I have no energy, not even to get up and excersice?

Question

Im thinking meds is the way to go here, maybe vitamins or foods that make you feel enrgized? Caffeine just don't cut it, it makes me feel strange, ginseng is just bullsh!t to me

Answer 1

how long have you felt this way? it could be your thyroid, which can be tested by a simple blood draw at your doctors. In the meantime vitamins should help a little. good luck

Answer 2

ilike2think,

Are there any other symptoms of lethargy that you have?

The reason I ask this is because what you describe could be merely psychological, requiring only that you start moving and exercising regularly even though you do not want to. Lack of energy most of the time is more a matter of habituation (I don't want to do what I'm not used to doing, in other words) than it is a clinical condition.

In that case, if you start exercising in spite of your lack of desire, you'll soon gain the desire to exercise as it becomes an expected part of your life. You'll probably find that this is the case.

I'm a runner, and I am still occasionally surprised at how hard it is to get back to running after some kind of layoff, such as having been on vacation. It doesn't take me long to get back into the joy of running, but the first few days are really hard. I don't like the run, it takes too long, I go too slow, it's too difficult. I don't want to do it.

And the worst moment in reestablishing my routine is just before I start the day's run. I just have to do it woithout thinking. Once I'm moving it's a lot easier.

If this doesn't work for you, it could be any number of things (but it won't be vitamins). It could be low iron (have you had a Complete Blood Count done lately?) If your hemoglobin and hematocrit numbers are low, taking an iron supplement would be a good idea.

It could be a heart condition. A slow heartbeat will do what you describe. I wouldn't worry about this if you've been to the doctor lately, for he would have picked up on this. But it is a possibility.

So is a low testosterone level. Yes, I know that it would not be the first thought to pop into your head, and it's not all that likely, but even though you are not very male you do have testosterone, and it provides in you what it does in me: drive, passion, exictement, willingness to achieve and even to risk.

A Public Radio System program called "This American Life" a couple of years ago had an episode on testosterone, so the studio crew all had their levels checked. The ones who tested highest were the most-driven ones, the type-a people.

Interestingly, the women showed the same difference as the men, the most driven woman testing the highest in testosterone.

The man who tested highest in testosterone was the type-a homosexual.

So don't sell this idea short before you rule it out. While it isn't likely to be your case, if nothing else proves the cause, think abou it.

But first, the easiest, cheapest, and least invasive test would be to just start exercising. Get out and jog for 30 minutes a day four days a week, really slowly for the first month (you don't want to injure yourself, have to stop, and become discouraged with the whole affair, and it's really easy in the beginning to get shin splints, or strain your iliotibial band, or get knee pains, or foot pains, or...you get the idea. So start slowly and be patient with yourself. Fitness takes a LOT longer than we'd like it to), and only after that start going faster or longer (but not both at the same time, for the same reason).

Work out with a weight machine, and like jogging, start and progress slowly. Be gentle with yourself, and don't let any else dictate your speed for you. It's your body. If something hurts, stop and do something else.

This will probably do it for you. If it doesn't, see a doctor, adn be open to anything he tells you.

Good luck.

Answer 3

No food or vitamins is going to help. Drink lot of water.

Go to the garden every day and watch the flower blossom.

Energy or lack of it is only a state of mind.

Develop interest in life, have passion for something.

You will realize that there is no dearth for energy.

If this does not help, consult a good homeopath.