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Man, can I relate!! I feel tired ALL the time. I am a stay at home house wife and for me, its so hard and tiring to even get up and wash the dishes. I went to the doc who gave me blood tests and ran some other tests but found nothing that could cause me such fatigue. I have IBS and controlled celiacs disease. I also take B12 everyday and try to eat well balanced meals and get exercise, but all I ever want to do is sleep. It is especially hard when my husband wants to get intimate, because when I lay in bed, I get so tired and 9 times out of 10, I fall asleep within the first 5 minutes. No doc can explain my fatigue, some say that Im just depressed, but Im really a happy person. I would def. get a blood pannel to make sure that you are not deficient in all of the proper vitamins and minerals, and I would look into chronic fatigue syndrome, if it does not pass.
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Wow, you have described the last month for me. I am tired all the time now, and I have no idea why. Like you, it is especially hard because I have always been such an active person. Exercise is a huge part of my life -- I'm a long distance runner, plus I play a sport year-round (ultimate frisbee). But now, everyday around 2 or 3 o'clock I totally want to take a nap, like I need one. Which is not only annyoing and frustrating, but is not good because I am a teacher and I need to be on my toes and awake during the entire school day.
I recently asked my doctor to do some blood tests (folic acid, B12, vitamin D, thyroid) and of course they all came back negative. So I am still in the dark. I don't think it really has to do with my IBS because I feel like I would have had this symptom since my IBS began, instead of it just popping up out of nowhere right now. I have been trying a wheat-free diet in the thought that maybe too many carbs are causing the fatigue, and I've also tried cutting down on my sugar. The sugar thing is super hard for me, though, because up until this point I felt like it was my one "victory" over IBS, since I've had to give up so much other good food. And I have a huge sweet tooth, so it's been difficult. Anyway, I wish I could offer both of us more solutions and suggestions. I just wanted you to know you are not alone in how you are feeling. Keep us updated on what your doc says, who knows, maybe something will turn up that will shed light on it for the rest of us  Feel better!
Julie
IBS-D, GERD, lactose intolerant
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"We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."
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I would think it might be SAD if it came on gradually but it sounds like it happened so suddenly that maybe you caught some kind of bug. You could see a rhuematologist who would do blood tests for lots more conditions like lupus, lime disease, etc. I saw one years ago (I think I was 28) when I was so tired and achey that I could barely get out of bed. Turned out that the joint pain was from Parvovirus otherwise known as Fifth's Disease. I am a teacher so I must have gotten it from one of the kids but I didn't get the rash. Do you feel any better when you power nap? I try to do that often if possible b/c mid-day I am usually exhausted and unmotivated, thinking that I have to make it through another 7 hours of kids, chores, etc.. Keep us posted and I hope you feel better. 
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Then IBS-A, Now a transformed slightly C
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Thanks for the excellent suggestions. I have been feeling a little better since Monday but I am still lethargic all day and it is different than the feeling of not sleeping well or that sort of thing. It feels much more like the flu. I have walked outside in the sun for 3 days and today I was pretty happy but very tired if I sat down very long. Anyway I don't think I have surpassed this yet and I suspect it might come back!  So I am keeping open to suggestions. I am doing a full nutritional analysis soon and I will have the full spectrum light soon and see what happens. I think if my IBS is better my lethargy will be better. 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Minnie, have you ever tried avoiding corn products? (Yes, I know, what on earth else can you avoid? I sometimes think I should just eat cardboard to play it safe!!) Anyhow, a friend of mine's husband was feeling very tired and lethargic for awhile and they couldn't pinpoint what was going on until they discovered he had a reaction to corn products. Of course he can eat dairy and meat so it is a little less difficult for him to change his diet, but I thought you might want to consider it. Just an idea.
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Then IBS-A, Now a transformed slightly C
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I have been eating more corn lately I think. I have corn chex in my desk at work and corn tortillas in the fridge. I suppose this kind of thing can develop when it wasn't there before so who knows?
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"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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