14
Jul

As far as I know, I'm healthy. For the past few months I just haven't been myself. I don't feel like doing anything that requires getting out of bed. I make appointments and can't keep them because I just don't have it in me to go. I’ve a very had time even hanging out with friends or coworkers, which was never the case before. I sleep for ten hours or more each day, and I usually wake up and feel like I could sleep for 4 days more.

I have nothing to be depressed about, I’ve a wonderful life, but I just feel so void. I'd rather sleep or read than participate in life. I know I’ve to go to the physicians, but I always feel very awkward discussing how I feel to relative strangers. - Go figure I'm on here. :-)

Any help is much appreciated.


Answer:
There’s a possiblity that you have sleep apnea or similar problems but if you oversleep you can often lose energy and muscle making you feel even more fatigued. Try for the next two weeks to have 8-9 hours of sleep a night and go to bed at around the same time and get up around the same time say 10pm-7am. Even if you still feel tired get up and get on with the day and don't take any naps. Try and eat healthily too, if you eat unhealthily you won't be getting the right nutrience thus making you exhausted. Make sure you’ve at least 5 servings of fruit and veges a day and limit carbohydrates and sugary products which often raise energy levels suddenly and then they drop causing you to feel very fatigued. Try taking a short 10 minute walk in the morning either before or after a hearty breakfast. When you go to sleep, make sure your room is dark, you cut watching tv or using the laptop 1/2 an hour before you turn the light out and make sure your bed is comfortable and your matriss isn't too saggy or hard. Also make sure the temperature of your room is okay, it should be at a coolish temperature to allow for your heart rate to drop and get into “hybernate” mode.

If after two weeks of this new regime you see know improvement in energy levels (you might feel fatigued the first few days but DONT give in and do NOT nap) then go and see a sleep specialist or your physician and they will be able to monitor your sleep to identify any problems you’re having that are preventing you from going into deep sleep which is the most important part of sleep. For instance if you’ve sleep apnea you stop breathing for a second and you wake up breifly thus preventing you from going into deep sleep and making your tired constantly.


Answer:
We were just speaking about someone like this here at work and she was diagnosed with sleep apnea. She wasn't getting enouhg sleep each night, and couldn't function during the day. Get tested for sleep apnea

Answer:
you're just tired :D

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Before rushing to the doctor, try looking at the links below.

There are huge energy changes going on in the planet, both to humans and animals. The symptoms can include needing more sleep than normal. It is nothing to worry about because it means people are experiencing a DNA upgrade, which is really a good thing for humanity. Please read the links and find out more.

Also another symptom of those who are more spiritually aware than others perhaps, is the feeling of apathy or not caring about much. It is a sign of letting go of the old paradigm.

love and light

Martin


Answer:
good…

The latest research recommends that you need seven to nine hours of sleep a night to lose weight and keep it off

“When you don't sleep enough, your level of ghrelin — the munch hormone, which triggers appetite — goes up. “At the same time, your level of leptin, which controls your appetite and aids in the metabolism of carbohydrates, goes down.” When leptin levels drop, we crave more food, particularly carbs, whether or not we've already consumed enough calories.

The finding is based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I (NHANES I). More than 9,000 people participated in the initial study, which was conducted from 1982-1984. They were initially weighed, and later, researchers obtained a self-reported weight for follow-up. More than 8,000 people took part in a 1987 follow-up study.

People who reported getting less than seven hours of sleep a night were more prone to be obese on initial evaluation. The study also showed that they were also more prone to develop obesity during follow-up.

Participants who slept five hours per night were 73% more prone to become obese than those getting seven to nine nightly hours of sleep, say Columbia University professor of medicine Steven Heymsfield, and James Gangwisch, PhD.

Even one hour of sleep can make a difference.

People getting six hours of sleep per night were 27% more likely to become obese than those getting seven to nine hours.

The lightest sleepers — those with only two to four hours of sleep per night — were 67% more apt to become obese than people who slept for seven to nine hours.

Those numbers were calculated before taking other variables into consideration. However, the link between sleep and obesity held even after adjusting for those factors, state the researchers, who reported their findings in Las Vegas, at the annual scientific meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Obesity.

More work is needed to explain the sleep-obesity relationship, but the researchers have some ideas.

In a news release, Gangwisch states humans may have evolved to store fat in summer, which has short nights and plentiful food, to prepare for winter's long nights and historically scarcer food supply.

“As a result, sleeping less could serve as a trigger to the body to increase food intake and store fat,” says Gangwisch.

Other studies have also shown that insulin sensitivity and levels of two appetite-related hormones — leptin and ghrelin — can be affected by sleep deprivation, which could impact weight.

Leptin is associated with appetite control and ghrelin has been identified as an appetite stimulant. During sleep deprivation, leptin levels fall and ghrelin levels rise.

That may be a recipe for ravenous, tired people who might end up raiding the refrigerator when they might be superior off turning in earlier or hitting the snooze button.

So… lucky you… but make a steady timings to sleep & wake up early put any alarm which you do not like / set timings to the music which you hate the most.. & fix an on timer.. so that it starts ON early morning & irritates you… & you get up atleast to OFF it.. just try it out…

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