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Really tired

Again, thanks - I'll have a look at the documents and get tested next time I'm at the doctor's.
I felt so exhausted and nauseated this morning that I didn't make it out of bed... and after emailing my boss about my absence, I didn't get out of bed until about 10 minutes ago (so I was in bed for about 17 hours). My most recent blood glucose was 17.7, and I'm going to try and keep an eye on it, but... I feel like I'm falling into a worse depression again. I feel like I'm soaked in hopelessness (i know, **** metaphor, but you know what I mean)... Maybe I'll be able to get some time off for that DAFNE thing. Not sure how much leave I've got left but I'll see. (If I don't get tired, that is. I think my boss is losing her patience with me.)
 
aoife_8 said:
Like the title says, I'm feeling really tired. Not just in a temporary sense, though - I feel constantly tired, and I feel like I'm struggling to cope. I work full-time, although my number of hours is quite low for full-time work (35) - and it wears me out. I'm doing something not bad, which I can do, and the job doesn't involve any real physical work other than walking back and forth to the printer. But I keep getting home, and feeling completely drained, and I have to drag myself out of bed every morning to get to work, feeling tired before I've even started. I've had to have an occupational health review because of my absences, and I feel like I'm going to be given the boot after a few more absences, and I'll end up skint and on unemployment benefit again. It'd be nice to work part-time but my work is short-staffed as it is, and my boss didn't like the idea when I previously brought it up. Not to mention most of the jobs in my line of work are full-time, and the industry in general is apparently not very understanding of health problems. To be honest, I feel stuck, and worn-out - and I'm not even that old yet! Does anyone else feel the same way?
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Hopefully going to your GP will help you eliminate everything that it could be, and just by reading this thread there are several things it could be. There are a surprisingly large number of professional sportsmen and sportswomen with type I or type II diabetes and if anyone needs energy most of the time, I reckon sports people would need a lot. If your BG is anywhere between 6 and 31, I'm no expert, but I'd suggest that that's a good place to start looking. All the best.
 
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