Tired all the time and energy drains

[Lark]

Does anyone know any good energy fixes or revitalistic tricks? I'm tired and drained all the time and its not purely a result of sleeplessness or under sleeping or over sleeping either.

Sometimes I think that the demands of my job, which does involve co-regulating others emotional states a lot of the time and sometimes they've got greater problems with regulating their emotional states than most, can make me tired but that surprises me, especially because from a purely intellectual point of view I dont spend a lot of time thinking about this or any other aspect of work.

 

[Sniffles]

Altoids - mint helps perk you up.

 

[mujigay]

Go for a quick run in the morning or evening, and follow it up with drinking lots of water.

There's no perk me up like working up a sweat in the pre-dawn chill.

 

[Tiltyred]

Massage
Take your vitamins
Get enough sleep
Look at some art
Listen to some music
Go someplace different

 

[Little Linguist]

Things to evaluate if you are overly tired:

- Nutrition (even if it's healthy, might be combining foods badly, e.g. getting a carb crash or having vitamin/mineral deficiency of a certain kind, like B vitamins)
- Exercise (doing too much or too little exercise will both exhaust you)
- Emotional or physical stress (like you mentioned - body doesn't want to be in fight/flight mode all your life)
- Physical issues (hormonal imbalances, low blood sugar (aka hypoglycemia), low blood pressure (hypotension), etc. so see your physician to rule out any physical disorders that may cause tiredness)
- Boredom or discontentment
- Other things I can't think of right now....

 

[Stanton Moore]

Get some exercise. It's the best for this.

 

[CoolCole]

Things to evaluate if you are overly tired:

- Nutrition (even if it's healthy, might be combining foods badly, e.g. getting a carb crash or having vitamin/mineral deficiency of a certain kind, like B vitamins)
- Exercise (doing too much or too little exercise will both exhaust you)
- Emotional or physical stress (like you mentioned - body doesn't want to be in fight/flight mode all your life)
- Physical issues (hormonal imbalances, low blood sugar (aka hypoglycemia), low blood pressure (hypotension), etc. so see your physician to rule out any physical disorders that may cause tiredness)
- Boredom or discontentment
- Other things I can't think of right now....

Nutrition & exercise is #1 for overall health and energy. Also, water.

 

[Lark]

Cheers guys, I forgot about this thread. Some really useful input here. Appreciated.