Mish, I know the dr sitch is way too hard right now, but please bring it up to your IC. Do you have their email address? You might be able to ask about your symptoms / keep a diary of it (sleep and work hours, exercise, interest in other activities you usually like, exhaustion level on a scale of 1 - 10 with different activities and different times of the day, your diet, etc. - you might not realize a trigger happening in there somewhere). The IC might even be able to get you a one-time referral to a psych or even a GP who will prescribe something for you to take - brain chem is very easily unbalanced and sometimes hard to get back on track without some help.
But think physical issues, too. Could you have mono, or the flu? There are other things that could be happening....fibromyalgia, lyme's, etc. Even anemia (the vitamins are a cheap thing to try).
As for me, I am now considered past "clinical depression," but it seems that my body is still catching up on all of the lack of sleep I suffered for more than a year (when I averaged about 2 or 3 hours a day). Now, if left with no alarm, I can sleep 11 to 13 hours, easy! Naps have become my friend, even if only 10 or 20 minutes in the afternoon. I hope things even themselves out, as I have stuff to do!! But, I also recognize that I have to give myself a break - I'd rather be tired and need a lot of sleep than have the constant tremors, sleeplessness, sick stomach that limited me to eating one yogurt over the course of a day, anxiety, etc., etc.
Do NOT beat yourself up over being tired or depressed!!! Think of it this way - did you ASK to be tired or depressed? Did you do make a bad choice to bring this upon you? Are you abusing alcohol or sedatives? No, it is just there, the way your body is reacting. Feeling bad about feeling bad.....how do you break that cycle? Let the guilt go!
