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Symptoms of fatigue may include:
- Feeling tired even after a good night's sleep
- Feeling sleepy throughout the day
- Feeling sudden, extreme tiredness
- Feeling too weak to stand
- Finding it difficult to start routine activities
- Needing to stop in the middle of activities to rest
- Not being able to do activities for very long
- Difficulty concentrating
- Irritability
A doctor might use the word fatigue to describe these symptoms:
- Feeling very, very tired
- Feeling weak
- Having very low energy
- Having trouble doing everyday things
- Not wanting to do anything
- Not wanting sex
Fatigue isn't the same as just being sleepy. Nurse practitioner Marcelle Pick describes common fatigue symptoms in this video.
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