A Brief Guide to the Reasons You’re Always Tired

A comprehensive look at the causes of fatigue

Ashley Abramson
Elemental
Published in
8 min readNov 18, 2019

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FFeeling tired all the time is incredibly common. Dr. Sharon Bergquist, an assistant professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, says that about a quarter to a third of primary care visits are due to fatigue. Feeling tired isn’t an automatic reason for concern — some level of fatigue is…

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Ashley Abramson
Elemental

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.