I'm wondering if you had gone to a shrink, if he would not have diagnosed you with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I was still seeing my IC and I did talk with him about the fatigue. A friend wanted me to make sure I was not depressed. My IC did not see any reason to think I was. I was stressed and that definitely contributed.
PTSD probably is not the right diagnosis for me. Mine is just a build up of lots of small things. My first separation started a little over 3 years ago along with job stress. XH came home the day before Christmas to tell me that he had been having an affair. We worked on things for 2 months, then I lost my job and XH just did not want to work on things any more. So I moved out in March 2005 and have not have a stable home since. In June 2005 I took a job with a consulting company which means I am on the road almost every week from Sunday through Thursday. So lots of travel and hotel living along with my personal life too. I was not sleeping enough and I think my body just wore down. The other interesting thing is that the feeling of stress just disappeared for those 6+ weeks. It was like my body/mind was protecting me and wouldn't let me stress out over things. So I just did the best I could to sleep and eventually I just went back to my normal state of tiredness!!
That's just the life of a road warrior. I used to hate that phrase but spending 40 weeks on the road a year definitely takes a warrior mindset.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus
