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I’m feeling extremely fatigued. I cannot locate the exact source, but I suspect that this may be due to some depression that’s been lurking in these past few weeks.
Spam me! I need some natural, holistic type advice regarding depression and fatigue. My diet is not perfect, but certainly better than the average American. I am currently taking no vitamins or supplements either. Blank slate. Please help.
Taming Estella 
Get out for a walk even. I find that helps me when I get bad, but I have to have my ass booted out the door.
Eating better helps as well, but mainly, get outside.
Just delurking to say hi. I can’t offer any advice in the diet department (as I sit here eating my chicken with hot sauce), but wanted to send you good vibes anyway… take care and hope you and your family are doing better soon.
Multi-vit, Vit C, and B5. They can all help. Sleep, exercise, lots of green leafys, and meditation. Even 10 mins a day will help calm yr adrenal glands which get burnt out under chronic stress.
Sunshine (it’s out there today), fresh air, girls night out, vitamins, time alone, a massage and a good chic flick. Works for me.
girlfriends. know you’re loved by so many. Also honey. eat stuff with honey, it helps me. Drink tea with honey, eat a spoonful everyday, it’s very close to a natural vitamin. and keep taking Kai for walks… I’m sorry you’re feeling low. i love you, you’re so wonderful!!!
Since you are still nursing, it might benefit you to go back on a good prenatal vitamin. You are hardly more than 1 yr postpartum, and you are still nursing; your body is still recovering from childbirth and you are still depleted. This could impact your energy level. B vitamins (should be in a prenatal vit) are fab for getting your energy back, if you are short on them.
Have you had your iron level checked lately? Is there a possibility you are anemic? This could account for your low energy level, especially since you have had such heavy cycles lately. If so, I liked Floradix Iron Plus Herbs liquid supplement. It tastes like V8 splash, is totally natural, and is non-constipating.
Don’t forget to just cut yourself some slack as far as how much time & energy it takes to chase Animal and Kai all day, and to feed and comfort A. at night. Is he still waking a lot at night with teething? You are sleep deprived and might be for a while. I’m in the same boat, but sometimes it’s comforting to know that what you are going through is a normal phase and there’s nothing technically wrong with you.
I’m a lurker… (shame, shame). Coming out of the dark to offer three small things that could help. Of course, I wish that I could tell you that those three things are alcohol, chocolate, and becoming a wildly popular and over-paid entertainer… But try this:
LEMON
It’s the most incredible food. (A little lemon in a lot of water each morning). Google it. Lemon ROCKS.
HYDRATION
one half your body weight, in ounces, per day. Period.
VIT. D
I think someone else said this already too…
Hang in there, Mama.
I think you just need to come back and see me. And sorry it tool so long to write. Meghan just got married this weekend so I have been busy. Just know that I love you and think anout me in my undies every morning before you g4et out of bed. That will make you laugh. *wink*
Fresh food, vitamins, as much daylight and fresh air as you can get, enough liquid intake and regular sleeping hours, that works for me.
Vitamin B (I find the Emergen-C drink packets give me a lot of energy). Fresh air, sunshine (which you already get as much as you can, probably, given your geography and your walks with the dog). Giggles? Laughter for me is a big one. Girl talk? I call everyone I known when I’m depressed and it totally helps. Sleep. A little wine. Some orgasms.
um, if you’ve been bleeding pretty badly with your IUD, I would tip anemia. Get thee to a good iron supplement pronto, girly. Have your doc check your hemoglobin.
That would account for the fatigue and the depression. 😦
Easily fixed though!
Thinking of you…
XX L
I just recently started reading your blog, I found it through my best friend green mommy. You know this summer I hit a phase where I was super tired. I did not even feel like going for a walk or run on my lunch hour, and I do that often. I had the doctor run iron and thryoid tests and they came back fine. I think I was really bored at work, I stared at the computer screen (usually reading blogs and the news – there was no work to do). You are probably not bored, being a stay at home mommy to three kids and becoming a doula you are too busy to be bored. Do you take any time for yourself? Maybe an afternoon off – try trading off with a friend. Sorry about the marrital problems but you should not have to deal with a husband that comes home drunk all the time. Good luck with being a doula I am sure it will be very hard and emotional but truly rewarding in the end.
I was feeling some of your symptoms nine months post-partum and my naturopathic doctor gave me a shot of vitamin B-12. It was the best thing ever. I felt like normal within hours.
If you are depleted in B-12 you’ll want the shot. Apparently stress strips your B-12, which makes you feel more stressed, which further strips the B-12 – or something like that.
Antropologa mentioned Emergen-C and that’s awesome for a short-term pick-me up.
Qi Gong. I’ll teach u some when we visit.
Dried apricots, spinach,hard boiled eggs, vit B-12 2 x’s per day, vit C(don’t know if you have a Wild Oats but they carry a great one called JuiCee, I think), possibly a prenatal. Naps and yoga along with some meditation. Lots of water, but you probably already do that. I use this stuff called Emergen-C, its a fizzy drink mix that comes in a lot of flavors and it gives me a little pep. Also, don’t forget your 3-6-9 omegas.
I asked my doc to run a blood panel to check for anemia and the like and if you are, they can give you B-12 injections that help with the fatigue.