I suggest the following

-Avoid ALL caffeine
-Avoid refined sugar
-Avoid nicotine
-Avoid alcohol
-Take a B complex supplement
-Drink lot's of filtered water
-Practice good sleep hygiene
-It may be worth trying Ginkgo Biloba and especially Ginseng. Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) is recommended for females and Korean Ginseng (Panax Ginseng) is recommended for males.
-Take a two week break from your exercise.
-Let your body have a little sun in the middle of the day. This helps the body clock
-Eat smaller meal portions

Hope this helps

i just heard about that ^^ recently. getting some direct sunlight between one and four will help you to get better sleep... huh. neat.

I'm another who thinks your body is talking to you. Listen! As hard as it is for you, try to take some pleasure in being a lazy shit till you feel up to your normal schedule again.

Good luck, snookums.

Osuche - Does your gym have a Sanarium (a much cooler version of a Sauna which uses full spectrum light to help combat the effects of seasonal affective disorder)? If so, how about spending some time in there? Full spectrum light (like the kind you get from the sun) helps your skin to produce vitamin D which helps to combat depression and fatigue.

Also, try altering your diet to low fat foods, since the body has to work pretty hard to release the calories it needs from high fat foods. Better to eat low fat, low stress type foods which make it easier for you to release and burn the calories you need. Just making a general assessment of your diet will probably help, since a surprising number of us suffer from malnutrition in some form or other and this inevitably affects our energy levels.

An update...and thank you all for your suggestions.

I've been doing a bit better the past 2 days. I've taken to stretching in the morning and at night...for about 40-60 min total....trying to work on increasing flexibility. This is easing some of my joint pain. I also took a couple of 10 min tanning sessions at my gym ~ wanted to see if some additional Vitamin D might help.

Worked out only 3 times this week,and I cut my body some slack. Been careful to eat lots of salads and fish, and I've been trying some citrus like IAKG suggested. I've let myself take naps, although my lethargy still pisses me off. I'm not taking the steroids, but I've doubled up on the other meds...and living on Tylenol. ;)

I'd say I am about 40% better, which is something I guess. Every day I work on it a bit more. :) Plus that damn rain has stopped, which likely helps too. :D

Thank you all for your advice. I'll continue to let you know what works.

Thanks for the update osuche! A little better is better than no better (<---say that five times fast...lol)! I hope you're feeling tip-top soon hun!

SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder.

http://www.sada.org.uk/

*big hugs* :hugs:

Glad you're feeling a bit better, hope the improvement continues :)

best of luck O
 

dont really have any suggestions but do hope ur ok !!!

Doing much better, thank you. I'd say I am 80% improved.....the gym workouts (at least) have gone back to normal, and I think I am on track.

Thank you for asking!!

Sounds like you have what I have real bad, SAD. I was thinking that from the start because it is very common (even if mild in most cases) and causes the apathy and sleepyness and all the other stuff as a result. Look into a small dose of melatonin (1-3mg is what I use usually and it helps, especially at first). Also you should get up early and go to bed early and no naps (even though they are ohh soo good)!