Medical Medium Podcast

The feeling of something holding you back from living a quality of life: legs feel heavy, arms feel weak, body feels like it’s in quicksand, and eyelids almost close on their own when it’s not bedtime. Always feeling tired, but so tired that it’s hard to think or get the words out of the mouth to express anything. Maybe you’re someone that burns out at a certain point of the day and needs a nap to function well again, or someone that is tired all the time no matter how much sleep you get. Maybe you’re someone that is severely exhausted but can’t sleep and it turns into a vicious cycle. Mystery fatigue can be brutal and if you are lucky enough to get a chronic fatigue diagnosis, it doesn’t mean a well-intentioned doctor understands the causes of the fatigue you are suffering with. Mystery fatigue of any kind can land a person with any number of conditions and labels, including Lyme disease, as one example alone. Fatigue is a prime example of a sickness that looks fine on the outside versus what it feels like o