Always Tired? Here’s How to Tell If It’s Chronic Fatigue | Dr. Mark Hyman

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Are you tired of feeling tired all the time? You're not alone-burnout is one of the most common complaints I hear from patients. In this episode, I dive into the root causes of chronic fatigue, including how mitochondrial dysfunction could be sabotaging your energy levels. I’ll share my personal journey with chronic fatigue and explain how functional medicine can help you boost your energy and finally feel like yourself again.
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[@LecaroJ]

Unlike my MD's, this doctor seems to have the solutions for all health problems. Amazing!

[@richardraymond9108]

Lyme and long flu symptoms are chronic. Even Gulf War symptoms is contagious and symptoms are similar

[@carolablue5293]

​@@richardraymond9108There's POTS, diabetes, mitochondrial diseases, long covid, etc.

[@MB-vu3ow]

And he sells the products to fix your health problems.

[@robynbonni8557]

Yes

[@magdalenamrowka4734]

I`ve been tired all my life due to Hashimoto. However, recently only I`ve started intermittent fasting and despite getting up at 5 am and earlier, having just one coffee a day and teaching full time in a boys` school, I feel absolutely amazing. I stopped craving sugar, I have more energy and my face stopped swelling (that depends on stress at school, but I try to just go with the flow - I can`t change the world). So, shwey, shwey, I`m getting there.

[@mattrobinson6594]

#MedicalMedium is changing the World. he wrote a whole book about the thyroid and he talks about your Hashimoto thyroiditis and how to cure it. plus so much more.......hope this helps

[@nn7397]

Οhhhhh right on time!! I am dying from fatique😢

[@annaslawinska1445]

Shilajit, pearl powder, dragons blood...if total mental blackout..cordocypes, washing etc... Chep nature made 1000 in 1..not selected phama suplements..🫣

[@lisag18]

Lauricidin and D-Ribose was a game changer for me with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I took high dose vitamin C, D, Bs, electrolytes, keto, the vegan..nothing helped. Lauricidin full dose, 3 times a day and D-Ribose, 3 times a day made feel better literally within hours. I was bedridden for 3 months. Within hours i was up and walking. Good luck. CFS is a motherf"%^er. Hope this helps everyone

[@flutterbydragonfly]

Are these prescription medicines or available over-the-counter?

[@megnelli]

🙏🏼

[@mattrobinson6594]

#MedicalMedium will show you what foods to quit eating and what foods to eat to CURE yourself. all autoimmune is caused by viruses. the foods he shows you not to eat FEED viruses. go to the library and check out his first book and learn what us millions around the World learned to cure ourselves of over 300 autoimmune diseases. P.S. if you dont do it, thats OK....the information will always be there when you need it.

[@donnam2012]

A glaring hole in this for me was lack of discussion or any mention of the role of infectious diseases. I experienced CFS in my 20s as sequelae from EBV infection, and many people today are experiencing fatigue from long covid. Post viral syndrome is a major cause of fatigue. You would not know this from this video!

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Me too. Chronic fatigue for 7 years since having shingles/meningitis. The virus crossed my blood-brain barrier and nearly killed me. I really try. I walk and go to the gym. I eat keto/carnivore. But instead of getting stronger, I have crashing fatigue.

[@donnam2012]

@@Mrs.TJTaylor I'm sorry to hear that. 7 years is so long. Good on you for keeping on trying, I hope you can find a way to heal or at least manage your reserves to find a way of living happily.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

@@donnam2012 Thank you. I’m still trying. I’m going to try B1.

[@curiousengineer6436]

i have been closely following his videos, the information shared on his channel is GOLD STANDARD ✨ i have already subscribed, i guess we are fortunate to have such good doctors

[@annettekjoy]

Absolutely

[@gloriab.340]

I'm tired because the nutrition in our food today just isn't there.

[@Thinkforyourselves64]

Gotta buy organic fruits and veggies. Grass fed (cow) milk, cage free eggs, wild caught fish. Lots of pure water. Get a filter for your water.

[@LecaroJ]

@@Thinkforyourselves64 Thanks, doc!

[@deanschanzenbach7506]

In the food you choose to eat

[@gloriab.340]

@@deanschanzenbach7506 I eat healthy, buy organic food. I don't believe what you say is all the way true. Protein in the form of meat is horrendous, today

[@TheFracturedfuture]

​@@Thinkforyourselves64Like that makes any difference. The only way to eat healthy is to grow your own food and have your own animals.

[@preacherman9018]

Two hours sleep and unable to get rest. A Dr killed my Mom and I need help. Hopefully will get relief from Stress Myocarditis... Broken Heart Syndrome. It become chronic. Just last night I had yet another issue numbness of my extremities, fingers toes and brain fog. I don't need testing. I have the diagnosis. Depression, inflammation from stress hormones. Thank you for the information.

[@richardraymond9108]

I'm same symptoms. I had colonoscopy, tore my cecum colon loose I hurt everyday one month later my colon twisted and blocked. I was soo sick I wanted to die. I got to ER had emergency surgery. Haven't been well since

[@cherylz6940]

@@richardraymond9108 Listen to Joe Dispenzer… listen to the testimony from people who work through any sickness and heal …. Please please try his methods

[@mattrobinson6594]

#MedicalMedium will help you. most of what you describe is caused by toxic heavy metals. the library has his books. Cleanse to heal, and especially his Brain book will help you alot. his heavy metal detox smoothie tastes good and is powerful. it has gotten rid of most of my anxiety....also on his apple podcast he has meditations that will help with the loss of your mother and your broken heart syndrome. (theres a link on his website) hope this helps

[@ci4396]

Im always tired because of inflammation in my sinuses. 2 months ago ive had surgery on my nose and sinuses, after that i had to take antibiotics and lots of anti inflammatory medication, and ive never felt this good for the past 15 years. Now since a week or two im starting to feel really tired again, headaches, mucus in the back of my throat… i got no allergies, no mold, i got an air purifier… i really don’t know what to do anymore… i can’t take antibiotics and stuff for the rest of my life 😢

[@clayrains3496]

Try remov8ng ALL milk and wheat/white flour foods and ingredients and sugars from your diet for 2 or 3 weeks and see how you feel.

[@Aviamoyal]

Get off the antibiotics and go gf and df

[@Mscompuncawitz]

Sounds like you had nasal polyps?

[@ci4396]

@@clayrains3496 actually did that since i suddenly turned lactose intolerant 😂 and gluten free for a year. Still feeling the same

[@ci4396]

@@Mscompuncawitz yes quite a lot of them. They removed them 🙏 they might come back. My mom said when i was 4 i had polyps removed in my nose already. Now with 35 again 🤷‍♂️ ive had daily headaches since i was 12… so i probably had them for a while

[@joannebohan2243]

That’s how I feel physically depressed !! 25 hours of labour with a slipped disk plus epidural totally messed up my adrenals and mobility

[@mattrobinson6594]

#MedicalMedium

[@tomcollen462]

This begins as an advertisement for a company he owns, then continues as a promotion for a company in which he has a financial stake. And I lost count of the number of times he said, "and you need to take...".

[@robynbonni8557]

Yes you need to take what Dr Mark says because he's been there. And our broken sick healthcare food is medicine. And if he's recommending something that he backs I'm in

[@luckyedwards4870]

Not sure if u've had comments about ur bn hard to understand, but this show was so much better. Bn as I really appreciate ur info and the positive message u couple with it, I found it wonderful to understand everything u were saying. No slurring ur words, and not even the slurping sounds that can make u difficult to listen to. Sure enjoyed that message. 👍

[@BrianHThayer]

This video did not actually talk about “How to Tell if it’s Chronic Fatigue”. There’s a huge difference between just being tired and not having a lot of energy each day vs ME/CFS. This video is not talking about ME/CFS!

[@btebo77]

You didn’t even watch the video bro

[@aemyay5169]

I know exactly what CFS is. I don't drink alcohol at all, never smoke, never taken drugs... yet after going from one doctor to another, finally I got diagnosed with CFS, Hushmito, Fibromyalgia, etc. It is hard to understand fully, unless one walks in the same shoes as that deals with these unfortunate health problems. I've tried all kinds of prescription drugs, nutritional foods, vitamins, herbs, etc., so far, I've not been able to find a cure. PLEASE let me know if there is a miracle out there. I can't fast, because I also struggle with hypoglycemia. 😥🙏

[@BrianHThayer]

@@btebo77I watched through the whole video. Dr Hyman talked mostly about mitochondria. Did give good advice about mitochondrial support. But not about how to tell the difference being just being tired all the time and ME/CFS. Where in the video does he make this distinction?

[@BrianHThayer]

@@aemyay5169 I’m sorry to hear about your struggles. It is rough. One thing I have seen some patients do well with is Limbic Retraining. But even that can get expensive and doesn’t work for 100% of ME/CFS or Fibromyalgia patients.

[@aemyay5169]

​@@BrianHThayerThanks so much. I never heard of it, but I'll do some research and see if it's affordable for me. I wonder if it is related to Vegas nerves issues. Thanks again!

[@diarajpoot4538]

constant stress makes me tired, we cannot run away from hardships but also we are tired and afraid at the same time. I want to escape but there's no escape. I've to face them but I don't feel ready for it. emotionally weak.

[@nn7397]

Dr Hyman please touch on topics noone else does: pelvic adhesions. There are people living with excruciating pain 24/7 that pain meds cannot control!!!! What can functional medicine do???? Please help😢😢😢😢

[@lindajones4849]

Are you female?? Have you been evaluated for endometriosis? I know someone who had endometriosis who said an antiinflammatory diet helped. Good luck

[@mattrobinson6594]

#MedicalMedium information will help you

[@nn7397]

@@mattrobinson6594 thanks. Do you know where i can find info of his specific to adhesions? I have read other things by him but have not seen anything on adhesions.

[@arasharfa]

a stellate ganglion block that lowered sympathetic nervous acticvity, improved cerebral bloodflow, LSD helped as an antiinflammatory and helped improve my mitochondrial function, and HBOT helped get rid of viral reservoirs and regenerate vessel formation in my brain, and worked for my moderate ME. I am in remission since three months after 10 years of illness.

[@allanbrown3065]

I had chronic fatigue for years and no doctor could figure it out till my current one who guessed correctly and verified it was sleep apnea . Very very common especially with overweight people . Since getting my weight down apnea has gone away . 👍🏻

[@MarcBraun-tb3vu]

My chronic fatigue was triggered by being served infested or contaminated food during an industrial installation job in Mexico for 6 weeks. I went there a healthy, energetic hard working technician and returned with a really disturbed gut, dark brown urin, aching kidneys and tiredness, slumping leggs and feet while walking. From that point on everything went down hill. I developed a hiatal hernia with gas constantly rising from my stomach into my nose and lungs. My spinal ligaments weakened and now my neck and back vertebrae are frequently shifting, affecting my nerves and spinal canal. I am mostly bed ridden. I feel like I have a very bad flue every day, or like being poisoned. My muscle, joint. and ligament cells seem to not be getting what they need, or are not being repaired properly. I can’t deal with being like this. It’s like suddenly paralyzing the fastest sprinter on the planet from neck down at the peak of his achievements and asking him to accept that and live like that. I think he couldn’t live with that. If this doesn’t get better for me soon I will have to consider exiting life early because I cannot take it anymore. 😓😞

[@jam1369]

I believe my fatigue comes from buildup in in small intestines due to SIBO and leaky gut, as well as adrenal fatigue due to menopause.

[@lisag18]

Wormwood and oil of Oregano kills parasites and gut bugs.

[@anns1921]

Menopause has completely destroyed my life. I now have terrible sleep issues, constant digestive issues with constipation, brain fog, extreme fatigue, joint pain and chronic mood swings. It's hard to feel hopeful when you feel like you are drowning or losing your mind most of the time.

[@jam1369]

@@anns1921 God bless you. And transitioning to menopause should not be this way! Keep searching for answers! Don't settle for living in misery! I believe in Dr. Mark and hopefully you will pursue treatment. ❤️💯🙏🏿

[@Candleflower42]

@@anns1921are you taking HRT. Helps so many.

[@carolablue5293]

This doctor should get together with a POTS specialist to discover best treatments or possible cures for POTS and other dysautonomia conditions.

[@erickanorris567]

I cured my POTS, with electrolytes and increasing circulation in my calves

[@megnelli]

My suspicion is there are multiple causes for POTS and they have different treatments needed depending on the cause(s).

[@carolablue5293]

There are POTS specialists but, sadly for sufferers, the exact causes are not known at this time.

[@joannebohan2243]

I like that you said “functional medicine” 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅🎉❤

[@jam1369]

So helpful! Great checklist and information.

[@jackiegatso8638]

Too many supplements and no way of know if you are adding the right ones or not. Some may make matters worse. If the diet is so good surely you shouldn’t need them and you’ll be rattling as well as broke. Crazy.

[@anns1921]

I thought it sounded like a whole lot of supplements as well. I'm trying to take less stuff, not more.

[@jackiegatso8638]

@@anns1921 Yes. Exactly just money making.

[@erinbrantley3206]

I have autoimmune and I'm seeing a function medicine doctor I have unexplained autoimmune. I have frozen shoulder and hormone issues. I'm trying to get to bed early. We've been eating your food for a long time and trying to get our health and working on it. I just need to work on getting to bed earlier. I haven't since summer time. And I just need to do it. Summer's almost over and need to do it in the winter full end next summer. Need to work on it. I know I need to do it. It says breaking that summer habit

[@erinbrantley3206]

I got mine through a booster shot. I've been working on it to get my health. I haven't had a booster shot or a flu shot. They are really bad.I am trying to really work on it

[@craftthefuture]

I’d love to be able to implement some of this and share it with family members but there are so many things to action here and I find it too difficult to determine the best first actions. Can you please provide some cheat sheets/visuals/simplifications for those of us who can’t do it all but want to select the most impactful steps?

[@Deerchaser74]

Unfortunately the cost of eating healthy along with time to prepare after working 14-15 hours a day is the root cause of my fatigue. I will say that I have eliminated suger along with intermediate fasting, staying hydrated, helps fuel me at 50. But lacking essential nutrients definitely creeps up on me.

[@reggie5]

22:00 spot on with that list

[@Nonyabiz370]

You were able to ride your bike 100 miles a day? You lost me. Keep it real.

[@Dr.Jas-AyurvedaExpert-se9mi]

Shatavari capsules by planet Ayurveda are very helpful in managing fatigue.

[@PriyaRauniyar-r9q]

chronic disease is caused by diet and lifestyle factors. infections r triggers to the already loaded gun, correct diet and lifestyle factors, look deep into ur inner feelings and traumas, InnerWork is most important. manifest healing, will take time but 1-2 years u will be at least 80% improved.. then u keep going.. change ur full self from within. speaking from experience n all the research, healing stories i came across. Good luck!

[@itsbrickbraintime]

The extreme fatique is a real struggle but always feeling sick like you have a stomage bugg and a horrible case of the flu is way worse for me. For 3 years i just could drink a little bit of water, eat some vegetables and a litlle peace of meat on a good day. And it started al out of nowhere. I was perfectly healty! I was cooking diner i started feel sick and never got healty again. That was 20 years ago. I am out of my bed and my wheelchair now so i am very gratefull but i always have to live on a tight scedule if i dont i get realy realy sick!

[@richardraymond9108]

This doc has videos on exactly way you feel. I caught a flu that never really went away.

[@lindajones4849]

He mentioned that he had severe mercury poisoning but did not emphasize that he neededto undergo a procedure to detox the mercury from his system. Great nutrition wont be a full cure if you have heavy metal poisoning and that his recovery from mercury poisoning.was very slow.

[@nibornnyw3185]

Couple of tests I think you should think about... stomach acid and methylation.

[@erinbrantley3206]

I was, but now I'm not. I need to get back into going to bed early. It's been summer time and it's been harder to go to sleep. I need to just do it. I did, and in the winter I need to do it now as well. Winter's gonna be coming again.Paul will be here before you know it

[@dougs4given]

Just in time❤❤❤💤😴

[@JuanMatus-ro9qk]

I search so hard for a functional doctor here in Germany, but they are all full. Nobody cares, other than it sounds in these podcast videos. I am already in wheelchair from tick bite and mold. But these things seem to be gone, but I stay sick.

[@chuckdawit]

My problem is I can only sleep like 5-6 hours a night. I can't seem to get a full night sleep (7-7.5 hrs). I always feel tired. Where can I get these tests?????

[@guloguloguy]

WOW!!!!!!! THANK YOU, DR. HYMAN!!!!!! MUCH APPRECIATED!!!..

[@jam1369]

You are the best.

[@joannebohan2243]

ATP is spirit

[@Bugaboo-3-f2b]

I asked my doctor about the mitochondria but she said if I had problems with it, I'd be dead. Ugh!

[@incognito595]

Subclinical HPA AXIS DYSFUNCTION.

[@MikeSaskowski]

Don't most supplements at least in pill form not get absorbed due to getting broken down by our stomach acid?

[@annaslawinska1445]

Emf, and heavy metals then mineral content...

[@erinbrantley3206]

We do your recipes off your website

[@tracyp4176]

Can u write the name of the gut health supplement around 10 minutes in? Do u sell it from your company?

[@NicolLegakis]

Urolithin A

[@40bdg]

Whoa! Just looked up that supplement, and it's $125!

[@MB-vu3ow]

Hawking, hawking, hawking.

[@shaun4443]

What about one meal per day?

[@Zaki790]

Doctor you can reduce the length of this video by 50%. Looks like more than anything else you want to demonstrate the level your vocabulary you have. If you are paid for lengthening the video then its fine.

[@nancywalker2256]

I’ve followed you for years and really like you, but there has to be some realness is what an average person can afford in supplements. I take several a month and it’s costing me a fortune. The list goes on and on and very few of these are inexpensive. The list has got to be narrowed done to two or three of the most beneficial. Mitopure is $125 a month before the small discount you provide.

[@PriyaRauniyar-r9q]

take basic ones and focus on nutrition rather.

[@C.B.32]

Is there a link between autism and being an insomniac because of mitochondrial dysfunction?

[@4AMPizza]

Isn’t NMN hard to get now?

[@misaghkhosravi4541]

I stopped feeling at all thats why u shouldnt smile😊 just enjoy ur few days , ur next life is gonna be very hard

[@joannebohan2243]

We need trees for mitochondria

[@cherylz6940]

To everyone here, listen to Joe Dispenzer, please, he is on KZbin. This doctor had interviewed him as well. I want everyone to be healthy. No one needs to suffer

[@simplegardeningresults7706]

Treatment lol😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@dinosemr8141]

❤️💖🙏❤️💖

[@self-improvement7855]

lit

[@lizkelly8268]

I LOVE YOU, man, but....I hate when you do podcasts like this. You would have to spend the whole a GD day swallowing pills...at high cost...

[@hellothere98765]

Huh?

[@TheLizardKing1967]

GO CARNIVORE.

[@jwoo336therealest4]

I really don't get it because his delivery and he talks way too fast for me.

[@AngieSk-su3ll]

He was exposed to huge amounts of what substance in China?

[@HabilUddine-u4i]

Young John Young Paul Miller Ruth

[@gothops2632]

Did you experience childhood trauma, Mark?

[@erinbrantley3206]

We are eating your food

[@jbug884]

NETFLIX! It should be banned 😂

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

It’s political stress.

[@gm7304]

I'm tired of your buddy R.F.K. jr and all his conspiracy theories thank goodness he dropped out for the health of America.