I sleep 10 hours a night but still need to nap constantly during the day. Even 400 mg of caffeine doesn't buzz me, it just makes me feel 70% close to my normal, high energy 20s self. My daytime fatigue is so severe I've been mistaken for being drunk (even though I don't drink), and I experience a dream like brain fog around friends unless I use caffeine pills to seem present.
I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s, but it's frustrating to constantly need naps when I haven't even done anything. Sometimes you just have to biohack. Still, I feel a bit jealous of how men age differently and seem to keep loads of energy.
I've seen specialists, and I've had every blood test under the sun. I'm not overweight, my BMI is 20. Everything's all normal, I'm just no spring chicken anymore, and that's okay.
I hope you get the help you need and deserve. 30 years old is not old at all, so it's not a reason to feel like you're feeling. I hope you get better and have a wonderful life
I know people are trying to be more positive about ageing in women, but 35 or over is clinically considered geriatric in women: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/geriatric-pregnancy
I'm not yet considered geriatric, but I'm absolutely not in my prime anymore.
It's just something I need to get on with. I accept that I'm getting old for a woman. I've seen lots of doctors and had every hormone, vitamin, blood test etc under the sun and they're all normal. I'm not going to waste their time anymore.
Stimulants are good.