Spring Fatigue

This is certainly a feeling I’ve never had to experience so far, for twenty two years. It’s awful – I wake up, eyes open, still sleeping, as I pour myself a mug of hot water and vanilla-induced coffee mix (not for wakening purposes). Thinking: this time last year I was attending lectures, film shoots and worked night-shift at a hospital, yet I still had time to see my friends; now – I sleep more than 12 hours a night and barely survive through an 9-hour day of studying. What is happening to me? Is this what adulthood is supposed to feel like?

Last week was rough – I felt so tired, I was nauseous and sleepy, not to add the aches. As it continued through the weekend and well into the next week, I came to the conclusion that it can’t be a virus, after trying taking a couple of Paracetamol pills – it was rather a phenomenon called Spring Fatigue, that seemed only a legend to me, told by older people when they were overworked. But the fact was that for me it wasn’t overworking, as it was a very calm period, untypical for the Film Academy. I figured, what if I’m a low on vitamins? It was cold and dark in the region I live in for several months and I haven’t been out enough – I may be low on some vitamins. So I tried a B-complex and Magnesium cocktail-pill, but while it worked for my energy, I was thrown in another fight. Usually, I have a very strong and quick metabolism and whatever I consume is transformed in energy in the matter of minutes, but that cocktail had an effect that brought any processes in my body to a slower pace and my stomach started aching, because it had to store contents for far longer than it is used to.

Diagnosis: Sleeping enough or more than enough, to the point of waking up early, no alarm needed – and still feeling like having survived a hit-and-run. Brain barely functioning enough to construct logical and themed sentences and forcing an artificial thought-process. Constant stress and pressure when thinking about the weather: why does winter last 9 months; where are the sunny days; why aren’t the flowers and trees in full bloom? Spring Fatigue, annual public enemy number one. After this year’s attack, I’m making it a priority in my life that I never have to deal with that monster ever again.

Remedies: Well, I’d recommend the B-complex and Magnesium pill that’s sold in the pharmacies, but if there’s even a slight chance it might ruin the food-to-stool process you’re used to, it is not worth it. So I’s rather recommend patience, because the organism would eventually stabilize and you’d be like regular. Also, going out works, a lot in fact, so walks in the sun are a salvation too, if time found.

I’m currently in the process of regaining my powers and energy back, at a slow pace, but so far successful. Very interested in continuing studying and working on side projects, while also doing my blog, but this needs not only energy, which I do not really have at the moment, but also time, which I’m working on getting more of now. Hopefully I’d be able to fully recover soon!