Permanently Coming out of Burnout

[happydance]

Is anyone in a constant state of burnout?

Has anyone come out of it and found any tips to share?

I go in and out of it but I always end up here.

I have put myself out there for 5 years in my town and really havent found any friends to speak of - they come and go. I havent really had a major connection with anyone.

My parents were a help to me - they are vacationing for the summer. (And they are a little dysfunctional anyways so its a blessing and a curse)

My husband works 16 hours a day, 4 days a week and drives 50 miles one way to work. He is pretty tired himself. He does his best.

All in all I feel like this burnout is an attitude problem, and something I need to fix within myself. And I would love any ideas tips tricks to permanently be RID of this.

eta: We have been through, and will be going through some major career transitions last year and for the next year or so. (Moving for a job) I have tried meditating and creating space for myself but it seems like my children are just always arounf me 24-7 . For the last couple of nights my 2 yr old refused sleep until 11 PM. If I wake before her in the morning she wakes up too. I can;t seem to create personal space so I want to try and fix this with the understanding that my children, for the most part, are ALWAYS there.

[laohaire]

I don't consider burnout to be a personal growth issue but a health one. I'd point you over to health and healing, and you may be interested in reading about adrenal fatigue.

[happydance]

I have had a million vials of blood drawn by a naturopath recently and all that came up was that I was a little estrogen dominant.

I don't know if I have the money or energy to tackle an adrenal issue. I am barely making financial ends meet as it is.

[tanyam926]

I was feeling very similar to what you describe for the last few months UNTIL I started supplementing w/Vit D3 (about 2-3 months ago).

I know it sounds overly simplistic and it may not be relevent to your situation, but I was feeling tired, overwhelmed, and a little depressed even though nothing really bad was going on, just daily life had me down and I felt like I couldn't handle anything.

I started learning about the importance of Vit D and the role it plays in almost every part of the body and after 4 days of supplementing I started feeling happier, like I had more energy, and just generally well.

Nothing has changed in my life but I feel better able to cope w/anything that comes my way, and I never would have guessed that it was a Vit D deficiency.

Hang in there!

[laohaire]

Originally Posted by happydance

I have had a million vials of blood drawn by a naturopath recently and all that came up was that I was a little estrogen dominant.

I don't know if I have the money or energy to tackle an adrenal issue. I am barely making financial ends meet as it is.

I don't know if you have an adrenal issue or not. I guess I'll start by asking a few questions: are you fatigued? Does stress knock you for a loop, more than it should? Meaning like, a stressful event (being late for an appointment, a minor spat with your spouse, a deadline at work), which you previously could have dealt with even if it sucked, makes you feel way more drained, sick, overwhelmed or whatever than it "should"? Do you depend on caffeine to get through the day? Is it really hard to get up in the morning? (And do you tend to feel a bit better at night?)

If any of those ring a bell, it's worth looking at, and don't worry, you don't HAVE to spend money on it. People do spend money on saliva tests and so on (the bloodwork you just did would not have caught this) but speaking from experience, you don't have to. The cure for adrenal fatigue (which is by definition not extremely serious, like Addison's - though it certainly can be life-altering if unaddressed) is mostly all the stuff you know you should do anyway but let life get in the way of: good, unbroken sleep, avoidance of certain addictions (caffeine and sugar), good quality food eaten at good spacings (so you don't tax your body by going hungry, for example). Basically, be good to your body. You can also check out Adrenal Fatigue by James Wilson MD at the library to understand it better (and to get motivated to actually DO those common sense items).

I don't have any diagnosis and I didn't spend any money on this issue (I even just borrowed the book from the library) EXCEPT I do spend a bit more money on high quality food now - but all within budget. I can't prove to you I have an adrenal problem, but I can say that my efforts to be good to myself have made a noticable and beneficial effect on my health.

As for the energy to tackle it: I hear ya, but for me, the energy I had to spend on tackling it was just trying to figure out what the hell it was. (I blew my $1000 deductible on useless medical tests that all came up clean - not to mention the sheer energy of trying to research, make appointments, etc.). If this is your diagnosis on a silver platter, all you have to do is follow the recommendations

But I might be totally off base, this might not be your issue at all.