People often think fatigue is just another form of tiredness, but my experience has shown me how different they are. Tiredness is the ordinary, end-of-the-day feeling that settles after a period of effort and usually disappears with a good rest. Fatigue, on the other hand, has been a long-standing companion since my brain tumour treatment in 2008 and again after my stroke. My brain now works much harder behind the scenes to do everyday things — concentrating, navigating, seeing — and that hidden workload drains my energy far more sharply than seems obvious from the outside. Sleep doesn’t always put things right. Fatigue can arrive suddenly, linger stubbornly, and needs managing rather than simply ‘pushing through’. It’s not about attitude; it’s the reality of a brain that’s had to rebuild itself twice.
The Brainstrust charity does a great job on explaining fatigue for people with brain tumours here…
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