Fatigue


  • Fatigue is a phenomenon that everyone knows. It makes you become less alert and responsive to things around you. 
  • Nearly everyone is overtired or overworked from time to time. Such instances of temporary fatigue usually have an identifiable cause and a likely remedy, such as a good night’s sleep.
  • Constant exhaustion, on the other hand, lasts longer, is more profound and isn’t relieved by rest. It’s a nearly constant state of weariness that develops over time and reduces your energy, motivation and concentration. 
  • Fatigue at this level impacts your emotional and psychological well-being, too.
  • Most of the time fatigue can be traced to one or more of your habits or routines. 
  • Taking an honest inventory of things that might be responsible for your fatigue is often the first step toward relief. 
  • Fatigue may be related to:
    • Use of alcohol or drugs
    • Excess or lack of physical activity
    • Lack of good sleep
    • Medications, and some over-the-counter medicines
    • Unhealthy eating habits