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04-14-2012, 09:11 PM | #1 | ||
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What things do you do first thing in the morning?
I will hit the need a nap button from 20 minutes of reading on the web. I had to stop reading the morning paper for this reason.
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04-14-2012, 09:19 PM | #2 | |||
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I have suffered from diagnosed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome since the accident. Incidence will vary amongst individuals. I currently wake up with full-on fatigue, and must lie quietly in bed, or try to go back to sleep, until the session terminates. This rarely happens before mid afternoon (today I was bedridden until 6 pm).
I have all the symptoms you describe, the fatigue, the nausea, dizziness, weakness. My CFS used to be much worse. What could be worse? The fact that it never terminated at all. 24/7 lasting for years.
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04-14-2012, 09:31 PM | #3 | ||
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Normally i wake up, eat breakfast and talk to my girlfriend over skype. Most of the time we message each other during the day and talk at night because she takes care of her aunt for a living, so she goes back and forth.
We're both gamers so we message while playing games usually, but about 4 hours after waking up is when the fatigue hits me, i either wait it out and continue with what we're doing or i lay down. But after the fatigue is done, its done for the rest of the day till i go to sleep. Maybe its the games? Even though after the fatigue goes away i can stay up playin games the rest of the night just fine while on a skype call with her. |
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04-14-2012, 10:22 PM | #4 | ||
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Have you tried having your pituitary hormones checked? Damage to the pituitary gland is a common source of chronic fatigue following TBI. I found a good article discussion this and other subjects. http://trevormooney.wordpress.com/ta...sion-syndrome/ Quote from article: "In the late 1990’s, Dr. Daniel Kelly observed in several patients the classic signs of pituitary failure; depression, fatigue and poor concentration (Lieberman et al. 2753)." Maybe its worth a shot. -GlassHead |
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04-15-2012, 01:45 AM | #5 | |||
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I've considered it, of course, along with other endocrine-related trauma. I can check with my PCP and see what he thinks. One question, kind of general, how would such a deeply located gland be differentially vulnerable to a frontal injury, vs. the rest of the brain?
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04-17-2012, 04:16 PM | #6 | ||
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It is connected to the hypothalamus via a small thin stalk and the gland itself is like an individual structure sticking out of the brain. I guess it is very vulnerable to the shearing forces acting on the brain during a concussion, damaging the stalk. It also, ironically enough, looks like a punching bag Picture of pituituary gland: http://www.cushings-help.com/images/pituitary.gif I also just read an article that states that the gland can stop functioning many years after the traumatic event, people should be aware of that: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18780593 -GlassHead |
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04-14-2012, 10:31 PM | #8 | ||
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I can get fatigued in the morning from reading, etc. but once I have a nap, I can do just about anything the rest of the day. I know I have reactive hypoglycemia and wonder if it could be the cause. A drop in blood glucose can cause fatigue.
I used to check my glucose level and it could drop to 60 or below. Normal should be 80 to 90. A glucometer can be purchased for $60 to $80 plus test strips and lances. Some journaling of food intake and blood sugar levels can help to figure if it is related to blood sugar. When I told a doctor I was doing this, at first he thought I was a hypochondriac. Then, I told him I was trying to see if it was related to fatigue and sleepiness and he agreed it made sense. btw, Reactive hypoglycemia is a roller coaster of blood glucose after eating intense carbs with swings from 120 high to as low as 60 or even 40. 40 can be almost comatose.
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04-14-2012, 11:57 PM | #9 | ||
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I would bet on the fatigue... I've been super girl all my life...the fatigue is unbelievable debilitating.
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