run down feeling

[Christopher]

al, is there any way you can have time off the bike during the week? 19 miles a day is quite a commute and it sounds like you just need a rest. A real rest, doing nothig much at all physical. Perhaps you were tired from your Scottish holiday and your body simply hasn't had a chance for a real rest since then.

 

[broomwagon]

I was feeling the same a while ago and took a turn for the worse one evening when I nearly fainted and was shaking like a shi**ing dog. Tests in hospital proved that all was well, heart, vital organs etc and blood. I followed it up with a visit to the doctor, and after a chat, the reason became apparent...Some days when office bound I drank up to 8-9 cups of coffee a day, I skipped lunch, just having a banana and an apple, though I thought the good breakfast I was having was making up for it. But, the biggest shock was that I NEVER drank water through the day, in fact I never drank water on it's own at all thinking I was getting enough from other sources! Now, the good breakfast is still being eaten, porridge, raisins, some fruit and a drizzle of honey, that sets me up nicely. As I have an active outdoor job in the countryside and prefer to walk rather than drive when I can, I always take a bottle of water with me now and go through at least 1.5-2 lts of water. Dinner is a healthy snack, a sandwich, soup or a couple of boiled eggs with a round of bread and a bit of fruit after. No more tiredness for me now. I've slowly cut out the caffiene and introduced decaf over time. It seems to have worked for me and even the after work naps have stopped too.

 

[Fiona N]

I trust you took precautions to protect yourself from the risks of ticks?

+++ I think one way or another you need a blood test - get ye to the doc's

 

[al78]

+++ I think one way or another you need a blood test - get ye to the doc's

All blood tests in the past have come back normal.

I have felt better this week after my long weekend up north, hopefully it will last.

 

[User16625]

As others suggested it could be seasonal. For me the down feeling is more mental than physical. The lousy weather does make me feel like crap tbo, I like being out doors and cant without gettin a soakin. Its like being a Lamborghini in Beijing.

 

[ColinJ]

As others suggested it could be seasonal. For me the down feeling is more mental than physical. The lousy weather does make me feel like crap tbo, I like being out doors and cant without gettin a soakin. Its like being a Lamborghini in Beijing.

In my case, it's like being a tractor with flat tyres in a traffic jam in Bangkok!

 

[cyberknight]

Works for me!

Nice, would not work in a big factory though as we have permanent artificial light so you do not know whether its night or day apart from the "hour of the dead " around 3 am .......

 

[Crankarm]

If you do shoot work and alternating shifts this is a recognised killer and people who do this for much of their lives have a reduced life expectancy as it buggers up the body clock and generally causes poorer health for workers than those that work a traditional day. I did an alternating shift in a factory 25 years ago for about 18months and despite having the fullness and strength of youth back then I felt shoot most of the time. Frequently when waking up I didn't know what day or time it was or what shift I was on. Often I'd wake in a huge sweat and panic that I had slept over and would get a day's pay docked and a warning. Eventually I used to get off to sleep if that is what it could be called in a heightened anxiety about over sleeping so hardly slept at all least I did. It was a shoot job and I am glad I got the money I needed from it and moved on. Colleagues raidly aged prematurely and looked like shoot, staff absence was high although I did never in the end miss a shift, probably because I got little sleep worrying about not waking up on time. I wouldn't do that type of shift pattern or night work again.

Beetroot is great. I try and eat at least one each day. But then I don't do your work pattern. Try and eat as healthily as possible, not late in the evening, cut out the coffee, fags and junk food, stay hydrated. Perhaps take a break from commuting by bike for a couple of weeks and try running instead? A change is as good as a rest.

 

[cyberknight]

If i could get out i would , unfortunately well paid jobs around here are very thin on the ground, they are paying management jobs with degrees etc etc about £5k + less than what i am earning ,add in good pension,good healthcare with on site doctor and private healthcare and i cannot take the chance of changing jobs in the current economic climate as i am the breadwinner so here i remain.

 

[benborp]

As you have access to private healthcare take advantage of it.
I work long hours in a frequently physically demanding job. Three years ago I ground to a halt - I could hardly walk. It took months to work out what was going on and the cause has never been found but the root of the problem was nutritional. The trouble was that the NHS isn't geared towards effective diagnosis of nutritional problems. While I was waiting for various procedures and investigations I deteriorated. I would still be going through a long process of trial and error to discover which deficiency diseases I was suffering from and which substances I was building up a dangerous surplus of if I hadn't have payed for my own blood assays. The moment I was able to pay for the precise blood tests it was possible to work out why various bits had stopped working and what needed to be done to get them working again.