Feeling SO Old!

I'm 26 and I can really relate! I have 2 daughters, ages 4.5 and 1.5. With my first daughter I bounced back pretty quickly, Lost my baby weight, felt active and "normal". With my second girl, I was sick for the entire pregnancy, and beyond. I had my hemrroids (how do you spell that?)removed and afterwards got a terrible blood infection. At that time I was also diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and Anemia. I had 2 blood transfusions and spent 5 days in I.C.U. I think being sick has really made me feel drained. I am feeling much better now, but at the end of the day I feel as if I have the flu or something! It's terrible! I was watching TV the other day and a commercial came on for Fibromyalgia. I went online to find out more about this condition and a lot of the symptoms described fit my symptoms! I haven't gone to the doc yet to get this checked out, but I know I shouldn't be feeling this way. I'm not suggesting you have this condition, or even that I do for that matter, but if you are constantly feeling tired and sore, maybe you could have a talk with your Dr about it again. Fibromylagia is not diagnose by blood tests or bone scans. It is however diagnosed by your Dr. pressing on pressure points to determine whether or not you are really sore there or not. Also, on this website it mentioned how beneficial yoga can be. To stretch your muscles and relax your body and mind is so good for you. Good luck and feel better, and hopefully you will just "grow out of it". www.fibrohope.org

Hi K.! I recently read in a health magazine, that many women are experiencing the same thing after having kids, regardless of their age. I'm 25 and I feel like this some days too (I'm on my 3rd pregnancy). Drs have been finding that anti-depressants are the key - NOT b/c these moms are depressed, but b/c their hormones are not in balance. I was prescribed one after I had my daughter, and NOT for depression, but my dr. ran all kinds of tests on me, everything was fine, even my thyroids were normal. But she said that my hormones were all "out of whack" still after having my second child. After taking it for about 2 weeks, I started noticing a difference - I wasn't so tired and I didn't have all the aches, I felt "normal" again!! I took the medicine for a few months and then the dr. weened me off of it and I still feel fine. Now I am pregnant again, and back to being tired, but that's expected!!
Good luck and hopefully you will be back to your norm soon!
L.

I would have them check your thyroid. I ahave a problem with mine being under active and if I miss a dose of medicine I can't keep my eyes open. Just a though

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Sounds like me!!! I had blood work done 2 years ago and it was "Normal". Normal means that the numbers fall within the lowest-to-highest range. Your doc should look carefully at those numbers. For example, my TSH (thyroid hormone) was at the low end of "normal" two years ago. Now, it's below normal. Hypothyroidism will result in feeling HORRIBLE! Fatigue, muscle aches, joint aches, no energy. Doesn't that sound like you? After having the low TSH on one blood test, she ran another for Free T3 and Free T4, which is more specific. We found that to be out of the normal range, and she put me on a natural bio-identical hormone replacement, Armour Thyroid. Google it; you'll find all sorts of info. In addition, I'm 42 and after other bloodwork and saliva testing for all the hormones - estrogen, progesterone, testosterone (the sex hormones), cortisol (from the adrenal glands), thyroid, DHEA, she indicated I'm peri-menopausal.

I've been on Armour Thyroid for 2.5 weeks now and already there's a huge improvement. And the progesterone (bio-identical hormone, meaning it's not synthetic) called Prometrium, I actually felt better after ONE DOSE! And I even got my sex drive back - which has been ZERO for at least 2 years! Slowly increasing the thyroid med from now til mid December, I should be within a normal range. I already feel better when I wake up and don't require a nap mid-day.

I'm sorry this is so long, but I SO know what you're going through. You have to push the doctor to LOOK for more, not just blowing it off as "normal". Menopause is "normal", but we don't have to feel sub-human because of it!!!

Where do you live, cuz I can recommend 2 doc's that will help you!

Blessings,
D.

Hi K.

I agree with the others that it could be your thyroid, after I had my first daughter, I felt horrible, gained 25 pounds and was completely inactive cause I was so tired. I lost my voice and lost feelings in my hands and feet, any kind of cleaning was so painful I just couldnt stand it anymore. my doctor told me I had mono (at 24 I had mono???) and that I was retaining water so they put me on meds to flush water out of me, which only made me dehydrated and even more tired. finally the last straw was that I was slurring my words and couldnt even speak a sentance correctly. my family was ready to do an intervention thinking I took up drinking. So I went to a different doctor to do a blood workup and found out that I was severely hypo-thyroid and was about a week away from kidnet failure.

I have now been on my thyroid medication ( I take Levoxyl) for 5 years and it makes such a difference in my life. And it will take a good few months to get back to feeling yourself. I would push your doc to check, the only was my doc found out about my thyroid was that I researched my symptoms and got a second opinion

good luck!!
C.

You need to remember every pregnancy, before, during and after are different. Just because you bounced back after your first few doesn't mean you will again this time. We are getting older and our metabolism is changing. Do you feel like you have any level of the "blues"? You may have a bit of post partum depression going on. I'd go back to your doctor and ask again if it keeps up.