Three Weeks In, Major Fatigue
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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I went through a similar time of being tired. If I did not sleep I usually started having anxiety. Eventually the anxiety subsided and the fatigue evened out. I think my body was adjusting to awful sleep patterns when I was drinking.
I also wanted to eat a lot (like everything in sight) for the first few months but that also evened out.
I am at day 89 today and it will be here for you before you know it for you as well.
I also wanted to eat a lot (like everything in sight) for the first few months but that also evened out.
I am at day 89 today and it will be here for you before you know it for you as well.
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Ohio
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I think the first time in my life I used the word fatigued was when I got sober because that is the first time I felt that drained. I finally understood what the word meant.
Hang in there, it gets better. At times I felt great and then fatigued again. I am not one to take naps or not get things done because I am tired but I learned how to do that. I learned how to listen to my mind and body when it says it has had enough and I need rest.
Drink lots of water, eat some ice cream (preferably chocolate
) and take the extra time to rest.
Hang in there, it gets better. At times I felt great and then fatigued again. I am not one to take naps or not get things done because I am tired but I learned how to do that. I learned how to listen to my mind and body when it says it has had enough and I need rest.
Drink lots of water, eat some ice cream (preferably chocolate
) and take the extra time to rest.
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: New York
Posts: 32
I am exactly three weeks into sobriety and have major, major anxiety---I totally get that it's terrible to be tired/sluggish all the time, but right now in the moment all I can wish for is to be more tired. I am constantly jittery, and it gets worse and worse as the day moves on. I wonder if I will get more tired as time goes on?
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Mare Crisium
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We differ vastly, in age and metabolism.
Not so long ago, I could've survived very easily
on marginal sleep. Up at 3:00am, bed at 1:00am.
Run clear through the proverbial "brick wall", etc.
In my younger years, I would have scoffed
at the notion of a nap. That's for the old farts.
Not any more.
(I thought I was over the hill at 40)
HAHAHAHAHA
This Saturday=53
I think I know where a softer brick wall is................
Rest up, Pouncer.
It's all good.
Not so long ago, I could've survived very easily
on marginal sleep. Up at 3:00am, bed at 1:00am.
Run clear through the proverbial "brick wall", etc.
In my younger years, I would have scoffed
at the notion of a nap. That's for the old farts.
Not any more.
(I thought I was over the hill at 40)
HAHAHAHAHA
This Saturday=53
I think I know where a softer brick wall is................
Rest up, Pouncer.
It's all good.
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: New England
Posts: 3,805
I still get fatigued and im six months in. Part of getting older too I think. Ive probably been this way for a while but was too drunk to notice. Have a check up. Get blood work done to rule anything out.
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Three weeks was a tough time for me too Pouncer. I was frustrated because I thought I should be feeling much better, but truth was, I felt worse.
I can't tell you how many times I threw in the towel around that time bc I figured I might as well be hungover if I was going to be feeling miserable all the time.
I'm at three months now. And while I can tell I am still healing. It's much better.
Your relief is right around the corner !
I can't tell you how many times I threw in the towel around that time bc I figured I might as well be hungover if I was going to be feeling miserable all the time.
I'm at three months now. And while I can tell I am still healing. It's much better.
Your relief is right around the corner !
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Thanks, all!
I have an upcoming physical and I feel fine other than the fatigue. I hate to sound morbid but it reminds me of the fatigue I had after major radiation treatments. The weeks off were spent sleeping because my body had to repair itself and generate new, healthy cells.
The good thing is that I don't feel worried about a physical this time. I stopped drinking and I am not fretting over routine blood tests. The other good news is that this is another phase I never want to go through again - a one-way passage to sobriety. At this point, even one drink would negate the hard work my body is doing to repair itself.
I have an upcoming physical and I feel fine other than the fatigue. I hate to sound morbid but it reminds me of the fatigue I had after major radiation treatments. The weeks off were spent sleeping because my body had to repair itself and generate new, healthy cells.
The good thing is that I don't feel worried about a physical this time. I stopped drinking and I am not fretting over routine blood tests. The other good news is that this is another phase I never want to go through again - a one-way passage to sobriety. At this point, even one drink would negate the hard work my body is doing to repair itself.
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