so tired all the time

vjls · 07-28-2008, 11:28 AM

i am just tired i sleep about 8 hrs a nite i eat decent healthy. exercise daily
stand daily. but just wore out.
when they change my sp they always take a sample it all most always shows a colonaztion they will give a script foro chro. but i read where the sci nurse says i think that its not smart to take chipro for that i have not had a true uti in a while but i have never forgotten when i had an infection that went septic how lucky i am still here

so what do you all suggest?
c6c7 i am 57

Patonb · 07-28-2008, 11:36 AM

99% of us are colonized. If it's not bothering you, then I'd not treat it.

Are you eating properly to get all your energy? Remember... even pushig is alot of exersice.
Have you had your blood checked? Could be low in Fe.
What meds are you on?

vjls · 07-28-2008, 12:56 PM

MY blood was checked several months ago a little low but ok.
have bacoflen pump warin 6m 5days a week calicum and lyraica 150m
thats it i eat 1000 cals aday appr blood pressure has been low all my life
and i eat pretty good

Patonb · 07-28-2008, 02:22 PM

Bacoflen kills me... I take 70mg, but up it sliightly and I can barelystay awake! Its insane!

SCI-Nurse · 07-28-2008, 10:27 PM

Hi,

I would not feel like sleeping 8 hours nightely is overly excessive- some people require 10 hours, especially with your regime and medications. Baclofen can cause fatigue as can lyrica, but it sounds alike they are necessary for you.

I would encourage a complete yearly check-up, unless you have had one in the past year. Checking your iron studies and hemoglobin are especially related to fatigue and making sure you do not have unexplained weight loss.

I also would not treat colonization but only symptoms of an active infection, though I haven't seen cipro causing fatigue.

AAD

fuentejps · 07-29-2008, 07:59 AM

1000 cals a day would kill me. whats your stats

fishin'guy · 07-29-2008, 08:56 AM

<------Needs a little of that unexplained weight loss.TY

vjls · 07-29-2008, 09:19 AM

my wt is stable.if i would eat more than 1000cal a day i would be miss piggy
even when i was normal i had to keep cal around 1500 just me. and i worked
i had a 72a farm with 750 pecan trees that a lot of branches to pu plus i rode ever other day 7 horses cleaned stalls rode fence line plus my job. i was about 125lds. i was in top shape when i got hurt. i have to watch what i eat

i do push up 80 just about everynite. i am now doing crunch trying as my abs
are firing and pushing my legs as they are trying to push. i am 7 dam yr
57 but i am going to fight being a total ....

fuents<SP> i really watch my protein try to get as much as possible but i hate
that store bought protein

Martin_D · 07-29-2008, 06:38 PM

1000 cal would kill me too. prolly eat that in a single meal!
gut is starting to show so more exercise it is.

could be overtired too, maybe try a good long sleep? or is the heat getting too you? (if its hot).

mimin · 07-30-2008, 01:44 PM

I am also exhausted all the time; sometimes it's the most I can do to not fall out of the chair, hanging on with my wrist anchored round the push handle.

Granted, I don't eat very healthy and I doubt I get as much exercise as you so I'm a bad example. I also blame the meds - baclosal and gabapentin and I'm always colonised as well.

07-28-2008, 11:28 AM	#1
vjls Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: middle georgia Posts: 861	so tired all the time i am just tired i sleep about 8 hrs a nite i eat decent healthy. exercise daily stand daily. but just wore out. when they change my sp they always take a sample it all most always shows a colonaztion they will give a script foro chro. but i read where the sci nurse says i think that its not smart to take chipro for that i have not had a true uti in a while but i have never forgotten when i had an infection that went septic how lucky i am still here so what do you all suggest? c6c7 i am 57

07-29-2008, 07:59 AM	#6
fuentejps Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: OHIO Posts: 8,994	1000 cals a day would kill me. whats your stats __________________ John@bike-on.com c4/5 inc funtioning c6. 26 yrs post. sponsored athlete

07-30-2008, 01:44 PM	#10
mimin Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Israel Posts: 1,545	I am also exhausted all the time; sometimes it's the most I can do to not fall out of the chair, hanging on with my wrist anchored round the push handle. Granted, I don't eat very healthy and I doubt I get as much exercise as you so I'm a bad example. I also blame the meds - baclosal and gabapentin and I'm always colonised as well. __________________ Whoever said nothing's impossible didn't have a spinal cord injury!

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07-28-2008, 11:36 AM	#2
Patonb Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ottawa, Cdn.....eh Posts: 3,270	99% of us are colonized. If it's not bothering you, then I'd not treat it. Are you eating properly to get all your energy? Remember... even pushig is alot of exersice. Have you had your blood checked? Could be low in Fe. What meds are you on?

07-28-2008, 12:56 PM	#3
vjls Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: middle georgia Posts: 861	MY blood was checked several months ago a little low but ok. have bacoflen pump warin 6m 5days a week calicum and lyraica 150m thats it i eat 1000 cals aday appr blood pressure has been low all my life and i eat pretty good

07-28-2008, 02:22 PM	#4
Patonb Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ottawa, Cdn.....eh Posts: 3,270	Bacoflen kills me... I take 70mg, but up it sliightly and I can barelystay awake! Its insane!

07-28-2008, 10:27 PM	#5
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,333	Hi, I would not feel like sleeping 8 hours nightely is overly excessive- some people require 10 hours, especially with your regime and medications. Baclofen can cause fatigue as can lyrica, but it sounds alike they are necessary for you. I would encourage a complete yearly check-up, unless you have had one in the past year. Checking your iron studies and hemoglobin are especially related to fatigue and making sure you do not have unexplained weight loss. I also would not treat colonization but only symptoms of an active infection, though I haven't seen cipro causing fatigue. AAD

07-29-2008, 08:56 AM	#7
fishin'guy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle area Wash state Posts: 2,382	<------Needs a little of that unexplained weight loss.TY

07-29-2008, 09:19 AM	#8
vjls Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: middle georgia Posts: 861	my wt is stable.if i would eat more than 1000cal a day i would be miss piggy even when i was normal i had to keep cal around 1500 just me. and i worked i had a 72a farm with 750 pecan trees that a lot of branches to pu plus i rode ever other day 7 horses cleaned stalls rode fence line plus my job. i was about 125lds. i was in top shape when i got hurt. i have to watch what i eat i do push up 80 just about everynite. i am now doing crunch trying as my abs are firing and pushing my legs as they are trying to push. i am 7 dam yr 57 but i am going to fight being a total .... fuents<SP> i really watch my protein try to get as much as possible but i hate that store bought protein

07-29-2008, 06:38 PM	#9
Martin_D Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 89	1000 cal would kill me too. prolly eat that in a single meal! gut is starting to show so more exercise it is. could be overtired too, maybe try a good long sleep? or is the heat getting too you? (if its hot).