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My daytime fatigue is so severe I’ve been mistaken for being drunk (even though I don’t drink), and I experience a dream like brain fog around friends unless I use caffeine pills to seem present.

As an older woman, this is not normal. Please see a doctor!!

I have an autoimmune disease that comes with chronic fatigue. I understand the struggles. This is far beyond normal.

This reads like undiagnosed sleep apnea to me. You should really talk to your doctor about getting a sleep study done. You don't need to be overweight or anything to be affected by sleep apnea and it can get worse as one gets older. I hope it's nothing too serious/just some fatigue!

If you sleep 10 hour each night and still feel tired, it’s time to visit a doctor before you end up in the forever box.

I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s

Is it?? I’m not saying you don’t lose energy as you age, but what you’re describing sounds closer to a medical problem than the norm. If you’ve had conversations with your doctor and had bloodwork done then it might be normal for you, but if you haven’t checked for vitamin deficiencies you might want to. I felt similarly shit when my vitamin D was through the floor.

Not saying it will definitely help, but if you're not even feeling it the caffeine dependency might actually be making you feel worse rather than better

I'm 43 and I'd say that there is definitely not normal. You might want to go see a doctor.

It sounds like you built up a tolerance and would benefit from quitting caffeine altogether. The first week or so will be a groggy hell, but once you adjust, your baseline will be much more alert.

This is far from normal… 10hrs sleep + naps? I saw your answers about having blood tests done and coming back good. Is there something psychological going on? Heart problems? Hormones? (I don’t need you to confirm or deny, just consider it)

My partner and I are in our 30s and this post describes how we feel during a break after a long adderall binge, or a couple days after we roll together. This is very much not a normal part of aging! We sleep 6-8 hours per night and unless we’re coming off’a a couple weeks of adderall or the like, that’s good for the day without being destroyed.

You need to talk to a doctor

Sounds like caffeine addiction

I'm male, but haven't heard of this level of fatigue from my female friends / wife. It does sound like having a young child though (minus the part about getting >8h sleep).

Normal or not, sounds terrible, hope it improves!

These replies have to be a rage bait thread! Surely!!

What are your consumption habits, i.e. when are you drinking your caffeine? The bioactive halflife of caffeine is about 6-8 hours, so it's in your system affecting your mind and body long after the caffeine buzz goes away. My personal rule of thumb is all the caffeine I want before noon, but a hard cutoff at 1pm

Ehhh just microdose meth /s

If you know anyone with a sensitive nose, ask them if the place you live in smells musty or moldy. I've had family members go through similar issues also without any help from the medical system and mold was a major contributing factor. You and anyone else who lives with you will be nose blind to it and won't be able smell it without spending a week or so elsewhere.

Recently had my wife do a sleep study. We're vacillating between getting her into a CPAP machine and doing a weight loss program to help with the sleep apnea. She's just the same, constantly at a lower level of energy and life quality, it has limited her in a lot of ways in recent years.