Extreme tiredness around AF

[Artechim]

I have always been the type to just get AF with no symptoms or warning, it would just be there every 4-5 weeks.

I just got AF back for the first time last month since my DD2 was born. Last month I suspected it was coming because my tummy was very tender for a couple of days prior and by the time it arrived I was so tired I could barely function. I don't get much sleep so I just assumed I was exhausted due to that, but now it is a month later and I have the same tender tummy and again I am so tired I feel like I am walking under water. It isn't so much sleepy tired, but more body tired itms.

Does anyone else get this around AF? I went back to normal straight away after the other two kids, do you think that this might pass?. The thought of living like this for 3-4 days of every month for the next 20 odd years is depressing!

[Sopdet]

My advice, go to the Dr and get yourself checked out for things like iron etc levels.

[Charlotte91]

I've start spotting heavily today, which would be my 2nd AF since DS (first AF was just light spotting for a few days).

DS and I slept from 9-5.30 (up for 10 minutes) til 7 and I can hardly keep my eyes open. I'm so exhausted

[AnyDream]

Yes I get v. tired around AF time, more in the lead up but also in the first couple of days. And since I'm a newly self-appointed sleep expert (because I've read fully half of the internet over the last couple of weeks LOL) I can also confirm that the hormonal changes associated with menstruation are a known sleep disrupter. Add that to your existing sleep deprivation and your snore-like-a-diesel-engine bed partner and I'm not surprised you're feeling fatigued.

Having said all of that, if this is a new thing for it might be worth checking out with your dr as you could have some very easily-fixed deficiency or a thyroid iss-ewe. Or maybe you just need some chocolate.