Incredibly tired ALL the TIME!?!?!

Incredibly tired ALL the TIME!?!?

I would really love some gret advice right now. I am always tired...to the point where I could doze while I'm driving, working, having a conversation, etc. To give you all a brief insight of me...1. I am 22 and 135 pounds. 2. I am a wife and mother of 4 year old twins. 3. I exercise for 45 minutes, 5 times a week. 4. I work 40 hours a week. 5. I go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 9:30am. 6. I take Lexparo at night, for depression, and 1mg of Ativan at night for depression. 6. I am relatively stress free because of my meds. 7. I eat enough...well rounded, all food groups.

After mentioning all of this, you would think that I have plenty of energy. I am exhausted!! Horribly tired, and I can't take it anymore. I just want to sleep ALL the time!! HELP ME!!

As a mother of twins and a wife, I say that those 2 things will drain your energy as fast as you can eat. And then you also have a regular 40 hr a week job, it is no wonder that you can sleep standing up. While your medication can keep you going, it can not do so indefinitely. One bad side effect of medication (and they all have some) is it taxes your immune system which is already taxed to begin with from your life style. When you say you eat well enough, you really don't say whether you opt for tv dinners, frozen foods or somehow you find the time to actually cook healthy meals for yourself and the kids. With your schedule, the best I would recommend is that you get a lot of fresh vegetables, chop it up and eat it raw (as in salads) along with your carbs (whole grain breads, and pastas, avoid sugars (your body is tired enough. Sugars tend to give you energy and then drop you down further than you were before you started. Avoid them. Go for fresh fruits & veggies (raw) and go to a good health food store and get some multi-vitamins. Don't get them at your local drug stores, supermarkets as they are all synthetic and the body does not absorb them at all and it would be a waste of your money.

Allow time for yourself as well. When there are no pressing things to do (a half hour); treat yourself to a nice soothing bath or just read something that appeals to you. Giving yourself a timeout is invaluable to rebuilding your energy and stamina. When your body is in hurry-hurry mode, there are certain levels of adrelalin in your body that unless you give it a rest is always in "stress mode." Try to find a little of it everyday, and when you can, take more of it out of your hectic schedule. Make sure you don't skip a meal, eat well, take your vitamins everyday and "rest "when you can. IF this doesn't help, then you need to see a doctor to ascertain if there are any medical reasons for your fatigue.