Wake up tired, tired all day

I'm a stay-at-home mom of an almost 2 year old little girl. After the initial newborn up-all-hours stage, the baby slept in bed with me, and nursed throughout the night. I felt rested. Then, when she was 14 months old, we found out she had developed cavities due to the night nursing, and we had to night wean her immediately. It was a nightmare. I went many nights on 4-6 hours (or less!) of broken up sleep. This started in July. I was fine until around October, and then I got soooo tired. Terrible time getting out of bed, dragging my butt around the house all day, and I would have times throughout the day when I would just be hit by extreme exhaustion.

Now, the only way any of us is able to get any sleep is if I sleep beside the baby in her single bed. Since we managed to get her night weaned, she usually wakes up briefly at least once and sometimes many times every night - but I'm able to hush her to sleep quickly while lying in bed. But I'm still soooo exhausted. I can barely drag myself out of bed in the morning, and I get hit by extreme extreme sleepliness, sometimes after lunchtime, and almost every day after supper.

Sleeping in the single bed beside the baby isn't comfortable. I have to be faced towards her, otherwise she wakes up!


As I'm typing this, I'm realizing, of course I'm tired! But I've never felt exhausted like this before and keep wondering if it's something medical and not just sleep related? I mean, I AM sleeping...

I went to the dr and bloodwork was all normal. She thinks it's the sleep thing too. I've also recently discovered I have high blood pressure, which she thinks is related to poor sleep? I wonder if it could be the other way around too?

I started excercising in hopes that it improves my energy.

Does the way I'm feeling sound normal for what I've been going through sleep wise? I just need some reassurance. I didn't mention, since I started feeling tired, my anxiety levels have been through the roof too. Blah.

Thanks for any thoughts.