I can't offer any advice here. I tend to not eat until 12-1. Breakfast is problem enough for me... Hope you get some answers.

Maybe you are just really tired? (Although you mention that it also happened before your job.) If you work nights, what time do you get off? I know when my DH was on night shift at the ER it was from 10pm-7am. So getting up at 10am would have been really hard for him. I think shift work is just plain hard on our bodies. I know when I was a teenager I couldn't eat anything before 11 or so because it made me nauseated. I don't know what changed? I think being pregnant and having to get something in my stomach right away in the morning. Hope you get some soultions. Maybe you could try drinking a shake?

Maybe it's not when you're eating, but what you're eating... Just throwing out a possiblilty. Could it be quantity (too much food, diverting all your energy to digestion)? Maybe just nibbling at something for an hour rather than having a full-blown meal might help?

Maybe the food itself doesn't agree with you? I've heard milk/dairy can have a sedative-like effect in some people.

What are you having for breakfast?

Oh yea !!

Except that I wake up hungry EVERY DAY .. no matter what time I went to bed or what time I wake up - no matter what I ate or didn't eat the night before .. EVERY morning.

Every time I eat I get "sleepy" ...

Well, I won't lie and admit that a lot of the times it IS a heavy meal (bread/bagels with eggs, cheese, various things on different days), but sometimes I could just eat a bowl of cereal and still feel that way. I tried earlier this week to drink a shake and eat TWO grapes, and it still came on. I think I'm stuck in toddler days where as now I'm used to now taking a nap at that time that I HAVE to go nappy-bye

I'll try nibbling though.. we'll see where that gets me. Thanks!

Thanks for atleast reading it anyway!

I asked my sister about it and she simply referred to it as one thing... we'll just say she thinks we just have "the itis". That's a shortened way of putting it You might know what I'm talking about.

Anyway, I see you're in Newark. I work in that area at Clara Maass. Just thought I'd mention that.

Maybe I'll try to actually take some vitamins. I'm bad at taking pills habitually. I do it maybe 2-3 days then stop for no reason.

Have you been checked out by a doctor? Could be tired for any number of medical reasons.... If you haven't, you should go soon. Some of those symptoms could be things that need to be treated... good luck.

I can not offer a lot of advice, except speak to my own experience. Years ago, when I was working evenings, I found I was completely turned around in terms of my eating. For me what worked was going with the lighter meals, but filling at the same time. For example meals very high in fibre. That got me going, and then I would have a larger meal later in the day. In reference to the fatique, it could be, one the lack of sunlight, as well as maybe the lack of iron. Definately speak to your doctor and they can run test to confirm. Unfortunately for me, I am not built for night work, and it really took a toll on my body.

Girl - I am SOOOO familiar with "the itis" as my DH (darling husband) refers to it :P

I actually live near the airport / ikea / jersey gardens mall

Sorry, I can't be of any help either. First when I joined this group I never ate breakfast. I've been eating breakfast every morning now for the last 7-8 months and I've never felt better.

Carol mentioned iron. I know my sister has an iron deficiency and always heads back to bed in the am to catch a few more winks.

~Dee