Fatigue

[Marc2528]

Hi all. Do anyone get constant fatigue. Having to rest 3 or 5 times a day. . . PLEASE.I DID YES SORRY. YES 6 YRS. AGO I SUFFERED 2 SUBDURL HEMMORGES. RESULTING IN.FRONTL LOBE DAMMAGE. .

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Hi Mark I have periods where I just have to shut down and unable to wake myself up. The way I look at it is that I'm needing to recharge. Having some sleep gives your body the chance to mend. Obviously if goes on for a long period of time I would have a chat with your gp. Its a battle I know because you can feel like your wasting time and question quality of life. I guess thats a battle we all have (sorry if I'm waffling)

[StrawberryCream]

Hi Mark.

I am assuming that you have a brain injury as you are posting on this Headway Forum. Fatigue is very much a problem associated with a brain injury. It is often more extreme in the initial months after sustaining the bi when much of the day is often spent sleeping. The fatigue does lessen but as the cognitive demands increase and if too much is happening causing overwhelm the consequence is fatigue and exhaustion. It is not a physical tiredness but a cognitive fatigue. The best way to manage it is to pace your day taking rests/naps as needed but of course life's demands don't always manage that. Sometimes it can take lots of days of sleeping to recover. Often at best with a brain injury we are running on a 'battery' with a very low charge and it takes very little to drain it flat!

Perhaps you coul d tell us a little about your brain injury and how long ago you sustained it?

[Marc2528 in reply to StrawberryCream]

Yes.. I did sorry. Had to go work in Newcastle for a month. X had 2 subdural hemmorges provided. Open op. Leaving me frontal lobe damage...

[cat3]

Mark , are you getting any support from your GP ? It sounds like you need an assessment from a neuro specialist to see if further intervention is needed.

After 5 years, my fatigue has improved massively whereas yours, also 5 years on, seems excessive. Are you taking any medication, such as antidepressants, anticonvulsants or antianxiety meds which could be making you so drowsy ?

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[Silmarillion]

Yes it's all part and parcel of your condition. I get it too...my OT is helping me to manage everything so the fatigue is less

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It is always worth getting your blood oxygen level checked - very easy and cheap - to make sure that you are breathing sufficiently. After a decade I finally got referred to a Respiratory Consultant by a new GP and it turned out that my TBI had damaged the hippcampus/medulla area which controls breathing. Now I am on oxygen and don't have to sleep during the day! They call it Central Alveolar Hypoventilation...