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A comment on Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work?.

Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by caeril on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:18PM (#30971631)
Get blood work.

Check your testosterone, fasting glucose, insulin, estradiol, cortisol, and CRP.

If any of these are out of reference range, or close to the boundaries thereof, fix them.

If you're fat, lose weight.

Chronic lethargy usually has physiological reasons, the two most common ones being insulin resistance and low testosterone. Get them checked.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by ali92hm on Saturday April 09, 2022 @06:30PM (#30972773)
I'm actually going for my yearly physical and will ask for a blood work. I typically do that once every two years but doesn't hurt to check them again.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by nilram on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:19AM (#30998579)
Your doc should think of this, but add thyroid to the list. Has to be in line before adjusting any of the others the parent mentions (well, except insulin, but I'm hand-waving here).
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