Feeling exhausted all the time
for an hour or less.
I have a job as a photo retoucher for a wedding
photographer. A pretty easy job but after two hours I can
start to feel worn down. I'm allowed to have a break when
I feel this way but when I get back my concentration is
gone and so I push myself to carry on working, which
really makes me feel exhausted by the time I get home.
It's only a 5 hour job but this even feels like too much
for me.
Also, I hear that people with ADHD get sick of their jobs
after a year. It's barely been a week and I was thinking
about getting another job, lol.
I also feel exhausted from doing activities that I enjoy
like reading, socialising (well I wouldn't say I enjoyed
it), light exercise like walking and even typing on
forums mentally drains me.
I'm not sure it's a part of ADHD or if it's something
else.Shanti - It could be any number of things. I would suggest getting a complete physical from your doctor. Fatigue is such a general symptom. It could be depression, it could be low thyroid, it could be low iron, it could be diabetes, it could be mono, could be sleep issues. Or it could be something else. But you need to address it because your fatigue doesn't sound typical of ADHD. Good luck and keep us posted.
As far as the job goes, there are many things that contribute to its' demise when talking about the person with ADHD. There can be social problems, there can be organization, forgetfulness or other problems. There can be lateness problems, there can be the boredom problem. A whole range of stuff. I've never been at any job for more than 2 or three years and I'm in year three at my current job. My goal is to stay here for at least 5 years but I am really stagnant in my responsibilities and I'm very bored most of the time. Don't know how long I will stand the boredom and low pay. I got my bachelors' degree for $13/hour??? I feel like I'm settling and selling myself short. But the job jumping has hurt me.
Well it's not depression. I doubt diabetes. Low iron is
possible, I can get so tired that a bit of sugar gets me
going. It could be sleep issues. My mum watches TV well
after midnight which annoys me. Having sensitive hearing
doesn't help.
Actually it pretty much just sounds like Sluggish Cognitive
Tempo.
I guess I should have said the non-hyperactive type of ADHD
in my post.
Thanks for your help.Shanti - if sugar gets you going, it very well could be pre-diabetes. My sister is diabetic and people in their 20s and 30s can develop it. It's not just a young or old person's condition.
When I was living in my previous apartment, the people upstairs kept their TV on all the time day and night. even ear plugs didn't help. thank god i'm not living there anymore!
non-hyperactive ADHD would just be ADD. :)
I've never heard of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo. I'll have to google it.
I know about sluggish cognitive tempo, as when I found it on the net, it seemed like nothing else described me so well. It's a form of inattentive ADD, but it's not included in the DMV or whatever, not because it doesn't exist, but because of something clerical I don't understand.
Shanti, you should get the physical problems ruled out first, as I think this sluggish...deal is that the person is just sedentary and not hyper like ADHD. But Hallowell never mentioned anything that I remember in his books about any of the inattentive stuff. After reading his books, I didn't think I had ADD.
But the symptoms I identified with about sluggish... were shy and introverted personality, but most especially the slow processing. That's totally unlike my daughter, who has ADHD, and can really think on her feet. Lots of the time I don't realize what just happened until a long time later, and don't get things that other people pick up right away. Working memory is also affected, and the affected person acts like they're "in a fog" much of the time. Real daydreamy also.
And there are the other ADD symptoms of difficulty focusing and getting easily bored due to low brain energy. They're always looking around for something more interesting to relieve this.
I guess this has been mostly about me, Shanti. I'm sorry but I was excited to hear about this, because I've never seen it mentioned before on any boards. Most importantly, please let us know what you find out from your doctor.
Mig58
I've noticed a bit of change since I've been sleepingbetter. I've got a sort of weighted blanket. Oh and I've
started exercising more.
I seemed to be more sluggish when I was younger. Got called
lethargic all the time. These days I'm a lot more active.
That's a bit scary about diabetes. My mum says she needs
sugar for energy too and she's overweight so she is at risk
for diabetes. Her cholesterol is high too. I've been
getting all anti-junk food but nothing seems to get through
to her.
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