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Moms in their 30’s

Does anyone else have kids that sleep through the night but they’re still exhausted all the time?

It’s honestly awful. I was taking Adderall again, and it helped so much. I had taken it for years before being pregnant, quit cold turkey twice, and never had any issues or withdrawals. I’ve realized at this point I’ve become dependent on it to get through the day, and when it doesn’t work I’m miserable, so I decided to stop taking it, and man. I feel it this time. I also feel like there may be an underlying issue I’ve been ignoring and masking with the meds that needs to be dealt with, so I made an appointment with my primary for next week to do bloodwork. I’m 14 months postpartum. I have a luteal phase defect I never had before in my life that the OB said would resolve with time, but it hasn’t. They haven’t been very helpful otherwise. I have a chin hair that suddenly appeared I’ve never had in my life postpartum this time. I have panic attacks sometimes. I feel like it’s my hormones, thyroid, or some vitamin deficiency. During my second pregnancy I had crazy fatigue that didn’t feel normal, and it turned out I had low vitamin D. Maybe that’s the issue again which will take weeks to improve after supplementation. I also used to get naps every day, but my 2 year old doesn’t não anymore unless she’s in a car or stroller, so I lost out on that. I’m just so tired all the time, but I’m getting 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep every night. What the hell? Is it being a mom? Is it just that that’s making me so exhausted? I do have 2 toddlers.