always tired

LegacyUser

I dunno whats wrong with me Im just always tired

I sleep more than 15 hours a day

I eat a balanced diet

Maybe its just the summer holidays but Its been a long time since Ive actually felt really awake

Help!

chopster

Maybe that's the problem........you sleep TOO much which can be worse than too little sleep.

sceptre

sleeping too much=bad.

The solution for most would be...

Get some exercise - might help (though that's rich advice coming from me:D)



Try a course of vitamins. Vivioptal or Pharmaton are quite good.

I've found Pharmaton the best - Vivioptal is often recommended more for a dietry supplement if you're not eating properly (which you reckon you are) (Vivioptal also apparently increases appetite so Pharmaton may be better) About 12 euro per 30

Also maybe some ginseng. From limited experience the Korean ginseng seems best - can't remember how much it is but Boots have an "own brand" that isn't too pricey.

Karl Hungus

I've been sleeping pretty much as of late. not 15 hours a day, but about 10-12.
I think I just like my lie-ins WAY too much.
It's odd, because I used to suffer from insomnia.

It's also odd that "Get More Excerise" seems to be everyone's answer for everything around here.

LegacyUser

You are definitely sleeping too much. 15 hours + is just going to make you feel more wrecked. There's a number of things that could be causing you to be tired all the time, as mentioned before exercise would help, maybe in a change in your diet (you could be anaemic and lacking iron - that's a common cause of feeling constantly run down).

Also, I agree with sceptre, I've tried Pharmaton and Korean Ginseng (I still take the ginseng regularly) and it has give my energy levels a boost (sorry to sound like an ad.) so might be worth trying. Experiment. with getting less sleep htough and see how you feel, you'll probably feel better rather than worse, the sleeping too long thing can sometimes be psychological ('I need this much sleep').

Hobnail Monkey

The hot summer nights can be a real killer for making you lie in bed I think. Personally speaking, maybe if you found a good reason to get up in the morning, it might make it a little easier. And I agree with the vitamins theory, I take an A-Z vitamin and it picks me up every day.
I find a good stroll during the day works wonders too. I do a fair bit of walking and never really feel tired at all. Which is surprising, considering I get up at about 5:30 every morning for work.

Rabies

why are you sleeping more than 15hrs a day
the average adult only needs 7-8 hrs sleep to function normal.
if your sleeping that much i guess you don't work.
if i'm right then get a job.

do as already mentioned, take some vitamins. they will give you a boost. a few weeks ago i was feeling run down and tired no matter how many hours sleep i got. was advised to try taking vitamin tablets. they do work. it gives your body a boost. try it.

more importantly, get up out of bed!!!
do some work, exercise, just be activce

WhiteWashMan

you just sound like a lazy cúnt to me tbh.
go out and do something with yourself instead of wasting your life away.
sound like a bloody student to me.

Mercury_Tilt

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LegacyUser

Hi Mr Unreg.

First if this is just a recent thing then a bit less sleep and more
excercise might help. But you have heard all this in the previous
posts....

If this is something that has been bothering you for a long time
Years , with a general tiredness all of the time , and no matter
how much sleep you get , you still feel tired.
Then if could meen you have what a friend of mine got diagnosed
with recently. Now ill try to explain briefly without the medical
talk because I dont know it

I think its basically too much Iron or lead or something like that
in your blood and it hits people in their mid 20s. What it is a slow
build up of **** in your blood over time and it slowly just kills
all your energy , when you wake up , your still tired . Now
this not a lazy thing as my friend was quite fit and very healthy.
When they did diagnose it , it turns out it is hereditory ( I cant spell ) and the whole family had to be checked . Basically now every year he has to go to a specialist in dublin and get loads of blood drained .
But since he has got it done he is a completly different person
and says he hasnt felt this good in years.

I just think if it is bad go to your doctor and have a blood test done , at least you will get a piece of mind. Just a little alternative
opinion to the general "Get up you lazy **** and do some excercise attitude"
Good Luck

BEAT

first of all, there could be a number of reasons why you feel the need to sleep, too much sleep being one of them, but this all started somewhere...could be depression, or low B12 or not eating the right foods, what you need to do is see your doctor. There could be several reasons you are in this rut. It's not healthy and could lead to other unhealthy habits.

Trojan

Hi guys,

I was wondering if you can help me. I am quite fit (in fact I go to the gym twice every day), and get plenty of sleep (over 3 hours a night). I work hard (14 hours a day), and yet despite all this, I am always tired. I think it's because I go out 6 nights a week.

Can you help? Maybe I should get more exercise?

Thanks,
Al.

thedrowner

i came so close to posting a serious response to this!!!!!!!

Lenny

Ever wonder it could be diabitiese you have?
The first signs of it are always being tired, should see a doctor.

Dont be at yourself

For the past few years I've had the same problem. If I'm not dragged out of bed, I can quite easily sleep past 4 in the afternoon. Then, when awake, I find myself often fighting to keep my eyelids open. I'm regularly late for school, can't concentrate when I am in school and am always in a bad mood because of my tiredness. I've never sought help to this, but I've been told by quite a few people that it sounds like I don't take enough iron.

Kenshin

Also, depression makes you tired.

androphobic

I had glandular fever when I was younger and have honestly been tired for years as a result of it.

If you're worried about it you could get blood tests done.. you could also have thyroid problems, for instance.

- andro

SOL

That or you can go get diagnosed with ME
but i'd suggest the exercise vitimains first and if your not good in 2 weeks or much better go see a doctor

Kairo

The only thing I could suggest to help would be to get whoever's living with you to wake you at a certain time. Its fact that the more you sleep, the more tired you become. Anything beetween 8 to 10 hours is reasonable. Going over that, you're body is just gonna get more tired. Its something to do with the mitochondrianamagics thingys in your cells not being used if you sleep all the time (been a while since I did Biology )

I'm pretty much the same as you. I sleep whenever im tired, not giving a crap about the time of day..but It only leaves you feeling like **** then when your eventually forced to work or something.

Back to college in a few weeks..hopefully I'll break the habit by then

Robbo

I had the same thing last year. It was diagnosed as glandular fever, so I went along with that. Beware, it can become ME or "Yuppie flu" if left untreated, and you don't want to have to deal with the pony tails and giant mobile phones that go with yuppism.

Alas, if it is glandular fever (go doctor, get blood checked), take all the antibiotics that are thrown at you and get hepped up on caffiene, ginseng or something of that ilk to smoothen the edges.