She goes to be at a decent hour, and has no problem getting up early in the morning. Still says she feels tired all day. We've had bloodwork done and an EKG. Any suggestions?

Did the blood work check her thyroid levels? My daughter had unexplainable constant fatigue around age 10, and it turned out she has Hashimoto's thyroiditis. She's 13 now and is doing great. Meds have leveled her out nicely and the fatigue is gone.

512Ag said:

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Did the blood work check her thyroid levels? My daughter had unexplainable constant fatigue around age 10, and it turned out she has Hashimoto's thyroiditis. She's 13 now and is doing great. Meds have leveled her out nicely and the fatigue is gone.

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Yes, I requested that one and it was normal.

Did the bloodwork show any vitamin deficiency? Especially vitamin d. Also is she on a restricted diet which may cause the deficiency?

My 11 yr old 6th grade daughter was just diagnosed with Mono. Lethargic, tired. A little sore throat. Mouth ulcer etc.
Could be going around?

Is she a multi sport athlete? My sister had some rare form of anemia. It was serious enough that she has a modified HS schedule where she only attended core classes for 6 months.

Make sure they checked a Ferritin level. Good easy test to look for restless leg syndrome and iron supplementation essentially fixes it. If Ferritin is normal needs a sleep study. And you have to consider depression at that age which is the most common cause of chronic fatigue in teens.

ATM9000 said:

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I have a daughter that's similar age and I'll just say you might be overlooking something obvious that happens around this time for all girls…

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Well, she started that about a year ago.

Texagsubscriber said:

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Did the bloodwork show any vitamin deficiency? Especially vitamin d. Also is she on a restricted diet which may cause the deficiency?

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No vitamin deficiencies.

KidDoc said:

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Make sure they checked a Ferritin level. Good easy test to look for restless leg syndrome and iron supplementation essentially fixes it. If Ferritin is normal needs a sleep study. And you have to consider depression at that age which is the most common cause of chronic fatigue in teens.

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This could be worth a look. I have often wondered if she has restless leg syndrome as much as she moves around at night. Iron deficiency is something her doctor suspected early on. That being said, her tests showed slightly high red blood cell levels as opposed to low.

I don't think it's depression, but she does get anxious at times.

+1 for mono maybe? I got it in my 20's and felt like I had been run over by a train most days and this was even when I wasn't having sleeping problems.

Tested for mono and it was negative. Thank you all for your suggestions! Still searching....