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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my mom seemed to be doing this.  In her mid-40s, she began complaining about being too tired to do anything.  She would come home from work and go right to the sofa.  My dad complained that they never did anything with friends anymore, and she also didn't seem to care about any of her kids' events, just her own "fatigue" and grumpiness.  She went to her GP a lot and was prescribed antidepressants.

But then one day she collapsed and died.  It turned out that she had myocardial fibrosis that was so severe that a doctor later told my dad he was shocked that she was still able to go to work and live a "normal" life.  I will never forgive myself for being such a bitch to my mom in her last years, when it must have been so terrible for her to be tired and not herself, and not to know why, and to be criticized for her behavior.  I would advise you to have a full heart checkup on your mom to be sure.  My dad was told after my mom died that her condition would only have been detectable if "we were actually looking for it", but we were also told that heart disease is the number one killer of middle aged women.

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