Hi All,
I'm a 30 year old female and wondering how "normal" it is to want to take a nap every day, to looovvvee "sleeping in" (I would sleep until noon every day if I could) and have low energy constantly, and I've been this way my entire life, and other people in my family are this way, too.
Is it common to feel like falling asleep again about an hour after breakfast, so much that if you climb back into bed, you're asleep almost immediately?
To have the desire to laze around and nap all weekend more than the desire to go out and do things?
I don't even remember having energy as a child.
My thyroid is fine and no anemia present (has been tested several times throughout my life, including last year. TSH, Free T3 and Free T4 and CBC always test normal. Hemoglobin/Hematocrit in the middle of the normal range, not even the low end of normal.)
Asked for B12 test last year due to being vegetarian and tested 300-something, which doctor said was fine. (Normal range: 200- 1000).
Note: I have had this energy issue as far back as I can remember, even long before becoming vegetarian.
I'm not really overweight (5'5" and 140 lbs., female).
Not dehydration- I drink plenty of water throughout the day.
I don't think is related to nutrition- eat many fruits, veggies, plenty of protein (eggs, peanut butter, whole grains, beans, some soy but try not to eat a lot of soy.)
I take calcium, magnesium, and 1000 IU Vitamin D daily.
As far as my schedule goes, I work 2nd shift and do tend to stay up late (01:00 - 02:00 am), but then I get plenty of sleep (7-8 hours if I force myself out of bed, 9-11 if I let myself sleep as long as I need to to not feel like I'm torturing myself out of bed.) But again, this energy issue started long long before I started working this shift.
I really don't think this is due to sleep apnea, as like I said, I've been this way my entire life. Also I don't snore. I suppose it could be mild sleep apnea, but could that start in early childhood and is there anything that would clue me that that's always been my problem?
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try?
Before you suggest exercise, I ran cross country in high school and still felt this way (I remember one time having to fight to keep myself awake... while running!), and I used to belong to a gym and exercise regularly, and it didn't help with energy (I remember leaving the gym thinking, yay, now I can go home and nap), though I don't work-out at this point in my life.
Also, if anyone has any ideas what could cause this/why I'm like this. Could it possibly be genetic? Everyone in my immediate family enjoys napping and some besides me nap as often as they can, too. My sibling has this exact same "problem." I think my parents might, too, because they nap a lot, although they get up early every morning, whereas I have always had to force myself to get up early, even if I went to bed early.
(This has nothing to do with the home environment-- I don't live with my family and have had this issue through many different apartments and houses.)
Depression does run in our family, but I'm on a medication that works (10 mg Lexapro), and this is not a side effect of the medication, because I've had this energy issue since long before trying meds. It may be a side effect of depression, but what can I do about it if I'm no longer depressed and yet still ttiiirrreeedd all the time?
I am just so sick of wanting to sleep all the time. When I'm a passenger in a car, I want to sleep. When I'm on an airplane, I can't keep myself awake! If I'm lying down to read a book, I always want to fall asleep. Etc. Etc.
Thanks for anything you have to say!!
I'm a 30 year old female and wondering how "normal" it is to want to take a nap every day, to looovvvee "sleeping in" (I would sleep until noon every day if I could) and have low energy constantly, and I've been this way my entire life, and other people in my family are this way, too.
Is it common to feel like falling asleep again about an hour after breakfast, so much that if you climb back into bed, you're asleep almost immediately?
To have the desire to laze around and nap all weekend more than the desire to go out and do things?
I don't even remember having energy as a child.
My thyroid is fine and no anemia present (has been tested several times throughout my life, including last year. TSH, Free T3 and Free T4 and CBC always test normal. Hemoglobin/Hematocrit in the middle of the normal range, not even the low end of normal.)
Asked for B12 test last year due to being vegetarian and tested 300-something, which doctor said was fine. (Normal range: 200- 1000).
Note: I have had this energy issue as far back as I can remember, even long before becoming vegetarian.
I'm not really overweight (5'5" and 140 lbs., female).
Not dehydration- I drink plenty of water throughout the day.
I don't think is related to nutrition- eat many fruits, veggies, plenty of protein (eggs, peanut butter, whole grains, beans, some soy but try not to eat a lot of soy.)
I take calcium, magnesium, and 1000 IU Vitamin D daily.
As far as my schedule goes, I work 2nd shift and do tend to stay up late (01:00 - 02:00 am), but then I get plenty of sleep (7-8 hours if I force myself out of bed, 9-11 if I let myself sleep as long as I need to to not feel like I'm torturing myself out of bed.) But again, this energy issue started long long before I started working this shift.
I really don't think this is due to sleep apnea, as like I said, I've been this way my entire life. Also I don't snore. I suppose it could be mild sleep apnea, but could that start in early childhood and is there anything that would clue me that that's always been my problem?
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try?
Before you suggest exercise, I ran cross country in high school and still felt this way (I remember one time having to fight to keep myself awake... while running!), and I used to belong to a gym and exercise regularly, and it didn't help with energy (I remember leaving the gym thinking, yay, now I can go home and nap), though I don't work-out at this point in my life.
Also, if anyone has any ideas what could cause this/why I'm like this. Could it possibly be genetic? Everyone in my immediate family enjoys napping and some besides me nap as often as they can, too. My sibling has this exact same "problem." I think my parents might, too, because they nap a lot, although they get up early every morning, whereas I have always had to force myself to get up early, even if I went to bed early.
(This has nothing to do with the home environment-- I don't live with my family and have had this issue through many different apartments and houses.)
Depression does run in our family, but I'm on a medication that works (10 mg Lexapro), and this is not a side effect of the medication, because I've had this energy issue since long before trying meds. It may be a side effect of depression, but what can I do about it if I'm no longer depressed and yet still ttiiirrreeedd all the time?
I am just so sick of wanting to sleep all the time. When I'm a passenger in a car, I want to sleep. When I'm on an airplane, I can't keep myself awake! If I'm lying down to read a book, I always want to fall asleep. Etc. Etc.
Thanks for anything you have to say!!
