The High-Achieving Woman Who Is Exhausted
Post 25 in our daily series on the top concerns clients bring to Integrative Mind Body Psychiatry.
She is the one everyone leans on. She runs the household, the project, the calendar, the kids' lives, sometimes the church committee and the carpool. Her labs are 'fine.' Her mood is 'fine.' She is not fine.
What I See in Practice
Sleep that does not refresh
Anxiety that hums in the background
Resentment that scares her
GI symptoms, weight changes, hair loss
A loss of self underneath the to-do list
Five Whole-Person Steps
Get a real workup — hormones, thyroid, nutrients, blood sugar.
Take one thing off the list. Then another.
Sleep before everyone else.
Reclaim one thing that is yours, weekly.
Tell the truth to a clinician, a friend, your partner. You cannot carry it alone forever.
You are allowed to matter to yourself, too. I see patients via telehealth in Utah at integrativemindbodypsychiatry.com.
Tomorrow: When Medication Is the Right Tool.
Respectfully, Beth Makar, RN, Dual-MSN, PMHNP-BC · Integrative Mind Body Psychiatry · integrativemindbodypsychiatry.com
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