"Shake it off. You can make it through one last session,” Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., CNS, told herself, as she prepared for her next nutritional counseling client. “For four years, I had been wrestling with fatigue that zapped my energy to the point of making my voice raspy and hoarse,” Ann Louise recalls. “But I pride myself on being present for my clients and giving them my best, so I used every ounce of energy I had to power though the last session.
Utterly exhausted
“Four years ago, I began experiencing fatigue that initially felt like I simply didn’t get enough sleep, but gradually progressed to exhaustion that impacted the quality of my voice, and I became very hoarse. I was promoting my book, Radical Longevity, and recording 60 podcasts while maintaining my practice.
“At first, I chalked it up to my schedule, so I pushed through. I’d tell myself, ‘You’re just really busy,’ which was true, but I had been busy before and never found myself so drained of energy. Eventually, my fatigue became so intense that I had to cut back on work commitments, which was worrisome.
“But as my fatigue wore on and worsened, my concern increased because my energy wasn’t rebounding. I consulted several doctors about my tiredness and an inexplicable stiffness and rigidity I was experiencing in my left arm that forced me to limit social activities. Despite seeing chiropractors, physical therapists and massage therapists, the stiffness became unbearable and I kept thinking, Oh no…not again every time my arm forced me to excuse myself early from an otherwise happy celebration.
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