I struggled with exhaustion starting around 38-40 and it only got worse as I approached 50. I did all the tests and nothing obvious was the culprit.
I do get vitamin D deficient (I am a redhead and I live in Ontario, so not enough sun) and when I treated that with prescribed mega-doses of vitamin D it helped temporarily.
About 2 years ago, I became really frustrated and on a whim I checked if exhaustion was a symptom of undiagnosed/untreated ADHD in adults. Honestly, getting a formal diagnosis and meds was INSTANTLY life changing... as in, I felt better than I had in years 20 minutes after taking the first dose.
Might be something to look into. Plenty of free self assessment tools available on the web.

Maybe a little smasho in the works????😅😅😅😁😅

Possibly even a "smashette".

Get your testosterone checked…

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. lol

Thyroid.....

Maybe theres too much blood in your alcohol system.That happened to me once.Easy fix.

I'm here to tell you I think geting oner 40 has an effect on energy and go getting . I have noticed I can't go with out sleep and function as long or well as I could just 2 years ago. It was not unusual for me to stay up 36 to 38 hrs at least once or twice a month after several days of maybe 4 hrs of sleep. And I could function fine the next day after 6 to 8 hrs. Now I hit the 28 hr mark and I'm near my limit and when I get several days off in a roll I no longer jump out of bed and get on it on day one. More like I sleep in tell 7 and move slowly for two days and don't get moving like normal tell day 3 on. Maybe it's age maybe it's years of running my body down probably both. I did get about 2 and a half hour nap today between shifts so I'm good tonight. But I won't get much done when I get tomorrow on my 19 hrs off. Maybe if the weather is nice I can work some bees.

You may have something going on, could be just negative effects of decades of birth control, due to lack of exercise, age, hormones issues or a combination or any number of things. Geting checked out and making sure it's not something serious is smart. Took me a while ( hard headed male) but
I broke down and had blood work ran and a tick panel. All came back OK so I'm guessing mine is just poor diet, lack of exercise and sleep and the rotating scedual added with getting older.

Providence I hear ya. I may not work the hours that you have, but I have worked my butt off in the last fifteen years in vet med and it’s catching up. It is hard to admit I can’t physically handle what I used to.
I’m not sure if I can keep working in the same department. I’d like to stay in the field but my job duties may have to shift to more lousy stuff like communications and inventory. That’s bogus

Not many do or for as many years if they do most are smarter than me. Some hit it longer amd even more. But i have been dumb and hard headed my entire life. And it catches up with you and age I think plays a big part. I'm in a transition period from denial to I'm going to have to slow things down realization. When I got out of bed on my 40th birthday my right knee Gave out with no warning and I hit the floor. It didn't hurt just dumped me in the floor. It hit me as very funny and I was laughing so hard my wife came in and asked me what's funny and why are you in the floor.. I was just thinking you really do start falling apart when you hit 40 and I couldn't make this crap up if I wanted to.

Our bodies change as we age and it's smart to listen to them. To bad I'm not smart and very hard headed but I'm working on it.

Thanks for posting this. Maybe it will get some of the hard headed men and independent women here to start thinking about quit being a tough and get their issued checked out. I know I wish mom would hav not been so hard headed and got checked out and found her cancer sooner and it would not have spread. But I have no room to talk.

About a year after I quit the booze the doc did a quick blood test for gout when I asked for a prescription refill. It was all good except I was super low on vitamin B. She told me to take 2500mg b12 once a day which also helped with energy. The gout is still around but I only have to take pills for it every 4-6 months now. Quitting booze didn’t affect the gout flare ups. Could try b12, it’s cheap enough.
Hope it’s not Lyme, some people it doesn’t affect but it can really ruin others lives if not caught early…..scary stuff. I always get a couple prescriptions for Lyme over the phone in spring, then I got the antibiotics if I need em.

Take your BP equipment with you to your doctor's appointment, they can run a calibration check on it and provide a correction factor. Trust the doctor's office equipment.

My wife had the same symptoms and then some. Blood work can back perfect. Doc said it was just getting older. Wife went back and asked about any other test, Doc said yeah, let’s check your T levels. Results came back at 0 (ZERO) no T at all.
Doc gave her pills…still no change. Checked again and still 0. He upped the dose. A month later he checked again…still 0. It was almost like her body was rejecting or absorbing the pills. He said he had one more option and gave her a bottle of pure T and the amount she was to inject every two weeks. She asked how she’d know if it worked, he laughed and said you and your husband will know,
Day 4 after her first injection, it was like I was married to a new woman!
The same woman that used to keep Ellie and then nap for two hours after she left and said forget dinner then take a shower and be in bed by 9 can now keep Ellie while making dinner and dessert and after she leaves go outside and mow the yard and weed eat.
I’ll keep this clean and just say it’s now like being married to the Prom Queen that didn’t earn her crown from her smarts, and this is a 55 year old woman. I may need to get my T checked now, lol.

WannaBe that is great!!! Although I really doubt that is my problem!
I have no issue in that department in fact it’s worse now than when I was in my thirties!!!!
Of course a lot of that is mind over matter!

Oh boy.............And here is the pitch........

I beg your pardon,
Elshmasho
Lyme, thyroid and allergies are all possibilities, Lyme disease is very difficult and there's only a couple facilities that can test for it with a 100 percent chance of catching it. Igenix in CA. being most favored by ,leading (LLMDS ) Lyme literate med. Dr. thyroid trouble can develop from Lyme disease they go hand in hand as does heavy metal poisoning in which your regular Dr will misdiagnose heavy metal poisoning as well, thyroid trouble will usually leave you with very dry skin especially your elbows and knuckles. Good luck and don't settle for a half as-ed answer. If you decide to get checked for heavy metals a blood test will not work, you will need a provoked urinalysis test.

Interesting!!! Thank you! Good info!
I love Heavy Metals . At least I did As a teen!

If you ate a lot of Mercury for fun as a child that explains a LOT of your posts.

I’m special needs I guess

My wife is the same age and has had some medical problems for years. In the last two years we have found a functional medicine doctor that does very thorough blood testing and a cyropractor that does muscle testing. Between the two she is in better health than when she was at 25. Everyone's problems have a different solution but it all starts with a clean diet off nothing but good meat good vegetables and a little fruit. If it happens to be limes disease look into teasel root.

Thank you! I am glad your lady is better