Unrefreshing sleep?

[drob32]

Does anyone have unrefreshing sleep? You can sleep 9 or 10 hours, and wake up feeling tired like you need more sleep? I'm just wondering what causes this.

[MaryF Administrator]

One of the joys of chronic health problems and autoimmune disease. I have this, but since treating my Thyroid and making sure I keep D, B12 and iron up to speed I have had some improvement, but not all the time. MaryF

[margaretjo]

I have this all the time I have been known to sleep for 18 hours at a stretch and still be exhausted. I have to have a couple of hours sleep in the afternoon as well and if I don't get it I'm in a terrible state. I don't know what causes it. I know some people are on planaqunil ( sp) and that's supposed to help I'm gonna ask rhumy about it when I c him next week.

[MaryF Administrator in reply to margaretjo]

A slow untreated Thyroid can cause this! MaryF

[drob32 in reply to MaryF]

I went after my thyroid first before APA antibodies were detected. What I learned was that I had high cortisol levels and high cortisol can cause cellular resistance to all hormones, including thyroid hormone and even cortisol itself.

[drob32 in reply to margaretjo]

I'm just looking for the mechanism behind it. If it's because of thick blood, then that should be relatively straight forward by raising INR, no?

[Jarvis515]

I'll tell you I have the same problem no matter how much sleep I get I am always exhausted all day. I'm hoping to get some more answers soon on why this occurs at the moment I was positive with LA so I am just on warfarin. My INR they are keeping on the lower side usually ranging around 2.1-2.3

[ledlegs]

Hi

I feel like this every day and unfortunately just another symptom of APS I'm told and doesn't improve at all no matter what my INR is.

[GinaD]

Autoimmunity means an immune system which is out of balance. When an immune system is allowed to run rampant

, that system uses up a lot of the body's energy reserves. We all know how tired we can feel in the day or 2 before the influenza virus manifests with its full nose, body ache and soar throat force? Well, us autoimmune patients can feel like that all the time-- in a state of perpetual day-before-the-flu blues.

An effective treatment will lessen the number of these exhaustion days, so -- my best wishes for you and your doctor finding the best mix for you.

[daisyd]

Yes I sleep day and night, with not much wake inbetween, especially when stressed

[mcjm]

I am exhausted all the time! having a three year old and 4 year old doesn't help! But my husband lets me rest on weekends when he is not working. If anybody has a miracle cure then I would love to hear it!

[Holley]

Glad I'm not the only one who experiences this. I often say to my husband how just once I want to wake up feeling well rested and refreshed.