Exhaustion

[Jill777]

For the last couple of days i can barely keep my eyed open. i am completely shattered. i had my brain bleed in April last year . i am due a phone consultation (what happened to the MRI scan check up . ) The tiredness is over whelming . i could quite happily lay down on the ground till it passes. i have been getting up eating breakfast and going back to bed.

[Jason1989]

It's hard dealing with fatigue on two levels, being tired but worse a trigger to feeling so low.

[cat3]

I know brain injury leaves us exhausted Jill but this sounds a bit extreme after 9 months. Have you spoken with your GP ? Maybe they can arrange for blood tests to check for other issues or deficiencies... Have you been pushing yourself too hard perhaps ? x

[Skulls]

It is the unremitting tiredness that is my most enduring symptom. I have come to live with it and it gets worse if I fight it. The experience of being checked every four hours whilst in the CCU destroyed my already damaged body clock so that I would remain awake all night and catch up with sleep during the daytime. My wife can predict when I will become grotty like a toddler when I miss my “second sleep” and now reminds me to return to bed. I do wish I could speak with a specialist to learn if there could be an end to this.

[headinjuryhypo]

Hi Jill, I'm so sorry about your brain bleed and fatigue. I just wanted to alert you to the fact that brain injury can damage your pituitary gland, and this can lead to fatigue, particularly if the gland can't produce enough growth hormone. Growth hormone deficiency is often not picked up. It needs to be checked by provocative testing such as the GST or IST (NOT IGF-1 levels which are often used incorrectly to tell the patient they don't have GH deficiency). The effects of growth hormone deficiency are serious and include depression, anxiety, brain fog, loss of sexual drive, weight gain and cardiovascular problems, and osteoporosis. So many people are told their problems are all in their head! It might be a good idea to check your cholesterol and triglycerides are all right, because this test is cheap and quick and your GP is unlikely to refuse. If they're high, and if your other pituitary hormones are abnormal in any way, you'd have a case to push for proper testing for GH deficiency.

[Jill777 in reply to headinjuryhypo]

Thank you so much for replying my pituitary glands have been a concern over the years. my ovaries stopped working years ago a doctor said my pituitary glands were working twice as hard to make up for the lack of hormones from my ovaries .I sadly went through a very early menopause. I was on HRT for well over the recommended time which had other problems . Luckily had children through anonymous egg donation . What a story lol