Chicken or the egg problem: depression and fatigue F23
I’ve posted here relentlessly about a newfound fatigue I’ve been having for a few weeks at this point. It’s honestly making me suicidal. I don’t want to mention this to the doctor I see this week as I worry they will ascribe all my problems to depression. Here are the details:
- sleeping between 14-16 hours a day
- take abilify (10mg) and psychiatrist wants me to have a work up because she doesn’t think abilify would cause this
- Have around 300-400mg of caffeine and some nicotine a day to stay awake.
- Eating normally. Normal BMI. Trying to exercise semi-regularly despite the fatigue.
- Am now suicidal
- Was sick with a horrid sore throat before this started
Im going to the doctor this week. Is it possible to discern before that whether the fatigue caused the depression or if the depression is resulting from the fatigue?