My tiredness is extreme. Working I find myself squatting and out of breath for several m8nutes. It last 2 hrs but sometimes all day. Shopping I can walk 50ft or less and have to sit down to catch my breath or take a break from walking. My Dr told me that my vitamin D was low,could that be the cause ? Or me not drinking enough water? I don't know how long I can keep going on like this. I'm tired and exhausted one day or days, then I'm fine an able work work or shop the next. Been going on for… read more
@A DiabetesTeam Member if the Doc has actually noted a Vitamin D deficiency then yes, that is one of the leading causes of Chronic Fatigue.
My Wife who had low Vitamin D (a good few years back) was told by her Neurologist to add 1000 mg of it a Day (just over the counter vitamins) and it would help. (My Wife believes it helped - subjective opinion).
But the fatigue you are describing sound significantly more than a simple vitamin deficiency (and I'm not medically trained, but if you can't walk 50 feet without getting winded it sounds like something is really up) and I would be asking the Doc for a referral to someone else who will investigate other possible causes.