Hi Friends,
I am still perplexed with this FATIGUE issue. I am sitting here at 9:45pm ready to drop from fatigue. I took a two hour nap just hours ago! What is this!!!!!!!!! I weaned myself gradually over many many months nearly off of Prozac and I am wondering if I am getting a rebound fatigue. I am only taking 3 mgs every other day sometimes longer and that is pretty much nothing. Also, I am 49 and I was a month late on my period for the first time in my life. I have been spotting a brownish gunk for over a week with no period still. I had all of the symptoms of a period, bloating, sore breast, low back pain and cramps with the overwhelming feeling to sleep, sleep, sleep! Please help me, I know this is just getting pathetic, my chronic whinning, but I have never in my life been a fatigued person until the last couple of years and now its ripping the life right out of me. I dont fit the Fibromyalgia profile, I have no sore throats or fevers, I think that include Chronic fatigue, no real tender points around my whole body except a chronic neck problem from a couple of car accidents and horrible low back pain from Severe degenerative disc & facet joint syndrome. That messes with my hips and low back. Also, the only joints that ache like h*** are in my hips and back. Not a wide spread problem that is described in Chronic fatigue or Fibromyalgia. I started taking Flexamin and that seems to be helping. Please ladies, I just need to know if this is a UNIVERSAL problem (severe fatigue ) that profoundly effects my life and quality of life. A sincere thanks for listening to my griping... Debra

Hi Debra....I was just thinking of posting on fatigue myself as I am going through yet ANOTHER episode of it. I tried ADs as I thought (and doctor did) that it might help my fatigue...it did not and though I tried a few of the brands none worked. I do think that rebound effect of AD can contribute to the fatigue...for me the AD made the fatigue and fuzzy head WORSE...much worse...

I get very fatigued from stuff that never used to cause fatigue....I did have graves disease (thryoid) years ago but the antibodies have gone and I am free of this for now. All testing shows NORMAL...like you I do not fit the "typical" profile for chronic fatigue nor fibro, but some of the symptoms are similar though for me I do not have the aches in the bones....my head usually feels very fatigued, overwhelming so...though my "mind"　is raring to go but I have to lay down and rest for a while than I recover a bit ..... I wish I had an answer....with Graves disease and all it has been 10 years of this off and on fatigue and for me the other symptom is fuzzy/drunk like head....I have posted on this many times....I am also 49...will be 50 in a month.....I am always slipping between any normal pattern for text-book case diseases and symptoms....my period has not visited for 5 months now....my only hope is that once this is "all over" and who knows when that is....I will come out on the other end in one piece! Hang in there...wish I could have helped more! Joan

Dear Debra
I think that you are probably right about rebound fatigue from lowering your Prozac dose.It does take up to two years in some cases to have the body and mind function without the drug it has got so used to.What about exercise?Instead of taking that nap-and I know this is difficult as have done it myself-go for a walk in the fresh air for at least twenty minutes.

Have your Thyroid levels re-checked to make sure there is nothing going on there.Also try to cut out as much sugar as you can as this sugary food gives a high followed by a crash.What about being anaemic?This can also lead to depletion of energy.Perhaps some iron tablets might help.

Do hope you find some answers soon
All the best
Elizabeth P.S.Come to think of it I remember having crashing Fatigue for about three months when I first started Prozac but it gradually levelled out.

Dear Joan
It is truly amazing that an AD can make one person feel better able to function and another have the reverse effect.Our physiological make-up is truly amazing..

Do you find exercise helps?What about some vitamin supplements?Could you be iron deficient?.

Am sorry that you are going through such a tough time but hope things will improve by time.You are a strong and wise lady as shown by the very intelligent and thought provoking Posts you have written.

Keeping you in my Prayers
All the Best
Elizabeth

Hi Joan,
Wow, how did you recover from Graves disease? My brother and nephew have it and they are going through tremendous struggles with it. For my brother, the docs recommended they radiate his thyroid to destroy it. He said no way and has been adjusting his meds now for some time. After I had my son I was put on synthroid and then my thyroid went so high that I had thyroid storms. I thought my heart would beat right out of my chest. Now my thyroid is normal. The doc thought it was all due to my pregnancy and birth of my son at 40. I am also so tired of the fuzzy head thing, I am getting a complex about having to speak in front of people at times because my word recall is terrible and I feel like I end up sounding like an idiot. lol

Hi Elizabeth, I layed in bed last night and it dawned on me that last summer my doc told me my ferriten level was way too low. I am talking about my level is at the lowest you can go before becoming in the negative. He prescribed high doses of iron and it jacked up my stomach so bad that I gradually stopped taking it. I was skeptical about the ferriten because that seems to be a new thing docs are looking at. I have a tendency for anemia as well. I am going to buy some iron thats easier on my stomach. Oh and the sugar issue. I wont even go there because I am the biggest offender of that crap too! lol

Debra ~
I am having a problem with anemia now and my ferritin level is 4. I could not take any of the over the counter iron supplements, they all played havoc with my stomach. My Dr. gave me a prescription for Pruvate 21/7. I usually have trouble with EVERY vitamin I try to take but I have been taking these for about 8 days now and my stomach is just fine (so far).

Good Luck!

I had low iron and the Dr. prescribed Repliva, it didn't upset my stomach at all. I had to tell my Dr. about it cause she didn't even know about it. But, it helped my anemia and eleviated all my symptoms, which at the time I thought was peri but ended up being the anemia.

derba, wow, your level is lower than mine. I am 10. How do you feel, are you dog tired? Does your CBC come back normal? I am writting the Pruvate 21/7. I will give this to my doctor. Thank you....Debra