Welcome to HCM! Fatigue and feeling poorly can affect our attitude on life. For sure, you need your sleep. If you absolutely cannot manage getting enough sleep, studies have shown that a mere 20 minutes in focused meditation can make up for the lost sleep. Taking a nap when baby naps is also an idea. The body can catch up on sleep as well. Getting extra sleep on the weekend while someone else helps with baby might help as well.

Next, you need to eat a balanced diet for your weight and tired as you are, I suggest you commit to exercise. Do you have a stroller?

When was the last time you had your thyroid checked, your CBC done and checked for anemia? Preventive health can prevent problems down the road.
The dizziness has me baffled and I question medication use, blood pressure, anemia.

An increased appetite is from your dysregulation of your bodily systems. Try not to eat 3 hours before bedtime unless it is warm milk or lemon balm tea.
Green tea in the am can give you a thermogenic pick-up, with or without caffeine.

Regards, Kathryn J. Shattler, MS,RDN

Hello Sir! I am sorry to hear of your condition. I can provide some general guidelines -
The combined symptoms of dizziness, fatigue, lethargy, poor sleep suggest the following possibilities:
1) Sleep deprivation caused by interrupted sleep patterns contributed to by having a one year old. A mother needs to retain the ability to awaken and tend to the child, so sleeping aides are not the answer in my opinion.
a) You may try some relaxation and calming aides prior to trying to have a consistent bed time:
*drink some lemon balm tea
*eliminate caffeine at least 4 hours before bedtime and gradually wean off all caffeine except for am
*Try a session of calmness with soft music and meditation. Use headphones and try to arrange for someone to keep an eye on the baby or wait until toddler is sleeping
2) Have you had your thyroid panel checked lately? If you were my patient I would suggest the following lab work if you have not had it done in the past 6 months:
a)TSH, free T4 for basic thyroid check
b)vitamin D levels
c)Complete Blood Count to check for anemia
d)My patients would also get ferritin, B12 and folate as a combination of these deficiencies may make an anemia look like it was not caused by a deficiency. So, if Hemoglobin is low, these things should be checked.
3) Adaptogenic herbs may help increase the sense of well-being. These include Ginseng and Ashwagandha.
4) If you have an increased appetite is it associated with weight loss or is it stress eating? If you are losing weight then you need more calories and that is easy to accomplish by altering you food intake. If it is stress, then focusing on meditation and stress reduction will assist in keeping appetite properly regulated and not influenced by the stress hormones as strikingly.

I hope these suggestions have helped. Healthy regards, Kathryn
Shattler, MS,RDN

Hi,
Sleep can definitely cause those symptoms.
1.Are you losing weight
2.Do you exercise regularly.
3.Do you eat sufficiently.
3. What about bowel movements and periods.
4.Did you check with your physician.
Check for nutrition, sleep, anemia and excessive thyroid. I am sure you fall into one of these.