The Tired-Mother Syndrome

Abstract

It is unnecessary and unwise to call every benign functional syndrome psychoneurosis. Recent studies support the concept of an entity called the tired-mother syndrome. In a study of 48 tired mothers, significant organic disease was not found. They were just trying to do too much, too perfectly. Consumption of oral vitamin preparations for fatigue is at an all-time high, and so too is the number of tired people.

Medication can and should be used for symptomatic relief in the management of the tired-mother syndrome, but no medication is a substitute for the physician's reassurance based on careful examination. The patient must learn to live within her supply of energy.