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Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
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Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#12Get your T levels checked. Mine were way off (and still are).
Exercising 5X a week is good, are you pushing hard, packing on more weight, or simply going through the motions?
Focus on sleep hygiene. Try sleeping alone and in a pitch black silent room, or getting way closer to that. No phone, no TV, no alarm clock.
Although they're only too happy to sell you an almost lethal dose of melatonin over the counter in the US, some melatonin, time release and really low dose might help you make up for advanced age (we don't know how old you are).
Do you eat wheat, bread, noodles, potatoes? Do you juice or drink juice? Try cutting out all sugars and starches and replacing them with fresh fruit (NOT juice).
And try a caffeine fast. No caffeine, not even one, for a week.
Consider some HGH secretagogue peptides if you can find a reputable source (I tried some and they looked too professional to be shipping something other than what I ordered, and after testing, it was not peptides).
This is mostly a matter of testing a bunch of theories and finding one that works.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#13There isn't one universal solution . For me vit D and focusing on getting good night sleep (or taking a nap in case of fail) had greatest impact, but for others it may be useless. A lot of solid (but conflicting) advice here so you just got to keep trying stuff until something works
Keto diet was great too, my energy levels felt like flat line but it was pain to maintain
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#14Try getting 8 hours+ of sleep a night. There is tons of research that 8 hours or more is needed (and most people in modern society dont get that). There will be plenty of people that come out of the the woodwork and say "but I only need 4!". That's statistically incredibly unlikely--winning the lottery unlikely. Humans need sleep. If you are working out a lot and only getting 7 hours, that's probably your problem. It…
If I sleep for 8+ hours, I feel foggy and get a characteristic minor headache that lasts for hours. Basically guaranteed if I go above 9-10. Seems I function best at 7 hours so I wonder what's up with that headache
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#15Magnesium. Iron. Vitamin B Complex. Limit carbs. Eat plenty of nuts and seeds.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#16If I slept 7 hours per night I would accumulate sleep debt over time and start to feel really tired.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#17Just go see a psychiatrist and tell them about what you're feeling.
As MDs, they know what tests to run to screen you for low-hanging physiological fruit like anemia or hypothyroidism. There's probably over a 50% chance you have at least one of them and this is the most straightforward way to rule them out. And if they rule out those, then they're equipped to check if you have depression or something.
"Exercising a lot" could also be a potential source, depending on what you mean. You might be exercising so much that your fatigue is accumulating faster than you can dissipate it with your available recovery sources. Experimenting with a deload week every 4-8 weeks where you do half the volume and half the intensity might be worth trying.
A sleep study might also be worth investigating. You might have sleep apnea and not know it.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#18Surprised no one's mentioned this yet, but you could be dehydrating yourself in the morning, with drinking that much coffee (it's a diuretic), and then you're dehydrated during the afternoon, which can make you feel tired.
Try drinking an extra large glass of water in the afternoon and you might start perking up again.
It seems to work for me at least, when I remember to do it. I'm better about it now more than I used to.
See: https://www.eatingwell.com/article/8045761/dehydration-and-f...
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#1915 minutes of CounterStrike is marvelous remedy for afternoon drowsiness.
Re: Ask HN: What to do when feeling low-energy/tired during the day?
#20* Don't go to sleep until you feel really sleepy, take a short nap (15-20 min) in the afternoon right after drinking coffee. * Meetings are enthusiasm drainers, switch jobs. * Find something really motivating to do.
OP doesn’t even mention work, and you suggest switching jobs right away.