it is only temporary and obviously you can't take it to work or school, but it can help you while trying to sleep at night. I hope this helps!
At Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Jessica wrote:
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