# Energy amounts 

- URL: https://numo.ai/community/mq6z49w/energy-amounts
- Language: en
- Author: @goodgrooves
- Posted: 2024-04-19T07:26:24.668Z
- Tag: question
- Comments: 6
- Likes: 10

Hi! Does anyone else feel like they just don't have the same amount of energy as others?

I have always felt so bad about myself because of it. 8h workday 5 days a week seems impossible for me.. By Friday I feel like a dry raisin.

Now I started to take adhd medication and it really helps staying focused normal work hours but I think I just can't take the regular amount of work as it's "required" by society. 

Before I would procrastinate till late in the day or work in time patches, also feeling like a loser for that. (I'm self employed since 2018)

So when a hyperfocus or inspiration would strike I would work like crazy because that's the moment when I could catch up with everything and I wouldn't want to loose the momentum.. And that would lead me to burnout very quick. Either I got sick (if I kept working like that fow a while) or just couldn't do anything the next day.

Plus being a woman also comes with fluctuations in mood and energy because of hormones.. So I felt like I could normally work for maybe a week, 2 at best.

Please let me know how you feel about this! 



## Comments (3)

### @savannahq — 2024-04-27T03:47:14.112Z

Yes! Plus I have chronic pain and arthritis. Some days, I feel like I’m trapped in cement trying to run a race.

### @adhdchange — 2024-04-26T02:58:22.423Z

I feel drained when I have to do things I dont like and that makes me feel drained and hopeless

### @ad.to.the.hd — 2024-04-24T12:53:09.858Z

Same - and being a mom at the same time, taking care of house tasks- just burn me out.. just the thought of it