This Fatigue!!!!! - Menopause Message Board

tape7 · 07-03-2005, 01:29 PM

Does anyone know what to do for the horrible fatigue that goes along with peri? I take a vitamin a day, but I am still soooo tired and sleepy most of the time. I get up in the morning and am fine for about an hour, and then I just get so drowsy and have to go back to sleep. I'll sleep for a couple of hours, then be fine for a little while and I'm exhausted again. I did this way for a long time before I got on hrt, then was fine for the last three years taking the hormone, and now the drowsiness is coming back even though I still take hrt.

Sissypie · 07-03-2005, 01:46 PM

How are you sleeping at night? Do you sleep through the night, or do you wake up off and on?

I'm having a terrible time with insomnia right now. I'm tired constantly, but I don't get more than a couple hours of total sleep at night anymore.

It's interesting that the HRT seemed to help you initially, but no longer does. Since there are other things that can also cause fatigue, it could be possible that menopause might not be the culprit this time. Just a thought.

In any case, I hope you can find a solution soon. Being tired for long periods of time is awful.

Best wishes,
Sandi

tape7 · 07-03-2005, 02:03 PM

Thanks Sissypie: I do sleep through the night except for when an arthritic hip wakes me up. I kind of thought it might be something else besides peri making me tired, but I just went to my doctor complaining and he never bothers to run any tests or anything. I think I am going to change doctors. Hope you can find some help for your insomnia.

Hopefully · 07-03-2005, 02:19 PM

Tape, I went through that crashing fatigue until I went on bcp. My energy level improved for awhile then I began feeling fatigued all over again. So my ob/gyn prescribed Wellbutrin XL. Now I'm not advocating antidepressants as a cure all, but that is what worked for me. I must say that I'm also taking a lot of vitamins (primrose oil, omega 3-6-9, lecithin, flaxseed oil, multivitamin, calcium, magnesium, and garlic).

tape7 · 07-03-2005, 02:25 PM

Thanks Hopefully: I take the calcium and the magnesium, but do you know if the welbutrin can be taken if you have high blood pressure? I think I saw an advertisement for it and it seems like I remember when they listed all the side effects, one was that it could raise blood pressure.