u/_lynnyxe_

I've been living at Wayfare for almost a year. It was pricy, but I liked having a garage, no upstairs neighbors, and the location. My 1 bedroom apartment was around $1450 a month, $1600 after fees. I love living here (minus the damn garages, where I can hear full conversations and people slamming doors super loud at 5 am, and the horrible guest parking). However, I got a lease renewal "offer" today and they're raising my rent to $1800 after fees. I have until the end of July to decide if I'm tolerating this shit or not, otherwise I have to pay the full new price--which will cost me over $2,000! For a less than 800sqft apartment without an attached garage!

I was looking at The Bend because I can supposedly get a 966sqft apartment WITH an attached garage for around $1600. How is this place to live? Can you hear your neighbors? What sorts of additional fees do they tack on? I didn't see any on the website.

Are there any other apartments I should consider? I have two small dogs and a hognose, so it has to be pet friendly because I will literally sell one of my kidneys before I get rid of them. A garage is preferable because I have a motorcycle I need to keep on a trickle charger so the battery doesn't die, but its not essential. I don't want to spend more than what I'm spending now on rent, and I also really don't want to hear my neighbors (or worry about bothering them, especially with my dumbass dogs).

I don't know what to do anymore. I have been dealing with horrible fatigue since I was a teenager, and for years doctors didn't take me seriously. I finally got someone to actually listen to me last December, but so far every single test shows I'm perfectly healthy.

About 5 or 6 years ago I had blood work done, which revealed I had horribly low vitamin D. After taking supplements my vitamin D is always on the higher side of normal, but my symptoms never improved. From then on my primary doctor just suggested I exercise and eat healthy. My mom tells me its normal to feel like this.

I got a new primary doctor in 2024. I decided to talk to her about my fatigue in December, and she took me seriously. She ordered blood work, and got me a referral to a sleep clinic and a heart doctor. The heart doctor said my heartrate wasn't quite high enough to be causing the fatigue (I usually do about 90 BMP while resting). The bloodwork showed my iron, vitamin d, and thyroid were all normal.

I only got into the sleep doctor on April 14th, 4 months after the referral was sent. He ordered more bloodwork and an at home sleep study. He also prescribed me gabapentin without actually diagnosing me, which I thought was odd.

Once again, all the blood work was NORMAL. I'm perfectly healthy. I'm not going to get my sleep study results until almost freaking July--not that it matters, I think all its checking for is sleep apnea, which I most likely don't have. I'm a side/stomach sleeper, and aside from having a dry mouth in the morning I don't have any other symptoms of sleep apnea.

Nothing I do helps. I take vitamins, I tried probiotics, I try to eat healthy, I tried cutting out sugar, I tried daily exercise, I tried reading a book an hour before bed, but nothing has helped. I'm literally so exhausted all the time. I can wake up from a 9 hour sleep and take a 3 hour nap within a few hours. Even if I'm moving around or doing something I enjoy, I feel sleepy constantly. It often becomes all I can think about, until I give in and take a nap. When my alarm goes off in the morning, I struggle to even open my eyes. I snooze it for 30 minutes to an hour daily.

I feel like I'm sleeping my life away, and at this point I feel like theres no hope. Is there anything left to do? I can't keep living like this anymore. I can't take it. I can never fully enjoy things and I can't focus at work. Is this just depression? I already take 200mg of Zoloft to help with my anxiety/depression. This feels like something else, but I'm starting to think theres no solution.

Even though I've been dealing with this for years, it feels like too much right now. I wish I didn't have to wait two more months to even know what the next steps will be when the sleep study reveals nothing. It sucks to constantly get my hopes up, only to be let down.

UPDATE: Doctor just sent me the sleep study results document. He noted that theres no evidence of sleep apnea, but that there was sleep disturbance. So, as I suspected, nothing helpful.

UPDATE 2: Thank you all for sharing your experiences and giving me advice! You have helped me tremendously, and given me a lot of hope. I reached out to my doctor to get a hormone panel done, and I also ordered a DNA kit from 23 and Me. I'll update again if the problem is found. I hope that this thread will be beneficial to others struggling with chronic fatigue or sleepiness.