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[quote=Anonymous]I could have written this OP.  I have naturally low energy and my mother also has naturally low energy.  My entire childhood I remember her lying on the sofa reading while I played.  She never played with me, and besides housework and cooking she did not do much.  She also went to bed at 7 pm every night.

I have ADD inattentive, and I think that's a big part of my low energy problem.  I get very easily overwhelmed and then I shut down.  In high school and college I used to sleep like 14 hours a day to compensate for all the stress/multiple AP classes, etc.  In college I would take 4 hour naps every day  plus sleep at least 10 hours a night.  I always felt exhausted.  All through my 20s and early 30s I took a nap when I got home from work just to make it through the night.  I didn't have the energy to cook from scratch often and would usually get take-out or do a frozen dinner.

Oddly enough, in my mid-30s, all of that changed.  I lost that low energy feeling and now all my friends comment on what a high energy level I have.  I think a big part of that is that I suddenly needed a lot less sleep.  I now sleep 7-8 hours per night (instead of 10-12) and I no longer feel sluggish or tired in the afternoons.  I get a lot more done these days and feel high energy all day.  Nothing at all changed other than that I started peri-menopause on the early side (around 37).  But it seems to be bringing me a lot more energy!  I'm now 43 and feel great each day and have enough energy to get everything I need to get done.  I cook dinner from scratch every night, meal plan, clean the house, do all the errands, work, and have plenty of energy left over![/quote]

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