Tired all the time

Tired all the time or TATT is a phase used to described fatigue that is typically not the result of a medical problem or illness.Illnesses, diseases, disorders and conditions

Symptom recognition
Tiredness is considered a number part of life, and is often not taken seriously. There is no medical test to assess tiredness, but there are many different tests that can identify possible medical causes of fatigue.

"Tired all the time" is a frequent experience of healthy people, for example the tiredness caused by a newborn baby making someone short of sleep, excessive working hours or exercise; these are fundamentally different to having persistent and disabling chronic fatigue that does not improve with rest or self-care, may be unexplained, and could be a symptom of an illness.

Possible causes
Persistent tiredness is frequently resolved by lifestyle changes for example sleep hygiene, stress, management, dietary changes like avoiding caffeine late at night.

Chronic fatigue, meaning persistent and problematic fatigue, can have many different causes but is sometimes unexplained, and is often harder to address.