Tiredness, Due To A Dietary Deficiency?

[piggynose]

I have been experiencing extreme tiredness recently, feeling drowsy in the mornings even after a good sleep, and in the early evenings. Or could it be age related? I am 54.

[kvalidir]

Are you anaemic?

[ummmm]

What is your diet like?

[Purple_Popple]

Do you take vitamin supplements? Perhaps you need more iron... Are you dieting at the moment? Thyroid? Menopause?
Go to your GP and have a blood test.. it could be a number of things.

[Sqad]

You have had quite a number of blood tests over the past few months ( I think) and anything significant would have shown up.

Dietary deficiency as a cause of your symptoms?........naaah!

New girlfriend?..........maybe.

[piggynose]

my diet is pretty healthy, I eat porridge every morning with banana, pears& sultanas, washed down with freshly squeezed orange juice, for lunch its either salads/ or pasta, oily fish sucha s mackerel or trout, fruit for desert most days. rarely eat in the evenings. thats a good idea about a blood test.

[ummmm]

I doubt it's your diet then.

How much sleep is a 'good sleep'?

[237SJ]

When you say you rarely eat in the evenings, do you mean you don`t have an evening meal at all? Maybe that is why you are tired in the evening and before breakfast.

[piggynose]

i havent eaten an evening meal in years, just a snack, eg some fruit, usually something light. mainly because i´m trying to control my weight.
lol sqad, same novia for 4 years now

[piggynose]

sleep. dont get more than 7 hours usually.
sqad, i think i´m due a blood&urine test soon, aren´t they annual?

[Sqad]

LOL...perhaps she is boring you.
Get another one..;-)

[Sqad]

I have no idea piggy.....if i was wrong and you haven't had a blood test recently, then the post of Purple_Popple is very relevant.(Except of course for the menopause LOL)

[NoMercy]

Any other symptoms?

I doubt it would be hypovitaminosis D, given that you live in sunny Spain.

[piggynose]

she is on the quiet side, sqad, what to do? at least no headaches,

[Old_Geezer]

And there's me, thinking at that age, it's "normal".

[Purple_Popple]

Sorry piggynose!
OK you may be slightly hypoglycemic. try having a might snack before you go to bed see if that helps?

[whirlyhurly]

Well piggynose, I wish my my food regime was half as healthy as yours, and surely 7 hours sleep as rather good. I don't know any person in your age range that gets much more, in fact most myself included are lucky to achieve 5 hours, which is interrupted for "urine breaks" a few times.

[boxtops]

I would be quite concerned not to have an early evening meal - are you sure you're getting enough nourishment?

[piggynose]

boxtops, after almost 8 years, should i change my eating habits now?
I usually have a large bowl of porridge daily, with fruit, and a big lunch also daily, as for the evening, i dont feel like eating much apart from something light. so surely i´m getting enough nourishment?