Kirsten I am so sorry to hear that you are feeling so unwell and totally burned out, gosh if only you lived closer, many of us would be around to see you and have a cuppa.

Kirsten we are all here for you anytime, always feel free to pm if you need, it is a possibility your thyroid is playing up, my mother has had both the underactive and over-active, and it sure played havoc with her well =being.

CFS, is something I understand, I donot have it, but a similar illness that gives me chronic fatigue, and sometimes it is just hard to even go on, so I can well relate to your feelings of exhaustion and depression, it is a vicious cycle unfortunately that comes with the symptons you are feeling.

The good part if you can call it that, is that you are very busy, so that could be all that is causing you to feel so tired, whereas I can simply feel that way and have no real cause, in other words I am not terribly busy and still feel exhausted., it really does sound like your work load is far too much.

Kirsten go have a general check-up so you can rule out the above , and if a holiday is possible, sounds like now would be an excellent time to take one.

If you can start to feel not so tired, then in general you will start feeling better about your life, and maybe beable to socialise more again and make new friendships or re-gain old ones, give those beautiful kitties a big cuddle and I also want to give you a big virtual HUG as well, please take care and come by more often if you can muster up the energy, please take care of yourself, thinking of you.