Experiencing Severe Fatigue, Don't Know Why

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For the past few years I have struggled with mild fatigue, which I believe at the time was caused by stress/anxiety I put on myself. However, for the past 5 or 6 months my fatigue has gotten much worse and I am not sure why. Fatigue is the main symptom I have, but other symptoms include black eye floaters, somewhat sensitive to bright sunlight, dizziness upon standing after lying or sitting, constant yawning, I force myself to workout even though I am usually much too tired, poor concentration, and a lot of the time I can feel the exhaustion in the front/top part of my head. I do not have any problems falling asleep but wake up every morning feeling as though I've been hit by a bus and got no sleep the night before. I also do not have any problems with diarrhea or vomiting, however for about 3 months last summer I had on and off stomach pain that I took Prilosec for that eventually just disappeared. In addition, it seems as though the worse I feel the lower my sex drive is and I sometimes get acne, but I am not sure why sometimes I feel noticeably worse than other times. I eat healthy, workout, get enough sleep, drink enough water, etc. I have had physicals and blood tests done, have had my heart checked and x-rayed, etc, but everything came back negative. I have minimal stress and anxiety now, but feel even worse than I did a year ago. I've been doing my own research online but am still not sure what could be causing this. I am a 21 year old male.

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  • Posted

    Where I live they do not check your B-12 in routine blood work. Please check and see what your B-12 is. B-12 can cause all kinds of problems. Hope this helps.
  • Posted

    Have you had your Vitamin d checked. I'm in the same boat as you as I use to get same symtoms but my vitamin d was low but I improved but niw I'm feeling fatigue again weakens brain fog sometimes to

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      Yes, I had it checked. The "healthy" range was between 30-100 and I registered at 35 when the test was conducted. They did not say anything and I am in the range, so I assume Vitamin D is not the problem. I'm also taking a new multivitamin which contains vitamin D, so I should be good.

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