There is both a physical and a mental element to feeling tired.

I would try taking St. John's Wort which you can buy at most vitamin
retailers.  It is for treating mild depression.  Give it at least 3
weeks.  Just follow the directions on the bottle.

If that doesn't do it, I would try working on your diet.  More food in
general, and a lot more vegetables and other higher quality natural
foods.
--
John Gohde,
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I would say that you're basically very healthy and have a good life
style.

Try a glass of skim milk instead of the diet Mt. Dew to get some
calcium and a little extra protein. You might add an orange to that mix
for added potassium and fiber.

Try a can of sardines a couple times a week for a snack which will give
you a little more omega-3 fatty acids.

That sounds like narcolepsy which sometimes goes away as you age. It
might now surface as a slight obsessive/compulsive disease.

I don't think that diet will change your situation much. You might have
a slight medical condition that is causing your problem and this isn't
the right newsgroup to give you the hints that you need.

A good b vitamin complex, stress formula. Two a day, in the morning
with food. Or one in the morning with food and one at lunch or supper
with food. Not before bed!

Also a minimum of 3000 mgs of vitamin C per day in smaller doses
thruout the day if possible.

Try it, it did me a world of good in terms of anxiety/depression and
general energy levels.

Also try to eat real foods, avoid fake manufactured foods. Fresh meats
and fresh produce.

TC

This diet that you eat will contribute to your fatigue.  For example,
drinking diet Mt. Dew is a big mistake.  The Mt. Dew is loaded with a
huge amount of caffeine, which will over-work your brain and fatigue it
from the resulting build-up of free-radicals from too much
hyper-concentration.  The Mt. Dew is also loaded with preservatives,
which may in some people cause headaches and a sense of queesiness.
Also, any "diet" foods are processed food products that contain
artificial ingredients including artificial sugars and preservatives,
which are not good for the body since they are "foreign" chemicals.
Eating turkey jerkey is also a big fatigue producer.  Any jerkey meats
will contain smoked meats, which contain free radicals that rapidly
cause aging, and preservatives (such as nitrites) which contribute to a
sense of unease.  In general your diet seems to consist of proteins and
simple carbohydrates. bananas, for example, have a super-high glycemic
index and can lead to a flood of sugar in your body, followed by an
insulin rush, followed by a crash in blood sugar, resulting in fatigue.
Also, the risk with any protein diet is this: animal meats contain
many different proteins, many of which are foreign to the human body.
The body may therefore experience inflammation as it attempts to attack
the foreign animal proteins.  This can give rise to subtle inflammation
in your entire body, which can lead to a subtle sense of fatigue.  This
is mostly holistic, not scientific advice.

Here is a better idea: make COMPLEX carbohydrates the staple of your
diet. Eliminate any processed foods.  Read the labels on all the foods
you eat and eliminate anything with artificial dyes, preservatives and
additives.  Go to a health food store and buy a dictionary of food
additives to be able to recognize them. Do not eat any fast food, ever.
Avoid drinking milk, which is notorious for containing foreign animal
proteins.

For example, for breakfast and lunch you might consume 1/2 a cup of
pasta with tomato sauce or canned organic tomatos.  You might drink a
small can of pineapple juice fortified with vitamin E (such as Dole
brand).  In the evening, eat what you like as long as it is home-cooked
or free of any additives, preservatives, or dyes.  Preferably only eat
organic foods.  Restrict fat to about 10% maximum of diet, mostly fish
fat.  Eat a bowl of organic, vitamin-fortified cereal at night,
preferably not with milk or soymilk but with water.  Avoid eating
typical boxed breakfast cereals at the supermarket, because they tend
to be loaded with simple sugars, dyes and preservatives.  Along with
your breakfast, eat a 100 mg. tablet of alpha lipoic acid, an
anti-oxidant found in your local health food store.  If you eat pasta
with tomato sauce for breakfast and lunch, so that breakfast and lunch
consist purely of low-fat, low-protein vegatable matter and complex
carbohydrates, you should within a few days notice a big increase in
your energy level.
Eliminate all caffeine and additives, dyes and preservatives!  If you
want caffeine, you might consume a mug of authentic japanese green tea
(in the form of loose tea leaves and twigs) once per day.  Think of all
soda as a form of poison, because they consist of sugar, caffeine,
dyes, preservatives...The regular consumption of tomatos, particularly
organic stewed tomatos, boosts energy and prevents fatigue, because
tomatos contain powerful age-preventing anti-oxidants.

Consider adopting a macrobiotic diet, which basically will meet all the
diet advice suggested above.  read some of Raymond Kurzweil's books on
diet and nutrition.

--JM