I've had extremely low energy for the past couple months...

I've had extremely low energy for the past couple months. I want to use a spreadsheet to keep track off everything that could be causing my low energy. I've been to a doctor but won't hear back test results for a couple weeks. Is there anything I'm missing that I should jot down?

So far I have:
time I get up in the morning, time I go to bed, time I have breakfast/lunch/dinner as well as what I eat at that time, how much exercise I get, how much sunlight I get, how much water I drink, how much coffee I drink (and when). I guess I'll also jot down in my phone how much energy I have at 5 or so intervals in the day just on a scale from 1-6.

But what else can I add?

inb4 autism, you already knew that.

Notes about environmental stressors, how did work/school go that day? What was the weather like? Emotional factors, what was your mood like? What influenced your mood that day? If you stick to hard data you're going to end up with a list of what you ate for a month.

But my mood is always bad, and everything always goes poorly. So that's pretty constant.

well there you have it

Right, but it stems from having low energy all the time. It went Low Energy -> Not Doing as much -> Poor Mood. It's not psychological, because I'm optimistic and have things I'm excited for, but I'm bogged down with a fatigue that affects my body and my mind.

let me know if you figure it out, OP. i feel sluggish all the time.

>I'm optimistic and have things I'm excited for
>My mood is always bad, and everything goes poorly
So which is it? It sounds to me like you were looking for a more specific answer and you don't like the one that makes the most sense. There's a connection between your low energy and your mood and I don't think how much coffee you drank over the course of a month is going to reveal that to you

My mood is bad because I have mentally (and physically) tired all the time. So I don't go out and do as much, I'm not proactive or productive, etc. But, it's not as if I am depressed or sad or anxious about any particular issue, and I'm generally optimistic and have things I want to do (but ultimately do not, and I think the reason for it is fatigue).

I don't really know how I'd go about logging environmental stressors really

>I'm generally optimistic and have things I want to do (but ultimately do not, and I think the reason for it is fatigue)

If you read about depression this is a huge part of the definition. Having things you would like to do but then just not doing them. I can't tell you how you feel, that's for you to decide, but based on the way you're posting it just sounds like you're caught in a downward spiral and that the actual source of your lack of energy is the exhaustion of being in a bad mood because of your lack of energy.

It might not be easy but I think the best thing for you would be to force yourself to do all the things you say you want to do even if you're tired.

You don't have to agree, just think about it.

>I'm generally optimistic and have things I want to do

ah, same. i want to focus, and i enjoy it when i am able to do so, but most of the time i cannot.

can you post updated list? looking to create it myself


also, if this were among a community, it'd be interesting to do some basic stats on the data for sleep, water intake, etc.

if you want more energy its really just run in the morning and an aderall in the afternoon. works wonders

>It might not be easy but I think the best thing for you would be to force yourself to do all the things you say you want to do even if you're tired.

you don't think OP tries to do this already?

And he shouldn't stop. People often get caught in "I tried that already, it didn't work" but this doesn't mean stop trying it.

So far I have the following:
Date; Time Up; Time In Bed (night before); Quality of Sleep (1-10); Reason for this?; Feeling when awake; Time Breakfast; Breakfast Food; Breakfast Calories; Time Lunch; Lunch Food; Lunch Calories; Time Dinner; Dinner Food; Dinner Calories; Water Intake (per 1.5 cups); First coffee intake (cups) (4 makerMarks = 2.5 cups); Time of Coffee; Second coffee intake (cups); Time of Coffee; Time spent in sun; Exercise; Kratom Intake; Kratom Time; Fap One (end time); Fap One Duration; Porn?; Fap Two; Fap Two duration; Porn?; Fap Three; Fap Three duration; Porn?

It obviously looks like a lot but should only take 10 minutes a night when it's all set. I just need to jot down in my phone when I have my meals, when and quantity of coffee, and how much water I drink. I remember everything else.

I wonder if there is a way to keep track of "environmental factors". I'm thinking maybe I can send myself a text every 2 hours and I reply back with how I feel, what I am currently doing, and why I think I feel the current way. That way I could at least calculate correlations between, say, a type of media or a type of food or a certain activity, and low energy.

You may want to include mg of caffinee instead of cups? Unless you make it yourself, creating even data.

I would say that you should journal. It's a good idea, and you can link to journal entries relatively easily

I almost always make it for myself. I think I'll just add an abbreviated journal entry in the spreadsheet, because I've tried journaling before and it just turns into glorified ToDo lists and historical entries I'll seldom look at

I think Alsup wrote once that he had a problem where his brain would get less oxygen than usual and this hampered his cognitive skills for months until it got fixed.

There's also heart stuff (ekg?), sleep apnoe (get a new matress maybe? old matresses are damaging to your health anyway), insulin levels?, sleep quality?, nutrient intake?, kalium/sodium levels?, WEIGHT?, GENERAL FITNESS?

if you can find me a source for that it'd be awesome senpai

Couldn't find it anymore.

bump

lyme disease broski

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How should I check for radon exposure?

There was a medfag who had an excel sheet on everything he did. Wished he showed how he did it but I think it's in the archives and you can read his process

final bumparoo

get your blood checked-you could have a vitamin b deficit, or an std

exersize more and sleep without an alarm clock

You have anemia