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Hypersomnia

Ok, I've just got up (maybe 20 minutes ago) after 13+ hours of sleep, and I'm still shattered. This happens most nights and has done for... 6-9 months? I don't take sleeping tablets or any kind of drugs, I'm not just lazy, and so on - I have bought the loudest alarm clock I could find and put it right next to my ear and tested it on countless occasions to see whether it works, and yet when I'm asleep I just can't hear it. I sleep straight through it. Same with my mum coming and waking me up - I just don't hear her. I rarely get up less than 11-12 hours after I went to bed, except on school days, when I have to, but then I fall asleep when I get home for 4 hours or so, then have 7 hours in the night, and normally sleep most of the way through Saturday, so it cancels out.

Anyone any ideas?

As I said, I'm shattered... I'm off to bed again. :frown:

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Ok, forget sleeping again, I can't... soon as I hit the pillow I just got bored. :biggrin: Even so, anyone got any ideas? By about 4-6am, I will get tired again and sleep through most of Sunday...
Doctor, maybe? Or p'raps your just lazy! No. Sometimes you cna feel tired even when you haven't been doing much. Get up and get active! :biggrin:
You probably feel so tired because you sleep so much.
Never in my life have I seen someone with so much neg rep! Thats impressive! :biggrin:
Great. Thanks for the helpful replies.

:rolleyes:
try a Coffee more coffee..proplus, red bull smoothie :coffee:

Also it might seem hard when you're sleepy and just woken up but the longer you stay awake, the less tired you feel. :smile:
Reply 7
Go to a doctor and ask them to check you out. you could be anaemic Or it could just be nothing much
Happy_Rocker
try a Coffee more coffee..proplus, red bull smoothie :coffee:

Also it might seem hard when you're sleepy and just woken up but the longer you stay awake, the less tired you feel. :smile:

Hmm... it's nothing to do with that. I stay awake until I am literally falling asleep sitting down / standing up, which normally only takes me about 10 hours. Then I sleep for about 14. Coffee and so on don't help... not having them doesn't help.
if you don't exercise much that could contribute.

dunno

see a sleep-doctor man i guess...
generalebriety
Great. Thanks for the helpful replies.

:rolleyes:
I hope that sarcasm wasn't directed at me.
SilverWings
I hope that sarcasm wasn't directed at me.

Less so than the person below you. Even so, suggesting I get tired after 10 hours of being awake because I sleep so much is pretty ridiculous. Did you look hypersomnia (my thread title) up, or just assume you knew it? It can be treated with tricyclics, but I don't want antidepressants to stay awake. I was hoping someone would give me a possible treatment for the symptom, not a diagnosis.
mylastserenade
if you don't exercise much that could contribute.

Meh... I'm not sporty, but I exercise plenty.
Try getting regular exercise, which releases energy and makes you feel more awake. Even if you're knackered at the time, force yourself to do it. You don't need 14 hours of sleep a day, remind yourself of that fact. Also make sure you leave the house more often, spend more time with friends, and resist the urge to sleep so much. I used to have this problem too and it turned out that part of it was because of anaemia so it's worth getting to the doctor and having a blood test.
Juicy Fruit
Try getting regular exercise, which releases energy and makes you feel more awake. Even if you're knackered at the time, force yourself to do it. You don't need 14 hours of sleep a day, remind yourself of that fact. Also make sure you leave the house more often, spend more time with friends, and resist the urge to sleep so much. I used to have this problem too and it turned out that part of it was because of anaemia so it's worth getting to the doctor and having a blood test.

Thanks for your reply.

I do get plenty of exercise, but I wouldn't say it was "regular", even if I do get more than enough - and I eat healthily, pissing my mum off with checking the nutrient levels in food, drinking plenty of fruit juice, and so on. :biggrin: It's not a case of whether I need it or not - I know I need half of what I'm getting. Fact is, when I'm asleep, I can't wake up. I go to bed simply when I feel too tired to stay up - I do actually try and stay awake as long as I can, but often I can't. Sometimes, of course, I'm awake 14-16 hours, which is normal... but then I still sleep the same amount and my sleep pattern gets distorted, like now. No matter how long I'm awake, once I'm asleep I nearly always need 12-15 hours of sleep, or I just can't wake up.
Reply 15
i also used to have this problem, sleeping about 14/15 hours and feeling really sleepy and tired all day, kinda run down, i dont have anemia but i did find out i have a vitamin B deficiency, started taking one everyday and its actually sorted me out dramatically
Reply 16
I've had the exact same problem, and am still in the process of sorting it but I think I've figured it out.

The thing NOT to do is to sleep if you are tired, it will just make you more tired. Your body has become accustomed to sleeping too much and you need to discipline it.

In the middle of the summer holidays I had to get up for a week at 8am, but was still sleeping late so instead of the 10-12 hours I "needed", I was getting about 7 or 8. I was really tempted to have a nap when I came home at 5pm but for the first few days got distracted by something and was again sleeping late. Towards the end of the week I realised that I was less tired even though I was having nearly half the sleep I was used to, and decided to refuse to give in to naps during the day. This was about a month ago, and I'm now getting about 9 hours sleep average and surviving on it perfectly fine. I just said to myself that I don't care if I sleep late, I have to get up between 9-10am, even if for no reason. And it doesn't matter how tired I am during the day, and how desparate I am to sleep at 8pm, I can't sleep. It's taken a month or so to get to this stage and I feel much more refreshed during the day than when I was sleeping more.

It's just about conditioning your body and mind to survive on a certain number of hours. It's hard but be harsh with yourself and make yourself busy so you forget about sleep. Another key thing is routine. A regular waking up time helps to consolidate your biological alarm clock, which will mean your sleep cycle adjusts to the number of hours you sleep and so when it is time to wake up you are in a light state of sleep and will hear alarm clocks etc. Quite often I wake up 2 minutes before my alarm is due to ring.

After reading the above post, I should add that I started taking Vitamin B a month ago, so that has probably helped, as has iron tablets.
Thanks for the replies. :smile:

Only problem is, due to the nature of my studies and social life, sometimes I have to stay up longer than I do on other days. (Very rarely, though.) It would be great if I could get the same 8-9 hours, or even a proportional length of time extra, but it normally just throws me off completely.
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generalebriety
Thanks for the replies. :smile:

Only problem is, due to the nature of my studies and social life, sometimes I have to stay up longer than I do on other days. (Very rarely, though.) It would be great if I could get the same 8-9 hours, or even a proportional length of time extra, but it normally just throws me off completely.



Same here. I just give myself an extra couple of hours to compensate for that. If it is difficult to keep a sleep routine then keep a certain number of hours you sleep, whether that is from 2am-10am, or 10pm-8am. give a few extra for hard/long days.
Reply 19
Do some exercise and consider that you may just be experiencing that teenage sleep phase heavily.

You are going to enjoy M4 btw :smile: