Tired All The Time

Are you tired all the time and just want some zest for life back, any zest at all? There are a few areas that are worth looking into to see if they may be contributing to your fatigue. A common one is our...
Water intake: Not drinking enough water is a common reason for people to feel tired all the time, yet many still don't drink much water. Try filling up a pitcher of 6-8 glasses of water each morning and drink it throughout the day. If you can't bring a pitcher to work, then a water bottle, which you can refill to ensure you are getting 6-8 glasses of water each day. It is advisable to start early so you aren't drinking all your water in the evening or you may have another reason to be tired all the time as you will be getting up all night to go the bathroom. That leads us to the other reason...
Sleep: Not getting enough sleep each night can obviously make you feel tired the next day. If you are generally a poor sleeper, you may feel tired all the time. You should focus on finding ways to better your sleep. Natural ways first, but if this isn't working, you may want to consider seeing a physician. Then there is...
Nutrition: Poor nutrition, skipping meals, eating a lot of junk food or processed foods or even eating too much food can cause perpetual tiredness. Our American diets are often void of the nutrients necessary for good health and energy. If you are tired all the time, I'd take a serious look at the your daily nutrition intake. A good multivitamin can help fill in the gaps of a poor diet, although you will still need to be sure you are getting adequate servings from all the food groups. Another common reason for many is...
Medications: Certain medications can make people tired all the time. Many, many, many medications can cause you to feel tired, but some of the most common are some of the anti-depressants, anti-anxieties and cholesterol medications. Also, if you are taking several different medications, they may be interacting with each other and causing you to feel tired all the time. Talk to your physician, he/she may be able to help with this if you think this might be the cause. It could also be related to your...
Physical Health: There are quite a number of physical ailments that can cause fatigue. If you dealing with a chronic condition, work on these things listed, but seek help from your physician as well. He/she may have suggestions that relate to your particular challenge. A big thing for a lot of people is...
Lack of Exercise: Exercise helps speed up your metabolism and your body processes. Exercise, even just small amounts several days a week, can actually help you from feeling tired all the time. Try a 30 minute walk several days a week or check out an exercise DVD that is appropriate for your health and fitness level. Maybe join a gym. Remember to talk with your doctor before starting any exercise regimen. Now the one that albeit plays a role for many of us...
Stress: This is a common for many people feeling tired all the time. Sometimes we don't even realize as we are busy just trying to get through our days, but stress plays a HUGE role in our overall health and energy. This may require some heavy deliberation and maybe life tweaks to help keep stress down. Closely related to this possible reason is...
Lack of Laughter: If you are tired all the time? I challenge you to not only look at your daily stress level, but also how long it has been since you really laughed. For years, studies have shown that laughter is as important to good health as any of the above necessities of life. Find a way to laugh daily (more if at all possible), even if it is a chuckle. Tied in with laughter has got to be a...
Positive Attitude: Again, having a positive attitude may be related to your stress level and/or your laughter status, but the point is if you are moping about every day being negative toward yourself, your family, your co-workers or just life in general, this will drag you down faster than any of the above necessities of life. It is hard to rise above a negative attitude as so many people perpetuate this in our communities, at work, in our homes and even in the church sometimes. Work on focusing on the positive. Try being the sunshine where ever you go as people fall into the negative trap quite easily and they need help to pull out of that. Maybe that help can come from you. It may not be easy when you are feeling tired, but it could give you energy focusing on helping someone else. If someone continues to be negative, however, I certainly would limit my time around them so as not to be pulled down in their negative pit of despair. So in conclusion...
To help you from feeling tired all the time, look into your water intake, sleep, nutrition, medications, physical health, lack of exercise, stress, laughter and attitude. Some of these things really are related and can effect the each other. Be sure to discuss things with your physician to make sure there is not a physical cause for your tiredness that could be corrected medically. Improvement in many of these areas could be done with minimal effort, just a few minor tweaks in your daily habits. For many, learning how to focus on the positive things and making that part of their daily routine can be the most challenging. It is amazing though the difference these things can make on people feeling tired all the time.