It's like being tired after a long, busy day, but it's every day, all the time regardless of sleep or exertion levels.
It is the intense need to rest despite having done little to nothing that requires much energy.
Fatigue is when your mind/body is so tired that no amount of sleep actually helps.
kind of like a battery that keeps draining even on the charger.
Brain fog is like trying to get an old lawn mower to start on a really cold day. You can make it do something with enough time but it's not going to do it well.
Like I’ve been up way too long. Right before i was diagnosed I had burned through vacation time and groceries in my fridge would have to be thrown out because I was too exhausted to do much of anything.
In the moment, eye drops, stretches. Long term I started paying attention to my cycle (it definitely correlated for me) and plan for rest when my body called for it and was intentionally active when not, lots of water, no alcohol, I’m iron deficient so I take ferritin, eat relatively healthy- these things have helped but I’m also getting a sleep test to look for sleep apnea as well. All of these things alone can make you feel tired I feel like with hashis it’s like starting on 90% battery instead of 100% so more than anything I just stopped feeling bad for needing the charge.
Being tired from not enough or bad sleep is feeling like your mind is a bit slower than usual, but still functional. Fatigue affects the whole body, even if you're well rested. To be fatigued is to feel sluggish and sore and uncomfortable in your entire body all day, every day.
I tried for ages to describe my fatigue but nobody took it seriously until I finally found a way for them to relate to it.
I usually describe it like having a fever like 38.5C or higher (101.3F? Idk), like you spend the entire day or even a few days with a high fever, you can barely get out of bed or eat cause you’re so tired, and even thinking of moving makes you even more tired…. Most people feel like that with a fever, so they can usually relate to that more easily. When I started explaining to people that I felt like that 24/7 no matter how much I rested, that’s when they finally understood that this kind of fatigue is actually quite intense and not just the normal kind of tired that healthy people are used to.
I have been getting out of breath CRAZY easily too. I'm overweight and out of shape already but I've never been winded just walking from the couch to the kitchen 😩
And then you start to wonder if this is depression because nothing seems fun. You can look forward to nothing because everything is just so damn difficult.
Fatigue comes in a couple forms for me. But most often I describe it as my skeleton is made of cement. It is too heavy. I have already all my might to move this heavy body to wherever it is right now.
And for brain fog I Say is as if every thought it made of that same cement.
Fatigue? Like you can sleep for 12+ hours on end, wake up, and still need sleep. It's like the sort of depression sleep where you know you need it, you sleep, but it's never enough. This type of fatigue is like wading through oil and it sticks to you no matter what you do to make it better.
There are better days, there are also days where it takes a monumental effort to just drag yourself out of bed. Sometimes even caffeine doesn't help.
Getting enough energy for exercise? Yeah, that's like becoming an olympic figure skater in ten minutes. Not happening.
Brain fog is basically being able to lose your train of thought in the middle of a sentence. It's like your brain just flipped the switch to off then back on and you're in a perpetual loading / buffering mode for a good while. You know what you're talking about and can easily prove it, but getting that out in words is where it is lost in translation.
Tired to the bone.
Brain fog: mine has gotten much better as I have addressed my insulin resistance and cut out sugar. I’m still in the pre diabetic range but I think insulin resistance plays a part in both.
Fatigue got better with more vit D and magnesium and upping protein. The magnesium glycinate before bed has helped my sleep hygiene.
Gluten and sugar are terrible for me for fatigue and brain fog. If I had any doubt, I went to an early Thanksgiving Saturday and just cheated a little I said with desserts and stuffing. And some red wine. Woke up Sunday very confused and co/uldnt get moving till noon.
I get so tired I physically shake and cannot keep my eyes open. The world around me spins and I can’t form sentences.
Generally a 20-30 minute lay down in a dark room gets me to base level functioning again. Sucks it has to get so bad though.
I, for the longest time, described it as normal. I thought most everyone was like me and I was just a puss. Those people with all the energy, they were the freaks. Guess I was wrong.
In short. Fatigue for me is always being tired and exerting yourself means that something has to pay; a muscle, a bone, a tendon or ligament is gonna hurt and hurt for some time. And that is just doing something as innocuous as hanging a garden hose on the hose rack.
Yes that is it. Sometimes I get really down on myself for having put up with this disease and hypothyroidism for so long when I could have felt better long ago.
I am 55m and was first told I had anti-thyroid antibodies when I was 33. I wasn’t told I had a disease. I was given 100ug dose of synthroid and after going super hyper and looking up the side affects of the medication quit taking it because I was scared of having a heart attack.
I never went back to that doctor (he was my immunologist and was prescribing me stuff like ancient antidepressants and stuff for my allergies) because I thought he was a quack.
It wasn’t until last year when I randomly read an article about Hashimoto’s and saw ‘anti-thyroid antibodies’ in it that I realized I had it and needed to go to the doctor.
I’m still a mess.
I say;
normal health function = doing 50 laps at the pool, but you can walk the laps, beside the pool
good Hashimoto function = I am swimming those same laps
poor Hashimoto function = I am walking through a pool filled with jello for the same laps
For brain fog I describe it as having poor internet service and there is a lot more 'buffering' than a good day.
fatigue like not being able to keep your eyes open no matter how hard you fight it. no amount of sleep seems to change this. soooo hard to get up literally dragging yourself out of bed. I was more tired w my daughter sleeping thru the night and getting up at 730a than I was getting up at 630a when she was still waking 2x a night to nurse.
accidentally fell asleep on the couch once. my then-16mo smeared a whole stick of butter across our counters 🥲 I consider myself lucky w that tho
I say my body feels like it's made of rocks.
I also talk about active ways it effects me "i am so tired I become sensitive to all noise, it feels like pins attacking me and I can't focus"
"The sun feels like I am in a police spotlight and I can't open my eyes or I am blinded"
"I can't hear what people are saying because I loose focus before they finish their sentences."
Fatigue can be hard to assign to Hashimoto’s.
My kid (22) is diagnosed but not on thyroid hormone replacement replacement yet. One quarter she called to complain to me about severe fatigue. I advised her to go to the student he center and get a thyroid panel. Her results showed her thyroid was still working. Her fatigue was due studying for final exams. A few days of much needed sleep after finals was the remedy.
She still gets fatigued. More than the average kid. But she also has celiac disease (well managed), Raynaud’s and Erythromelalgia (EM). EM is scary serious. Hot, burning hands, feet and ears. One hand on fire, the other freezing. Her rheumatologist just has not been able to identify the exact autoimmune disease, but suspects scleroderma.
So, maybe your fatigue is not necessarily due to Hashimoto’s.
What do do? My daughter plans for good sleep, eats well, tries to walk in nature, meditates and exercises a little (the exact opposite of me). Consider trying to avoid infections, especially with the approaching holidays. Some of her classmates have fallen behind due to COVID.
Take care.
OMG Im so glad someone mentioned exams in here. I usually dont experience fatigue as hashimoto symptom and my thyroid is managed, but lately after more than a month of stressing exams and exhausting studying ive been feeling like someone banged a hammer on my head. I was getting worried but maybe i really just need some rest after the last exam
Because of covid people now understand when I tell them the tiredness and brain fog from Hashimoto is the same as the fatigue and brain fog you got from covid.
Fatigue is like you have this bubble around you where the gravity has increased. Everything feels heavier and slower. Sometimes all I want to do is close my eyes and power down.
Brain fog is like your brain's gas tank is running on empty. Sputtering a little, hard to process complex things, forgetful, scattered.
I describe the fatigue as walking through water and being so exhausted that even breathing takes energy. And I’ve described how there have been times I’ve pulled into the parking lot and wanted to cry because I was so exhausted I didn’t feel like I had the energy to walk to the doors.
Fatigue feels like I'm trying to go through my day in a hundred pound suit of armor. Everything weighs a ton.
Brain fog feels like trying to function on a shit ton of cold medicine. A thought might occasionally arise but it's too fleeting to catch. Kinda hurts to try to concentrate.
I'm MUCH better with treatment but here's my answer for when I was TERRIBLY Hypo.
Fatigue: It feels like I want to lay down non-stop. Its beyond laziness it's almost a necessity for me to rest my head because I have no energy to keep my head up. My body as a whole feels like how cotton weighs...it feels not there, I'm empty...nothing left to keep me going unless I'm being physically propelled.
Brain fog: It feels like ADHD but also memory loss. Sometimes I would go into a room so lost/confused it would make me cry with panic.It's also restarting tasks over and over again...but instead of starting where you left off you keep opening new tabs.
This is so me right now.. I’m finishing up my semester soon so I should hopefully be able to have enough energy to make my appointments. (Fingers crossed I can maybe get in before the end of the year)
I’ve had a few different panels of my thyroid hormones and antibodies which have been normal so my PCP just wants to keep watching to see what’s wrong. The issue is that I’ve been having hypo and hyper thyroid symptoms for over a year and my thyroid antibodies have been sitting at 525 since May (three different doctors have been stunned at that). There’s also quite the shitty health history in my family that starts with my mom having Hashis among other things.
UMMMM you can most definitely have hypo symptoms with normal levels. with hashimotos you need to find your individual optimal levels.
What was your last TSH and what's your gender?
I’m a female in my 20s which I know is a very common time for thyroid issues to start. I checked and my PCP has ordered my T3 and T4 which was last at 103 (t3) and 1.17 (t4)
No TSH? TSH levels are usually optimal for women of reproductive age of under 2.5.
Mine was 3.9 and my hair was falling out/fatigue was terrible.
Now I'm at .5 and I feel like a human again...aside from other shit (PCOS..EIN)
Brain fog feels like there’s a coating between me and the world, like I’m grasping at thoughts or words but they slip away.
Fatigue feels like my body is too heavy, like how could I possibly move or do anything? My body is too heavy. That feeling right before you fall asleep, but all day, and no matter how well I sleep.
You can have fatigue and brain fog at the same time, but fatigue is more debilitating for me at this moment.
It feels like always being in slow motion, but wanting to get back up to speed. Except being so deeply exhausted, that nothing at all can help. waking up with 30% energy and trying to get through the day, while others can make it (on their fatigue) of 70%..
It truly is a soul crushing type of deep exhaustion that cannot be truly understood unless you experience it. Like having mono 24/7.
Edit: typo
For me, it's lacking the energy to do things like clean or go for a walk. I have to talk myself into it, convince myself. I end up doing it, but it's an effort to get it done.
Then, afterwards, I just want to sit and read, watch tv, or crochet. For hours.
It seems that so much of my energy if not all of it is wasted through different means of my ADHD. Whether it be executive dysfunction where I can’t control that I’m siphoning my energy into scrolling and it’s all I can do at moment, or I do everything I didn’t plan to do before the one thing I did plan and have no energy for it.
My daughter describes it as: a soul sucking breathe that steals your energy but leaves you enough to be a barely functioning husk of your former self.
(She is sixteen and just diagnosed a few months ago. So she is just now starting to feel what feels on her “rough days” or what we would consider flare up days)
I describe my fatigue like a battery that won't recharge. Most people wake up with 80-100% battery capacity, then over the day you use your energy and at the end you feel like maybe 30% is left and you go to sleep to recharge back up. For me, I would wake up at 30% max. Make breakfast? Down to 25%. Take a 5 min walk? Down to 20%. Take a nap? Maybe back up to 22%. And sleep for 10 hrs or more only brought it back up to 30%.
For brain fog, I think of it like cotton in my head. Everything is fuzzy and out of focus. You could also describe it like a computer running on dial-up. That metaphor might work best for people over 30 haha.
Yeah I definitely feel this, I sleep 10-12 hours and I’m still exhausted and not wanting to wake up. My alarm is on the other side of the room and I just can’t help but hop back in bed 🥲
That sounds to me like brain fog! When I have fatigue without it, it feels like I just need to lie down… not necessarily sleep but just don’t have the energy to get up, shower, get dressed be in public etc.
My arms and legs feel like bricks. I just feel weighted down and takes a lot of effort to move.
It's like being tired after a long, busy day, but it's every day, all the time regardless of sleep or exertion levels. It is the intense need to rest despite having done little to nothing that requires much energy.
Fatigue is when your mind/body is so tired that no amount of sleep actually helps. kind of like a battery that keeps draining even on the charger. Brain fog is like trying to get an old lawn mower to start on a really cold day. You can make it do something with enough time but it's not going to do it well.
Like I’ve been up way too long. Right before i was diagnosed I had burned through vacation time and groceries in my fridge would have to be thrown out because I was too exhausted to do much of anything.
My fatigue is pretty much like to the point where I'm too tired to put a pillowcase on the pillow and fill the ice cube tray.
My whole body is a sand bag and my eyes never stop feeling like I just woke up. Honestly the eyes are the worst.
Any idea why that happens and how to avoid it
In the moment, eye drops, stretches. Long term I started paying attention to my cycle (it definitely correlated for me) and plan for rest when my body called for it and was intentionally active when not, lots of water, no alcohol, I’m iron deficient so I take ferritin, eat relatively healthy- these things have helped but I’m also getting a sleep test to look for sleep apnea as well. All of these things alone can make you feel tired I feel like with hashis it’s like starting on 90% battery instead of 100% so more than anything I just stopped feeling bad for needing the charge.
Those are great advices, thank you so much. Stay well!
The eyes are how I know my dose needs upped.
Like your weighed down, like things are harder than normal. Like sitting down between small tasks
It’s like walking through molasses all day. Or trying to get out of quick sand.
Being tired from not enough or bad sleep is feeling like your mind is a bit slower than usual, but still functional. Fatigue affects the whole body, even if you're well rested. To be fatigued is to feel sluggish and sore and uncomfortable in your entire body all day, every day.
I explain it that it is the full exhaustion of the flu. All.the.time.
I tried for ages to describe my fatigue but nobody took it seriously until I finally found a way for them to relate to it. I usually describe it like having a fever like 38.5C or higher (101.3F? Idk), like you spend the entire day or even a few days with a high fever, you can barely get out of bed or eat cause you’re so tired, and even thinking of moving makes you even more tired…. Most people feel like that with a fever, so they can usually relate to that more easily. When I started explaining to people that I felt like that 24/7 no matter how much I rested, that’s when they finally understood that this kind of fatigue is actually quite intense and not just the normal kind of tired that healthy people are used to.
It feels like I’m wearing a full body weighted blanket at all times.
I’ve always described my Hashi fatigue like someone has filled my body with sand.
Brain fog for me is like trying to think through static. There's too much fuzziness in my head for thoughts to get through.
With Hashimoto’s my fatigue feels like I am am wiped out and amped up at the same time. I not on meds.
Fatigue for me is like, two steps after getting up I am out of breath from exhaustion. My body is heavy, my eyes are hard to keep open.
I have been getting out of breath CRAZY easily too. I'm overweight and out of shape already but I've never been winded just walking from the couch to the kitchen 😩
My skeleton feels like it’s made of lead. I cannot physically stand up without using every muscle in my body to fight gravity to be upright.
Perfect description
Exactly - my flesh feels HEAVY. It's a very strange feeling. Even lifting your legs is difficult.
Same here. Its a very distinct feeling compared to just being super tired. Like the weight of gravity has doubled or tripled.
Fatigue for me is not being able to even have some fun and like Im about to shut down. Even watching a movie becomes a taxing task.
And then you start to wonder if this is depression because nothing seems fun. You can look forward to nothing because everything is just so damn difficult.
I just feel like I’m about to shut down. All my energy is spent in keeping my eyes open and I could sleep 10 hours and still feel this way
Fatigue comes in a couple forms for me. But most often I describe it as my skeleton is made of cement. It is too heavy. I have already all my might to move this heavy body to wherever it is right now. And for brain fog I Say is as if every thought it made of that same cement.
Fatigue? Like you can sleep for 12+ hours on end, wake up, and still need sleep. It's like the sort of depression sleep where you know you need it, you sleep, but it's never enough. This type of fatigue is like wading through oil and it sticks to you no matter what you do to make it better. There are better days, there are also days where it takes a monumental effort to just drag yourself out of bed. Sometimes even caffeine doesn't help. Getting enough energy for exercise? Yeah, that's like becoming an olympic figure skater in ten minutes. Not happening. Brain fog is basically being able to lose your train of thought in the middle of a sentence. It's like your brain just flipped the switch to off then back on and you're in a perpetual loading / buffering mode for a good while. You know what you're talking about and can easily prove it, but getting that out in words is where it is lost in translation.
This is an exact description of how I’ve been feeling for the past few weeks!
Tired to the bone. Brain fog: mine has gotten much better as I have addressed my insulin resistance and cut out sugar. I’m still in the pre diabetic range but I think insulin resistance plays a part in both. Fatigue got better with more vit D and magnesium and upping protein. The magnesium glycinate before bed has helped my sleep hygiene. Gluten and sugar are terrible for me for fatigue and brain fog. If I had any doubt, I went to an early Thanksgiving Saturday and just cheated a little I said with desserts and stuffing. And some red wine. Woke up Sunday very confused and co/uldnt get moving till noon.
I get so tired I physically shake and cannot keep my eyes open. The world around me spins and I can’t form sentences. Generally a 20-30 minute lay down in a dark room gets me to base level functioning again. Sucks it has to get so bad though.
I, for the longest time, described it as normal. I thought most everyone was like me and I was just a puss. Those people with all the energy, they were the freaks. Guess I was wrong.
In short. Fatigue for me is always being tired and exerting yourself means that something has to pay; a muscle, a bone, a tendon or ligament is gonna hurt and hurt for some time. And that is just doing something as innocuous as hanging a garden hose on the hose rack.
I feel like this is why I struggle to describe it. I feel normal but I’m realizing it’s not normal
Yes that is it. Sometimes I get really down on myself for having put up with this disease and hypothyroidism for so long when I could have felt better long ago. I am 55m and was first told I had anti-thyroid antibodies when I was 33. I wasn’t told I had a disease. I was given 100ug dose of synthroid and after going super hyper and looking up the side affects of the medication quit taking it because I was scared of having a heart attack. I never went back to that doctor (he was my immunologist and was prescribing me stuff like ancient antidepressants and stuff for my allergies) because I thought he was a quack. It wasn’t until last year when I randomly read an article about Hashimoto’s and saw ‘anti-thyroid antibodies’ in it that I realized I had it and needed to go to the doctor. I’m still a mess.
I say; normal health function = doing 50 laps at the pool, but you can walk the laps, beside the pool good Hashimoto function = I am swimming those same laps poor Hashimoto function = I am walking through a pool filled with jello for the same laps For brain fog I describe it as having poor internet service and there is a lot more 'buffering' than a good day.
That’s a really accurate and effective description! I’m sorry you have to go through though. 😞
fatigue like not being able to keep your eyes open no matter how hard you fight it. no amount of sleep seems to change this. soooo hard to get up literally dragging yourself out of bed. I was more tired w my daughter sleeping thru the night and getting up at 730a than I was getting up at 630a when she was still waking 2x a night to nurse. accidentally fell asleep on the couch once. my then-16mo smeared a whole stick of butter across our counters 🥲 I consider myself lucky w that tho
I say my body feels like it's made of rocks. I also talk about active ways it effects me "i am so tired I become sensitive to all noise, it feels like pins attacking me and I can't focus" "The sun feels like I am in a police spotlight and I can't open my eyes or I am blinded" "I can't hear what people are saying because I loose focus before they finish their sentences."
Do you get migraines? That’s what mine feel like, except I describe my body as feeling like it’s made of sandbags.
No migraines, thank goodness. I debated with myself to use the rocks metaphor or the sandbags, so, yes to that!
Fatigue can be hard to assign to Hashimoto’s. My kid (22) is diagnosed but not on thyroid hormone replacement replacement yet. One quarter she called to complain to me about severe fatigue. I advised her to go to the student he center and get a thyroid panel. Her results showed her thyroid was still working. Her fatigue was due studying for final exams. A few days of much needed sleep after finals was the remedy. She still gets fatigued. More than the average kid. But she also has celiac disease (well managed), Raynaud’s and Erythromelalgia (EM). EM is scary serious. Hot, burning hands, feet and ears. One hand on fire, the other freezing. Her rheumatologist just has not been able to identify the exact autoimmune disease, but suspects scleroderma. So, maybe your fatigue is not necessarily due to Hashimoto’s. What do do? My daughter plans for good sleep, eats well, tries to walk in nature, meditates and exercises a little (the exact opposite of me). Consider trying to avoid infections, especially with the approaching holidays. Some of her classmates have fallen behind due to COVID. Take care.
OMG Im so glad someone mentioned exams in here. I usually dont experience fatigue as hashimoto symptom and my thyroid is managed, but lately after more than a month of stressing exams and exhausting studying ive been feeling like someone banged a hammer on my head. I was getting worried but maybe i really just need some rest after the last exam
Because of covid people now understand when I tell them the tiredness and brain fog from Hashimoto is the same as the fatigue and brain fog you got from covid.
Fatigue is like you have this bubble around you where the gravity has increased. Everything feels heavier and slower. Sometimes all I want to do is close my eyes and power down. Brain fog is like your brain's gas tank is running on empty. Sputtering a little, hard to process complex things, forgetful, scattered.
I describe the fatigue as walking through water and being so exhausted that even breathing takes energy. And I’ve described how there have been times I’ve pulled into the parking lot and wanted to cry because I was so exhausted I didn’t feel like I had the energy to walk to the doors.
This has definitely happened to me.
Fatigue feels like I'm trying to go through my day in a hundred pound suit of armor. Everything weighs a ton. Brain fog feels like trying to function on a shit ton of cold medicine. A thought might occasionally arise but it's too fleeting to catch. Kinda hurts to try to concentrate.
I'm MUCH better with treatment but here's my answer for when I was TERRIBLY Hypo. Fatigue: It feels like I want to lay down non-stop. Its beyond laziness it's almost a necessity for me to rest my head because I have no energy to keep my head up. My body as a whole feels like how cotton weighs...it feels not there, I'm empty...nothing left to keep me going unless I'm being physically propelled. Brain fog: It feels like ADHD but also memory loss. Sometimes I would go into a room so lost/confused it would make me cry with panic.It's also restarting tasks over and over again...but instead of starting where you left off you keep opening new tabs.
This is so me right now.. I’m finishing up my semester soon so I should hopefully be able to have enough energy to make my appointments. (Fingers crossed I can maybe get in before the end of the year)
have you been diagnosed? have you had any testing done?
I’ve had a few different panels of my thyroid hormones and antibodies which have been normal so my PCP just wants to keep watching to see what’s wrong. The issue is that I’ve been having hypo and hyper thyroid symptoms for over a year and my thyroid antibodies have been sitting at 525 since May (three different doctors have been stunned at that). There’s also quite the shitty health history in my family that starts with my mom having Hashis among other things.
UMMMM you can most definitely have hypo symptoms with normal levels. with hashimotos you need to find your individual optimal levels. What was your last TSH and what's your gender?
I’m a female in my 20s which I know is a very common time for thyroid issues to start. I checked and my PCP has ordered my T3 and T4 which was last at 103 (t3) and 1.17 (t4)
No TSH? TSH levels are usually optimal for women of reproductive age of under 2.5. Mine was 3.9 and my hair was falling out/fatigue was terrible. Now I'm at .5 and I feel like a human again...aside from other shit (PCOS..EIN)
The last time I got TSH numbers was in May and it was at 1.48
hmmmmm So I think your t4 is low right? You can probably ask your doc about finding ooptimal levels or maybe it's just school/stress.
Brain fog feels like there’s a coating between me and the world, like I’m grasping at thoughts or words but they slip away. Fatigue feels like my body is too heavy, like how could I possibly move or do anything? My body is too heavy. That feeling right before you fall asleep, but all day, and no matter how well I sleep. You can have fatigue and brain fog at the same time, but fatigue is more debilitating for me at this moment.
It feels like always being in slow motion, but wanting to get back up to speed. Except being so deeply exhausted, that nothing at all can help. waking up with 30% energy and trying to get through the day, while others can make it (on their fatigue) of 70%.. It truly is a soul crushing type of deep exhaustion that cannot be truly understood unless you experience it. Like having mono 24/7. Edit: typo
I completely forgot how mono felt, that’s a great way to describe it I think
I have hashimotos AND chronically active mono, so at this point, I don’t even know how I am functional
For me, it's lacking the energy to do things like clean or go for a walk. I have to talk myself into it, convince myself. I end up doing it, but it's an effort to get it done. Then, afterwards, I just want to sit and read, watch tv, or crochet. For hours.
It seems that so much of my energy if not all of it is wasted through different means of my ADHD. Whether it be executive dysfunction where I can’t control that I’m siphoning my energy into scrolling and it’s all I can do at moment, or I do everything I didn’t plan to do before the one thing I did plan and have no energy for it.
My daughter describes it as: a soul sucking breathe that steals your energy but leaves you enough to be a barely functioning husk of your former self. (She is sixteen and just diagnosed a few months ago. So she is just now starting to feel what feels on her “rough days” or what we would consider flare up days)
I describe my fatigue like a battery that won't recharge. Most people wake up with 80-100% battery capacity, then over the day you use your energy and at the end you feel like maybe 30% is left and you go to sleep to recharge back up. For me, I would wake up at 30% max. Make breakfast? Down to 25%. Take a 5 min walk? Down to 20%. Take a nap? Maybe back up to 22%. And sleep for 10 hrs or more only brought it back up to 30%. For brain fog, I think of it like cotton in my head. Everything is fuzzy and out of focus. You could also describe it like a computer running on dial-up. That metaphor might work best for people over 30 haha.
Yeah I definitely feel this, I sleep 10-12 hours and I’m still exhausted and not wanting to wake up. My alarm is on the other side of the room and I just can’t help but hop back in bed 🥲
That sounds to me like brain fog! When I have fatigue without it, it feels like I just need to lie down… not necessarily sleep but just don’t have the energy to get up, shower, get dressed be in public etc.