Why we Feel so Tired So Often

Many people who are going through the Indigo to Crystal shift find that intense fatigue and tiredness are two of the predominant symptoms of their shift. They feel exhausted all the time, and just want to sleep. And when they do sleep, they sleep deeply and do not want to get up.

So, what is happening, and why do we feel this way.

Archangel Michael explains that there are three different processes that cause the fatigue. These are:

• Emotional Body Clearing
• De-toxification of the Physical and Subtle Bodies
• Full Multi-Dimensional Consciousness

Emotional Body Clearing

This kind of trauma release is exhausting! Some people don't fully realise what is happening, as they do most of their releasing through dream work at night. But those who suffer anxiety attacks are often doing this processing during the day.

At this point you may need help to work with letting go of old patterns being held by the Inner Child. This is where you need to really do your Inner Child work. Find a good therapist, do a workshop, or find a good book, but let go of the patterns of your wounded child!

And then understand that while you are doing this clearing you will be exhausted. You have spent most of your life repressing these energies. Processing them is hard work. But worth it! when you are finished you will have cleared your psyche of subconscious patterns of self-sabotage, and will be able to function from a space of complete clarity and purity of intention.

De-Toxification of the Physical and Subtle Bodies

These old "toxic" energies are passed through the subtle bodies and cleared through the physical. In addition, any old toxins that the physical body is holding will be cleared at this time.

This process of cleansing and de-toxification puts considerable strain on the organs of elimination, being the kidneys and the liver. Hence many of you may experience having bags under your eyes, evidence of kidney stress, and digestive disturbances such as heartburn and flatulence, evidence of liver stress. In addition you may experience pains in the joints, which is also a characteristic of detoxification, as excess acids are released from their storage in the body.

In addition, these processes of elimination will also make you feel tired, and you may be prone to headaches - all symptoms of detoxification. That is why you will need to drink lots of clear, clean water and try to eat a healthy diet as far as is possible.

Full Multi-Dimensional Consciousness

Archangel Michael asked me to explain this to you in terms of the frequencies of the brain waves. As you enter mutli-dimensional awareness, you expand the range of consciousness that your body can handle and the ways in which it is handled.

The brainwave frequencies are as follows:

• Beta- "normal" waking consciousness
• Alpha - light meditation
• Theta - deep meditation
• Delta - the sleep state or deep hypnosis
• Gamma - rapid eye movement or the deepest state of sleep/hypnosis where operations can be performed without pain

A fifth-dimensional being functions between Beta/Alpha/Theta in the normal waking state.

Your multi-dimensional awarenss allows your consciousness to shift in this range, while you are awake!!! But this is what causes "fatigue". Your body has always recognised Theta as a state of deep relaxation prior to sleep, and so when your brain waves shift to Theta it sends you a message to say that you are tired and about to go to sleep! And so because we are conditioned to respond to that cue with tiredness and sleep, we feel that we need to go and sleep.

A sixth-dimensional being in training for full 9D Christ Consciousness will be learning to move through Delta to Gamma in the normal waking state!! Now your body definitely thinks it's asleep!! The trick is to learn to move with these states, without panicking or getting "lost" in a dream-like state. Those of us who are doing this work often feel like we are living in a slow-mo dream world, and this is in fact true. We are living in the dream state in our waking consciousness.

This will take a while to master, but once mastered it is the key to immense creativity and the manifestation of "miracles". In this deep state of consciousness we can literally bend and shape time and matter with pure intention. So, understand that your body is learning to adapt to a different range of brain-wave frequencies.

A Note of Caution

• Stay Grounded. Work at keeping in your body. Do not take recreational drugs or smoke dope at this time, it will intefere with the natural expansion of consciousness.
• Distinguish between real tiredness and expanded consciousness. Be kind to yourself. If you feel tired - rest. In fact, you will need significant amounts of rest as you pass through this process. if you try to overdo things you will become hyper and will probably crash into exhaustion anyway.
• Be careful. If you are driving a car, concentrate and focus. So many people are having accidents because they are unaware of what happens when their brain shifts frequencies. It is just a matter of being grounded and concentrating. Tell your body and your guidance that for the duration of the journey you need to be able to concentrate fully on what you are doing.
• Relax - it will pass. Soon you will become used to working with these different frequencies. I have begun to have a lot of fun with the dreamy, spacy state, and I am learning to use the creativity that it engenders. I am also learning how to shift frequencies at will. Yes, we are truly becoming Crystal or Christed.

LINK: http://starchildglobal.com/starchild/tired.html

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Do you experience a lack of energy throughout the day? If so, check out these simple ideas and tips on how to reinvigorate yourself.

Why do I Feel Tired and Worn Out?

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This is a common feeling for many people these days. It seems that some feel this way more often than they feel healthy and energized. The good news is that there are steps we can take to prevent ourselves from constantly feeling exhausted. Here are a few ideas to get you started on the right path to feeling energized.

According to Julie Evans at Prevention.com, one main reason people often feel tired and worn out is lack of sleep. Evans reports that a large percentage of Americans aren't sleeping enough. In fact, she says that adults should get around 8 hours of sleep every night, especially those who exercise. This is the body's way of “rebooting” and preparing for the next day. You must allow your body the chance to repair itself and be rejuvenated to tackle another day. When we keep missing sleep, our bodies tell us that we need to “catch up” by making us feel tired. Try to simply get more sleep and set a designated time to go to bed each night and get up in the morning.

Another reason that people feel tired and worn out is that they are not getting the right foods in their diet. Try to feed yourself every two to three hours with healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Healthy food is the best fuel for your body. You wouldn’t expect your car to keep running well if you didn’t take care of it, would you? Try to clean up your diet. Replace sugars with protein or whole grains. Consider taking a vitamin in the mornings and don't forget to drink your water.

Another way to prevent this feeling of being tired and worn out from happening is to start an exercise program. Exercise helps our bodies in many ways, and quality sleep is yet another benefit it offers. When we exercise, our bodies rest a lot more effectively. Beyond that, it keeps our bodies performing well. It allows us to metabolize food more efficiently and keeps us energized longer. Start a simple resistance training program and then start to work your way up to a full workout program.

Give these tips a try and you'll start noticing a significant improvement in the quality of lifestyle that you experience, plus natural methods offer healthy and safe alternatives to potentially dangerous sleeping pills or energy drinks.

LINK: http://www.brighthub.com/health/fitness/articles/17764.aspx

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Tiredness

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Introduction

We all feel tired from time to time. Usually, it's obvious why we are tired. We take the time to rest and get over it quickly.

 

But tiredness can be a serious problem if:

• there is no obvious reason for it
• it goes on for a long time
• it is so bad that you can't do anything at all.

This sort of tiredness can stop us from enjoying and getting on with our lives.

How common is tiredness?

At any given time, 1 in every 5 people feel unusually tired and 1 in 10 have prolonged fatigue. Women tend to feel tired more than men. It can be a problem at any age, but is less common in the very young and old.

 

If you want to work out how you became tired in the first place, it can be helpful to think about:

• parts of your life that might be particularly tiring
• any events that might have triggered your tiredness
• other things in your life that might be keeping you tired.

Reasons for being tired

These can be physical or psychological, or both.

Physical

Being overweight.

Your body has to work harder just to do everyday things.

 

Being too thin
Your muscles may not be strong enough to do everyday things without becoming tired.

 

Physical illness
Any serious illness can make you tired, especially painful ones. Even less serious illnesses, like glandular fever, can leave you feeling worn out.

 

General: 

• Anaemia
• Autoimmune disorders
• Chronic infections
• Cancer
• Liver, heart or long-term chest problems

Glandular:

• Diabetes
• Hypothyroidism

Sleep:

• Narcolepsy
• Sleep apnoea

Muscular:

• Myositis
• Multiple sclerosis

 

Even if you have got over cancer or heart problems, you can still have a problem with tiredness.  There is also evidence that some women with tiredness may have too little iron, in spite of apparently normal red blood cells.

 

Treatments
The following treatments can exhaust you:

• serious operations on your abdomen or chest
• medications like beta-blockers and strong painkillers
• treatments for cancer, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

 

Doing too little - and getting unfit

If you don't get any exercise, you may find it hard to sleep through the night.

 

 

Doing too much and tiring yourself out

If you carry on doing things - whether physical or mental - even when you feel tired, you may find it harder to recover, and get even more tired.

 

Pregnancy and breast feeding
Both of these can sap your energy.

 

Poor sleep
Disturbed sleep can leave tired and you will find it hard to concentrate.

Psychological

Worries and stress

Worry makes you feel tired - especially when you cannot see a way out of your problems.

 

Insomnia
If you don't sleep well for a long time, you can start to feel tired, irritable and fed up.

 

Depression
Depression tends to make you feel tired all the time. It can make you wake early which can make you feel even more tired.

 

Everyday difficulties
Everybody gets stressed and exhausted when bad things happen to them. It's worth remembering that even positive events, like moving home or getting married, can also be exhausting. Being faced with a difficult decision, especially 'no win' situations, can exhaust you.

 

Emotional shock
Bad news, bereavement or the break up of a relationship can all make you feel drained.

 

Expecting too much of yourself
Everyone has standards - in work and in their personal life.  They are usually helpful - they give you a sense of direction.  But, if you expect too much of yourself, you can find yourself repeatedly failing, making you feel frustrated and tired.

Habits

Sleep

If you are feeling tired, you may get into the habit of sleeping in the day. This can make it more difficult to 'switch off' at night and get a good night's sleep.

 

Sleeping too much
It sounds odd, but this too can make you tired - perhaps because it reduces your fitness.

 

Activity
A 'roller-coaster' of too much activity followed by too much rest; if you do too much on a good day, you may overdo things and feel even more tired the next day.

Work and family

Continuing difficulties
There are some things in life that you find hard, or impossible to change. If you don't feel in control of your life, it is easy to get frustrated and tired.

 

Looking after small children
No surprises here. If your child doesn't sleep through the night, neither do you. It can be really hard work just to keep going with your daily routine.

 

Night work
Night workers often find that they get tired easily. This is more likely if the timing of their shift is constantly being changed.

 

Work stress

• Too much work
• Not enough control over your work
• Not being recognised for the work you do

will all tend to make you feel tired.

 

Unemployment

Not working when you want to can tire you out through frustration.

What we drink

Coffee and tea
Coffee, tea and some soft drinks contain caffeine. This is a chemical which makes us feel more awake. Six cups of coffee a day or ten cups of tea (or six mugs) are enough to upset sleep and make you wound-up and tired.

 

Alcohol
If you drink alcohol in the evening, it tends to wake you up in the middle of the night. If you drink quite a lot regularly, it can make you depressed and affect your sleep.

 

'The last straw'

It will often takes several things together to make you feel tired. For example, if you feel stressed for a long time, you will probably sleep badly and feel 'below par'. You might then catch a cold. This can be the 'last straw' which finally exhausts you. You feel that you have to rest to get over this, but then quickly become unfit. You will now find that just doing everyday things can make you even more tired. If you can't get back to your normal routine, you will probably feel worried and frustrated. This gives you more sleepless nights and makes you more tired ....... and so a vicious circle is set up.

 

Beating tiredness

1. Improve your sleep

• Go to bed and get up in the morning at the same time every day, no matter how you feel.
• Make sure your bedroom is comfortable: not too hot, not too cold, and not too noisy.
• Don't eat or drink a lot late at night. Try to have your evening meal early rather than late.
• Try to gradually reduce the time you spend 'napping' during the day.
• If you can't sleep, don't lie there worrying about it: get up, leave the bedroom and do something you find relaxing. When you feel tired enough, go back to bed.
• Pick a way to relax before going to bed - such as reading, listening to music or using a relaxation technique.
• Have a hot bath before bed. This should be as hot as you can bear, without scalding you, and last a good twenty minutes.
• If something is troubling you, and there is nothing you can do about it there and then, try writing it down. Tell yourself you will deal with it in the morning, and then go to bed.
• If none of this works, go and see your doctor.

 

2. Take some exercise
Many people feel too exhausted to start any exercise. However, in the long run, regular exercise will make you feel less tired and more energetic. So what can you do about this?

 

Try starting with a small amount of exercise: it doesn't matter how little as long as it's easy and you can do it regularly - every day, if possible. You then slowly increase the amount you do over a period of weeks and months, adjusting it so you don't get more tired. It can be as little as walking from one room to another.  Over time, you can increase the amount of time you exercise (or distance you walk), aiming to eventually do half an hour a day (you may need to divide this half hour into several short periods of time).

 

Walking is the easiest exercise to try, but anything that you enjoy will do. Many people like to swim or cycle regularly. What you are trying to do is to gradually improve your fitness and strength. You may be able to get advice from someone who knows how to help unfit or ill people to get fit.

 

If you find that you are doing too much, and feeling worse, don't give up! Carry on with some less demanding regular exercise, perhaps for a shorter time each day. Don't do anything more energetic until you have got used to the amount of exercise you are doing at the moment.

 

Once you are managing half an hour a day, you should gradually increase the intensity of your exercise so that you start to get a bit out of breath.

 

3. Cut out caffeine
Gradually stop having all caffeine drinks over about a three week period. Everyone knows that coffee and tea contain caffeine, but watch out! There are many other drinks and products that have caffeine in them, such as energy and cola drinks, some painkillers, and energy-boosting pills. Some herbal remedies also contain a lot of caffeine. If you are in any doubt, read the ingredients list on the packaging.

 

Try to stay off caffeine completely for a month to see if you feel better without it. You may find that stopping caffeine gives you headaches. If this happens, just cut down more slowly the amount of caffeine you are drinking.

 

Chocolate can also be a problem if you eat it every day because it contains chemicals that make you feel more awake.

 

4. Weight

If you are overweight, you will feel a lot better if you lose some weight gradually. A crash diet is not helpful and can make you more tired. Apart from eating healthily, the best way to lose weight is to gradually do more active and do more exercise.

 

If you are too thin, you will not recover your full energy unless you start to get back to your normal weight. By doing this you can start to re-build your muscles and your strength.

 

5. Plan your day/week
Try to plan your day and your week. Try to make sure that you don't have any really hectic, tiring days. Organise it so that you do a little every day. If you cram everything into one day, you may be too exhausted to do anything for the rest of the week. Try to do your chores when you think you will have the most energy.

 

6. Have realistic expectations
Be kind to yourself. If you have been tired for a long time, don't expect to be back to your normal self overnight. Set realistic goals for yourself and your recovery. Don't expect too much too soon. All progress is good, however small or unimportant it may seem at the time.

 

Learn from your tiredness:

• were you demanding too much of yourself before you got tired?
• did you have a good balance between work, rest and enjoying yourself?
• should you reconsider what you want from life?

What doesn't help

We'd all like a magic cure to take away our tiredness. There isn't one. There are many products on the market that claim to do this. There is no good evidence that any of them help for very long. This goes for vitamins, minerals, stimulants, total rest and sleeping, and exclusion diets that cut out particular foods.

Not getting better

There is always a reason and sometimes more than one. You may be suffering from an undiagnosed illness. Ask your doctor to check out whether you have any of these problems. Common treatable problems include thyroid disease, anaemia, sleep apnoea (temporarily stopping breathing when asleep), restless legs (an uncomfortable restless feeling in the legs that happens when you are trying to rest), anxiety and depression.

M.E. and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A small number of people suffer from severe and disabling tiredness that goes on for a long time and for which there is no clear cause. This is  called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

 

For a diagnosis of CFS, you have to have:

1. 6 months or more of medically unexplained tiredness that is:

• new - you haven't always felt like this
• not associated with continuing effort
• reduces the amount you can do
• not relieved by rest.

2. 4 or more of the following symptoms:

• sore throat
• tender lymph nodes
• muscle pain
• joint pain
• headache
• unrefreshing sleep
• tiredness after exercise that last more than 24 hours.

3. No active physical disease or mental disorder that could be responsible for these symptoms. So, before a diagnosis of CFS is made, physical and psychological examinations (and physical investigations) are requited. You will also need an assessment of your mental state.

 

People with CFS/ME have often felt that doctors believed that their problem was 'all in the mind' - even though they had physical symptoms. Doctors now recognise that this is an illness, although it is poorly-understood. Like many other 'physical' illnesses, such as asthma and irritable bowel syndrome. some psychological treatments seem to help. This does not necessarily mean that CFS is a mainly physical disorder. So - what do we know?

 

Viral infection

Certain viral infections can trigger CFS/ME. We also know that people with CFS/ME have no continuing infection with the virus. So, there may be factors other than the virus which keep CFS/ME going and delay your recovery. These are called 'maintaining factors' and  often the same ones as those that cause general tiredness, as described earlier in the leaflet.

 

Maintaining factors

These include difficulty in sleeping, depression and anxiety. If you can identify the factors that are keeping the CFS/ME tiredness going (they are usually more than one), you have a chance of improving.  They are often that same factors that cause the general tiredness as described above.

 

Trying too hard

Even trying to get better can sometimes make things worse. For instance, if you rest too much, you will get weaker and more unfit.  So when you do try to do something, you feel even more tired. It can also be easy to get into a 'boom and bust' pattern, where you do too much one day and then 'collapse' the day after.

 

What we believe about health

Most of us think that if we have a viral illness, we should go to bed or rest at home for a few days.  This works very well for short illnesses. However, if you do carry on resting for longer than a week or two, it tends to make you more tired.

Treatments for CFS

We now have treatments that we know can help CFS/ME. They won't work for everybody and it is important to make sure that any treatment suits the individual. They include:

 

• Supervised graded exercise therapy (GET). This is a way of gradually increasing your amount of physical activity and stamina without over-tiring yourself. It doesn't suit everybody, but does seem to help about 2/3 of those who try it.
• Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). This is a talking treatment which helps you to change any unhelpful ways of thinking about your illness and to improve your coping skills.
• Pacing. This is a common sense approach to adjusting one's daily activity so that you avoid over-tiredness and a possible relapse.

What if I don't do anything about it?

If you are tired for a few weeks after a viral infection, you are likely to get over it without any trouble.

BUT

If you have had CFS for six months or more, you will probably need help - only about 1 in 10 people with established CFS/ME gets better without any treatment.

How well do the treatments work?

• About 6 out of 10 people feel better with either CBT or GET, although quite a few people with CFS have reported that GET tends to make them more tired, not less.
• About a quarter of treated patients rate themselves as completely recovered from their CFS/ME after CBT - and the same number still consider themselves recovered five years after the treatment finished.

Which treatment to choose

Both CBT and GET (see above) are helpful for many people - but they clearly do not help everybody. Pacing makes good common sense, but does not yet have much evidence to support it, although it is currently being investigated.

 

If you need help of this sort, you may need to see a specialist or therapist trained in rehabilitation.

Further reading

Coping with chronic fatigue by Trudie Chalder. Sheldon Press, London, 1995.

 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The facts by Michael Sharpe and Frankie Campling. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.

 

Self-help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Guide for Young People. Trudie Chalder, Kanees Hussain. Blue Stallion Publications, Witney, Oxon, 2002.

 

Overcoming Chronic Fatigue: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques. Mary Burgess with Trudie Chalder. Robinson, London, 2005.

 

LINK: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/problems/sleepproblems/tiredness.aspx

 

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Tired all the time?

by Sara Phillips

Tiredness seems to be a modern plague. Should we all be getting more sleep? Or are the causes more complex than that?

Published 27/09/2006

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• A question of sleep
• Why do we sleep
• Insomnia
• Medical solutions
• Enduring fatigue
• Lifestyle
• Dietary issues
• More info

Pooped, shattered, knackered, buggered. Being fatigued is an everyday experience that for most of us is the trigger to put on your PJs and get a good night's sleep. But what about when you just can't seem to get going in the morning? When you run out of puff half way through the day? When you're zonked all the time?

A recent survey by Sydney's Woolcock Institute of Medical Research found that 11.7 per cent of a random selection of the NSW population suffers from chronic daytime sleepiness. Dr Nat Marshall, the study's lead researcher, adds that 32 per cent of people surveyed have insomnia or sleep disturbances, and almost 18 per cent sleep less than 6.5 hours a night.

Dr Marshall says he found these figures "worrisome", particularly as a lack of sleep can affect "everything from work safety to productivity and is even thought to promote obesity and diabetes."

Worse still, tiredness seems to be on the rise. Sydney GP Alf Liebhold says tiredness "is a very common presentation. Very common." Liebhold, who's been practising for 45 years, says the number of people complaining of tiredness increases every year.

Invigoration products are also on the rise. Sales of 'energy' drinks – caffeine and sugar-loaded soft drinks – have grown by 28 per cent over the last year. Clearly Australians feel as though they need an extra boost to get them through the day.

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A question of sleep

If you're feeling fatigued, it's important to establish the most basic of issues: Are you getting enough sleep? While everyone is able to function on less sleep than they prefer, if you are consistently under-sleeping, ongoing tiredness will be the result.

Dr Darren Mansfield at Melbourne's Epworth Sleep Centre specialises in sleep disorders. He draws an important distinction between sleepiness and fatigue. "Fatigue is more of a listless, lethargic sense of reduced energy but not necessarily increased sleep propensity during the day."

People with insomnia, he says, are fatigued, but not sleepy. So if you feel tired and find you can drop off to sleep at will, you are probably under-sleeping. "Not all of us need eight hours sleep," he says. In fact he believes the eight-hour figure is ultimately unhelpful for many people. GP and co-author ofWhy Am I So Tired? Dr Ginni Mansberg agrees.

"I think that eight-hour figure that gets bandied around does far more harm than good because people get stuck on it. They can have an eight-hour sleep and wake up feeling exhausted and think: 'What's wrong with me? I've had eight hours'. It may simply be a matter of saying: 'Well I need nine'," says Mansberg.

She adds that women, on average, need an hour more sleep than men.

Why do we sleep?

"There is a lot of evidence to suggest that sleep has an important learning and memory function," says sleep expert Darren Mansfield.

"If you demonstrate a complex task and then sleep deprive people afterwards, there is very good data now to show that the sleep deprived have a poor retention of that task or slower learning of the task."

Mansfield says that the seemingly random electrical impulses running through someone's brain while they're asleep are actually reinforcing important connections between brain cells. He describes this as your brain "rehearsing" its thoughts. "Information that's in long-term memory tends to disappear unless it's in some way rehearsed," he says.

And because we can't rehearse old information while simultaneously learning new information, we hop into bed, turn out the lights and shut our eyes in order to minimise external stimuli that would otherwise need to be processed. There, free from distractions, our brain deals with all the information that's been absorbed over a lifetime.

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Insomnia

Some people, however, want to sleep, but simply can't – it's estimated that 80 per cent of Australia's adult population will go through a sustained period of insomnia at some point in their lives. Mansfield says insomnia often arises when people are going through a stressful life period, or are suffering from depression or anxiety. Even when these triggers have been resolved, insomnia can linger, having become ingrained in the individual's sleep routine.

"People almost forget how to go about getting off to sleep," Mansfield says. They need to be re-educated. He teaches relaxation techniques before bedtime and says that if you find yourself wide awake at 3 am, you should forget about trying to continue sleeping. Instead, get up, read a "trashy novel" – entertaining, but not over-stimulating – until you become naturally tired again. Only then should you return to bed. Having a strategy like this helps dissipate the frustration, he says.

He also recommends keeping your body clock regular by going to bed and rising at similar times every day, and "not guzzling too much caffeine".

"People find themselves in a vicious cycle where caffeine contributes to a sleep disturbance, but because of the sleep disturbance, they feel tired and want more caffeine," he warns.

A bit of vigorous exercise earlier in the evening and a warm shower before bed also help send you to the land of nod. The slight fall in body temperature that follows these "warming" activities can trick the body into feeling sleepier. And don't discard the old wives' tale of a glass of hot milk before bed. Milk contains the amino acid, tryptophan which has been shown to help induce sleepiness.

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Medical solutions

Sometimes, tiredness is the result of a treatable medical problem. Mansberg says she checks for a series common complaints as her first order of business when seeing a tired patient. "The top three are depression, iron deficiencies and thyroid disease," she says.

The thyroid is a gland that controls a person's rate of metabolism, so if it is not functioning properly, tiredness can be a result. A simple blood test can check if the thyroid is functioning properly.

Sleep apnoea is another possible medical cause that can be definitively diagnosed only through overnight monitoring in a sleep lab. In sleep apnoea sufferers, the muscles holding open the airways become too relaxed and collapse. The person wakes, their muscles re-tension, and they continue breathing normally. The trouble is, the brief but frequent awakenings prevent them reaching the deep, restful phase of sleep. And often, the person falls asleep again so quickly, they have no memory of the event and, therefore, no idea why they feel so exhausted in the morning.

Some other suggested causes are (take a deep breath here because it's a long list): stress, low oxygen levels in offices, poor diet, infection, parasites, hormonal changes, allergies, poor spinal adjustment, anaemia, boredom, weight problems, anxiety, heart valve problems, lupis, and environmental toxins.

However, it's most likely that the cause is not one of these, but a combination of two or more. The problem is that tiredness is a symptom of just about every kind of illness. Even the common cold makes people feel lethargic. When it is such a non-specific problem, it makes tracking down the culprit all the more difficult.

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Enduring fatigue

If ongoing or persistent tiredness is present, a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome might be considered. This poorly understood illness affects up to one in 100 people who are struck down with a lethargy that just doesn't seem to go away.

Chronic fatigue often follows an infectious illness such as glandular fever and is accompanied by other symptoms like muscle and joint pain, concentration and memory difficulties and general irritability. Worst of all, even the experts are not sure what causes it.

"We know a fair bit about what chronic fatigue is not and not too much about what it is," says University of NSW expert Professor Andrew Lloyd. By a process of elimination, researchers have tracked the site of the problem to the brain. Lloyd believes it's a problem with the proper functioning of the brain, rather than any structural abnormality. He suspects chronic fatigue may actually be several different diseases that simply have the same symptoms, meaning that the hunt for the source will be long and difficult.

But the news isn't all bad – most people with chronic fatigue make a full and spontaneous recovery within six months of being diagnosed. For those that do not get better by themselves, a range of management techniques and support groups ease the burden of the disease.

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Lifestyle

Liebhold's pet theory on the increase in tiredness is that the rat race is sapping Australians' vim. "I think that much more is expected from some people than used to be," he says.

"There's an epidemic of people who are financially on a treadmill. I see people who haven't had a holiday in three years. I see people who don't want to take time off when they've got the flu. They're afraid of losing their jobs," says Liebold. It is true that Australians have the second longest working hours in the OECD (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), behind the USA.

Liebold says the constant pressure means we're not relaxing properly and are always running on half-charged batteries. "The sort of thing people used to do in order to regain their energy was have a bit of fun, have a holiday. They're even too tired to do that."

Mansberg agrees people should limit the number of activities they try to cram into their lives, but cautions that people can't simply drop out of society in order to get a bit more shut-eye.

"I've actually never met a woman who could say: 'What will I lop off my busy schedule? I think I'll just give back my children'," she says.

"We have morphed into a 24-hour society. That could be a good thing. There's no point in saying that's a terrible thing because it's here and it's more about learning to survive in that society than trying to change it."

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Dietary issues

A poor diet is often the most basic of lifestyle issues and can be fixed relatively simply. Dr Trent Watson, spokesman for the Dietitians' Association of Australia, says that iron is a key ingredient to maintain energy levels. He says red meat, green leafy vegetables and whole grains are all foods that give red blood cells the building blocks for optimum performance in their role of delivering oxygen to muscles.

Carbohydrates also power the body along on its daily tasks. Found in fruit, breads and pasta, it is the food most easily converted to energy.

Dehydration is another factor: "If you become dehydrated, you reduce your blood volume so your heart's got to work harder to pump the same volume around," says Watson.

Similarly, being overweight puts a lot of strain on your heart. And as a nation, we're the fattest we've ever been. At least 60 per cent of men and 42 per cent of Australian women are overweight or obese. The staggering statistic concerns Watson.

"A recent study in the US of 16,000 people showed a distinct correlation between obesity and excessive daytime sleepiness," he says, adding that people with a body mass index over 32 (anything higher than 25 is considered overweight), reported double the incidence of tiredness during the day.

Alcohol, like caffeine, is a drug that can lead to a vicious cycle of tiredness. "Some people drink alcohol to put themselves to sleep, but alcohol can disturb your sleep cycles, so you don't get your normal pattern of sleep during the night. You may get your eight hours, but because the quality of sleep has been reduced you still wake up fatigued," says Watson.

Tiredness can be an immensely frustrating condition, not least because the very generalised nature of it makes the cause difficult to pinpoint. Nonetheless, some solution – be it lifestyle, psychological, or physical – can usually be found. And if all else fails, it's a really good excuse for a holiday.

LINK: http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2006/09/27/1836294.htm

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Hooray! Holiday! aw... must check for chronic fatigue syndrome... so tired all the time, sleep does nothing!!! Tired when i'm awake- tired when i'm asleep. Tis' really craptacular!

I want to sleep... sleep forever.

New Ninja! Coming soon!!!

~The Ninja

Me: "OMG ITS DAN GREEN"
Dan: Hello
Me: *faints*
Dan: Uh, oh... she's not breathing... *does CPR*
Me: Still not moving
Dan: Must Carry to hospital!

Me: *sees Dan Green in Food court*
Dan: *walks closer*
Me: *screams* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
*Everyone is silent and looks at me.*
Dan: Weirdo....
Me: *embarassed*

Me: *OMG ITS DAN GREEN!!"
Dan: Hello
Me: *Frozen*
Dan: Erm... i think she's not breathing....
Me: *still Frozen*
Dan: Can i get some help? this girl's not moving and she's still standing up....

Me: *OMG ITS DAN GREEN*
Dan: Hello
Me: *cries*
Dan: Erm, did i do something wrong?
Me: *cries* you're the best best best... can i have your autograph?
Dan: If you stop crying...
Me: I'll try! *covers face*... not working...
Dan: Aww... poor girl *hugs*
Me: Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!

Me: OMG ITS DAN GREEN!
Dan: Hello
Me: Look out behind you!
Dan: Wha? *turns*
Me: *snips off some of Dan's hair*
Dan: Hey!!!
Me: Sorry! *runs off*
Dan: *Chases me* No one steals my hair and gets away with it!
Me: Yay! Dan's chasing me !!! I feel so happy XD

*Blushes* Heheeh.... that's some of the situations i think will happen for me

If only you knew how much i loved you...
How i treasure every word...
Every gesture... every act you do...

With the knowledge i have...
Of being so far away from you...
I weep in such a painful agony...

When i am close to you...
It feels like we are the only two people in the world...
I feel so happy... so warm... so loved...

Saying "I love you" cannot match of how strongly i feel for you...
There aren't enough words out there to come close to what i want to tell you.
You feel like a sun in my heart,
Beaming out such radiance... such an overwhelming feeling...
It feels like you're the miracle i've been dreaming of...
That piece of heaven... that i've always longed for...

Then when you're not here...
The sun is gone...
In its place is a blackhole...
Draining away all the life force within me...
Draining my happiness... my love... my worth...
I feel so miserable without you..
I feel such pain... pain so strong that it feels like its killing me...

I know i don't want to live without you by my side...
My life wouldn't be worth it...
I need you... to be my light...
In a world of painfulness and darkness... that is my own...

If only you knew how much you mean to me...
I love you. Those three words hold a life within them...
and yet... they are not strong enough to match what i feel...

~The Ninja
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Note: only 2 lines have a sense of Plagarism
And otherwise- all written by me. To the person i care for most in this world. He'll never see this though... =/

Time is priceless,
And yet, it costs us nothing.
We can get anything we want from it...
But we can't own it.

You can spend it,
But you can't keep it.
Once you've lost it,
There's no getting it back...

Its Just gone....

Time spent wisely is difficult.
Had we a choice to go back in time...
To fix the many mistakes a person can make...
Then would our lives be different.

A Grandparent can look into the youthful eyes,
Of their grandchildren...
And see what they once was...
Young, sprirted and free.

Growing up is a part of time...
No one can control it...
We all live...
We all die...

No one can choose their own destiny,
But we can very well control our own fate.
What we make of our lives comes with time...
Time is not a friend,
And friends are out of time.
For the world we know is Dying...

And only we can continue to make it live.
Through children,
and proper care of the world around us,
Not Just the environment,
but our families and friends too.

What will happen to us?
Only time will tell...
Time will tell.....

~The Ninja

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Its Time to Duel! XD

Well, aside from Xanga- there are other Dan Green groups out there. I happen to own 4 of them (or you could call me the person in charge; manager; boss, etc- lol  ) I'm giving out 3 of them.

~Here's Deviant Art: http://ninja-starz2.deviantart.com/
(Note: It doesn't work 100% like Xanga does- but you're able to view many pics of Dan ^^ and Yu-Gi-Oh! - i intend to put up more VAs Dan does- such as Treecko, Knuckles, and more. The best thing is that you don't have to sign up to view it!!)

~Here's Bebo: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5343134530/
Bebo gives a bit more stats + info, if you happen to have bebo- Join!

-And on the topic of bebo: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4785753213
This is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Group.

-And still on the topic of bebo:
Yugi is a cutie: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=6077056923
This group is for Yugi Mutou. Everyone looks to his Alter ego- why not look at the younger version of this alter ego. The two are one in the same. But still- you've gotta love both Yami AND Yugi ^^

NOTE: To join the bebo group- you MUST have an already made account. You are able to view it without joining though :)

~Here's Blingee: http://blingee.com/group/27659-Dan-Green-Appreciation-group/
This group is getting started. It contains glitterized pics of Dan. If enough people wish for Yu-Gi-Oh! + other Dan VAs to be put up- you need to comment on either my or the groups' comment section.

NOTE: To Join the Blingee Group- you MUST have an already made account. You are able to view it without joining though :)

Leave a comment for more info- if you wish :) + Enjoy!

~The Ninja

HI...REALLY GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!THERE IS A NEW SEASON OF THE ORIGINAL YUGIOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IT`S CALLED ,,YUGIOH NGD ,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!ISN`T THAT JUST GREAT!!!!!!!!!!THERE ARE SOME NEW HEROES AND FRIENDS, BUT THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE 10-14 YEARS OLDER...THAT’S NO PROBLEM.............
.......................COULD SOMEONE FIND THE NEWEST EPISODES???????????????

CALLING ALL HACKERS!!!!!!!!! ( I know its illegal- but that’s what you gotta do- Dan Green)

4 THOSE WHO HAVENT SEEN IT YET...THE GANG IS FIGHTING AGAINST AN EVIL PRINCE....BUT I WON`T TELL ANYTHING MORE.LET IT BE A SURPRISE!!!!ONE REALY BIG SURPRISE... AND...OHHHHHHHHHHH . . .OK...OK.I`LL TELL U THERE ARE 5 SEASONS OF YUGIOH NGD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!140 EPISODES!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope it gets Dubbed!!!!!!!!!! Dan Green! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm VERY VERY EXCITED!!!!!!!!

~The Ninja

OMG OMG OMG OMG

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