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Can stress and anxiety make you extremely tired?
I am under a lot of stress, have OCD, probably some depression mixed in there. I find that at different times during the day the fatigue is horrible. I can literally fall asleep working at my desk. I've tried anti-anxiety drugs -- too many to name. They all make me even more tired or again too much weight, which upsets me even more. Any advice?
Yes, it is very possible. A quick 101 on the body and stress: first is the fight of flight stage. Your adrenalin pumps, blood pressure and heart rate rise, muscle tension and headaches are common, as well as indigestion. Now this isn't just when you almost broadside the car in front of you....your body can react this way to bad or good news, to major life changes, to extended anxiety, or the anticipation of these things. Second phase is adaptive: might seem like all those symptoms went away, but what is actually happening is your body is trying to compensate for the stressor(s) by driving it's own resources to wherever it feels they need to go. Last stage is the exaustion stage. Many of the original symptons can come back(but not always!) and further, you are dog tired now. Once you are here, you body is tapped. There are a number of things you can do at this point: I think the most important is to take a close and honest inventory of your situation, and write down the things that cause stress for you. They fall into several areas, eviromental such as a long commute or a lot of background noise, sociological, such as family circumstances, financial, biological, and the fact that your experiencing fatigue in the first place has a double effect...it causes you distress. Take a look at what you can control. Examples would be noise. Set aside an hour a day or more if you can, find a way to tune it out. no tv, no traffic, phones ringing, cleaning, nothing. read a book, write, reflect, but no noise. second: realistically prioritize what is happening with your days within the context of your situation right now. In other words, your stressed to the point you are falling asleep at your desk! Its time to figure out what you can NOT do, to lessen the load. This is where you have to be honest, and realistic. If you can put it off, do so. If you can live without extra running around do so. If you can spread your work out than do that. Do not overcommit yourself right now. do what you can to make sure your eating right...believe it or not it makes a HUGE difference. Three meals a day, real meals. Try hard to pass on the fast food and stick with elementals...Im not saying to diet, just try and get the nutrition you shuld be getting. Snack twice a day, reasonable healthy snacks. Excersize can make a difference too. Yes, your exaughsted so the last thing you want to do right now is hit a tread mill. OK, so walk instead of the elevator. Park a little further away than you know you could. Stroll around the block once, or twice. Be consistant with this. Try and enforce a regular sleep pattern. Even if you can't fall asleep right away, be in bed from 10pm to 6am(or whatever is reasonable in your sceduel...remember...reasonable and realistic). Talk to your P-Doc or your Primary, they can suggest more than I can fit into this box. Especially with the drugs. If the side effects are very bothersome, insist on a change. But between now and then, I hope you found something here that is helpful. Best of luck, I've been there.
Dr Whiting on Stress, Cortisol, and Natural Anti-Depressants
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