I sleep 10 hours a night but still need to nap constantly during the day. Even 400 mg of caffeine doesn’t buzz me, it just makes me feel 70% close to my normal, high energy 20s self. My daytime fatigue is so severe I’ve been mistaken for being drunk (even though I don’t drink), and I experience a dream like brain fog around friends unless I use caffeine pills to seem present.

I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s, but it’s frustrating to constantly need naps when I haven’t even done anything. Sometimes you just have to biohack. Still, I feel a bit jealous of how men age differently and seem to keep loads of energy.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    34·
    5 hours ago

    I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s

    Is it?? I’m not saying you don’t lose energy as you age, but what you’re describing sounds closer to a medical problem than the norm. If you’ve had conversations with your doctor and had bloodwork done then it might be normal for you, but if you haven’t checked for vitamin deficiencies you might want to. I felt similarly shit when my vitamin D was through the floor.

    • meltycat@lemmy.worldOP
      79·
      5 hours ago

      It’s normal! I’ve been checked up, I’m not overweight, all my bloods are fine.

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        3 hours ago

        I’ve been told I was normal… right up until they decided I was anemic and horribly vitamin D deficient. Now I’m on iron infusions and 50,000mg vit D pills once a week.

        • meltycat@lemmy.worldOP
          11·
          3 hours ago

          My iron and Vitamin D levels are fine. They were checked recently along with various other things.

      • velma@sh.itjust.works
        24·
        4 hours ago

        Get a second opinion, please. Doctors will often not really believe women when we communicate our symptoms.

          • velma@sh.itjust.works
            12·
            3 hours ago

            Women doctors also disbelieve women patients. It took 4 years and upwards of 20 different doctors for me to get my diagnosis.

            Being sleepy to the point of acting drunk is the most concerning that I read from your description. That’s really what made me reach out. Just concerned for you!

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        4 hours ago

        Drinking warm water in the morning might be a nice start to the day. Also, if you’re not consistent with your caffeine, you go through withdrawal symptoms that sound a lot like that.