Fatigue - does everyone get it

About stroke Fatigue
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Thanks Simon :slightly_smiling_face: The after stroke service is for six weeks once discharged from the hospital. I did have that. I will give the helpline a call and also see what my GP can come up with. Thanks for taking the time to help!

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Hi Ann

It does get you down. I guess I thought it may get better or I’d get better at managing it so it would appear to be better, if that makes sense.
Some days I feel like I’ve not made much progress at all at times.
Hopefully the GP will sort me out!

Thanks for your support.

Best wishes

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Having a good moan on here can keep both cathartic and inspirational as it allows you to see things from new perspectives.

Now the key to getting your fatigue investigated thoroughly might be to not mention your stroke at all. Just mention this issue of fatigue as an individual symptom, not linked to stroke, and just allow the doc to investigate it. Be sure the doc orders a full blood test, that he’s testing for low nutrients in the body too. And to speed things up just a tad, take a urine sample with you. You can pick up the test kit any time from your GP’s reception. On the morning of your gp appointment, take the test first thing in the morning, at mid stream is usually the best.

Never assume or just accept that your Fatigue is a post stroke symptom. Fatigue can linked to so many ailments such as:
Lacking in a certain nutrients;
Type 2 diabetes, which isn’t just linked to weight and poor diet, it also comes with age.
Menopause
Stress
Sleep disorders
Certain medications.
Or it can also be a warning sign to something more serious. But we don’t need to go there yet as that would just be catastrophising at this point in time.

So its always best for your own health and wellbeing to get these symptoms ruled out before you settle in on it being an after effect of your stroke you just have to contend with :wink:

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That makes perfect sense to me. I often think it should have got better by now & as it hasn’t I guess i just don’t manage it as well as I should. Work plays a part in that vecause to a certain extent you have to plough on regardless.

I hope you get some answers from your GP. It could be something easy to resolve.

Ann

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Thank you. It is easy to blame the stroke for everything and I know I shouldn’t!! I will definitely get a blood test.
Thank you.

Best wishes

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Thanks Ann. You are so right. I have managed to return to work. I work part time as I could not get past the three day mark in increasing my hours.
I most certainly plough on with rare occasions when I can’t!

It’s reassuring that others are experiencing similar things.

Thanks everyone!

Best wishes

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@Loopyj
I still have very bad fatigue at 18 months past stroke, to think you still have it after 5 years is so depressing :weary: even though we are all different. I was hoping it would ease away.

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