Dude i fucking sleep 8 hours eat lentils, eggs, rice, vegetables hydrate myself while working out and still get sleepy out of nowhere its so hard to study lately and caffeine has always been bs for me just hve to fight it
Me too, i kept talking also in classes, and at home and all my teachers and parents kept blaming me and calling me lazy, when in reality it feels like sitting up drains all my energy
Yes. I believe I have chronic fatigue, because I literally do nothing all day and am too tired to do anything. And I wake up tired after hours of sleep
Im pretty sure that’s not a real thing. Not to gas light you, but when I hear about people with CFS I always think I would have CFS too if I had the same lifestyle and attitude as them
@yoey yoey That's because you think of it as Lifestyle=CFS and not CFS=Lifestyle. You're probably more active and alert, so when you change your habits, you feel drowsy and unmotivated. With CFS it's the other way around.
Yes! Totally relatable. I'm a night owl. My brain works a lot better during night time and I have a sudden energy boost at around 7:30 in the afternoon and can be hyperactive until dawn.
The problem is that I feel much better when I only sleep for 3 hours, less than 5 hours. Also skipping sleep entirely gives me a sudden boost for a few hours but then it crashes at afternoon.
Its called being a nightowl. Its pretty often heriditary. The amount of times me my dad and lil bro have sat around with a bowl of cornflakes at 3 am cuz none of us could sleep is unreal
@@SuperVideoman2012yeah I feel like a lot of people are misdiagnosing themselves with this video. I have had days where I feel tired even after 12 hours of sleep but it’s often bc I’m a night owl and weekdays of work I sleep less, and I’m basically making up for it on the weekend. I’m often up til like 4-5 am. If I finally one day get a freaking normal sleep schedule I’d be fine, and I’m assuming most people as well.
It’s about sleep consistency. If I get into a routine where I need to be up at the same time every morning (5am, 7am, 11am), dépendant in work and when I go to the gym, when I go to sleep I’ll slip into that pattern. I’m a night owl, but when I have to consistently wake up at 4am to get the first bus so I can go to gym before work, then work a 9 hour day, I will be go to bed at 9pm expecting to watch a film and as soon as I lie I fall asleep.
I'm SO GLAD people are starting to talk about this condition. I have hypersomnia and chronic fatigue. These conditions are hell without medication for me. When the Adderall shortage was at its worst, I was disappointed to see nobody acknowledging that many with hypersomnia, CFS, POTS, and/or narcolepsy really need the medication more than anyone else. Without stimulants, many of us can't drive, work, or live a fulfilling, happy life. I've spent many years being gaslit by my mother and teachers, telling me that I just "need to eat better," "get more sleep" or "get more exercise." I was lucky enough when my doctors took me seriously, but that isn't the case for everyone. Turns out being tired or fatigued all of the time isn't usually one's fault. I wish more people were aware that such symptoms are often out of someone's control, sometimes almost entirely, and aren't "excuses."
I’m the same way and have been wondering for years what I might have wrong with me. Been wanting to do a sleep study or something but it’s all so expensive. I’ve woken up fully rested twice…in 31 years. The rest of the time I’m ready to fall asleep anytime and anywhere. Was there anything specific that you told your doctors that helped them listen to you?
@@RoronoaEmi I'm not sure about specifics words, but what seemed to help was having a witness. My father had been witnessing me getting enough sleep but consistently falling asleep throughout the day, and getting exhausted from physical activities, while my blood tests came back normal and I seemed healthy. Having someone in the doctor's office who had witnessed how fatigued and sleepy I was all of the time, gave me more credibility.
bro i know how you feel ive got cfs and im in school. ive had to take multiple month long breaks and its at the point when my schools recommending homeschooling. they dont believe anything i say and just think im lying 🙃
For me, hypersomnia is usually caused by a depressive episode. Apparently, this is decently common. So neurological/psychological disorders can also cause it!
And after a burnout? It's been over 4 years. And I still feel so tired. I do a fraction of what I did before and it stil feels like I need more rest! I feel like I am a grandma with my energy levels.
I had hypersomnia related to depression and anxiety. I slept for most of the day and at night. After beginning treatment I started sleeping more regular hours, although still more than the average person. I also started waking up frequently in the night, which is a more common depression sleep symptom.
The fact that you feel awake at any time of the day sounds more like circadian rhythm rather than hypersomnia, when you feel sleepy from the moment you wake up to when you fall asleep. It could be that your circadian rhythm is out of whack, unless you have always been a night bird like me. It doesn't matter how long I follow the routine of early to rise, early to bed after physically tiring day, the minute I'm not forced to get up early I get back to what my body clock was set to. You can try and accommodate your circadian rhythm by taking a nap at lunch and afternoon/ early evening and plan activities that need concentration to when you feel most awake. That means splitting your sleep hours into smaller chunks, which might feel weird, until you think all the cultures where siesta is part of culture, and everyone works and eats later in the evening.
@@oakstrong1yeah. No matter what I do, daytime I feel horrible and come nighttime I feel awesome. I've tried everything. I think I just realise I'm a night owl
Can we just apraicate how much nice the doc like he literly work for like 12 or more hours everyday and yet he still posts vidoes right after he wakes up and whenever he gets a chance
Holy sht, I said yes to A LOT. I’m always tired like that and it never felt right to say “insomnia” . My symptoms match Hypersomnia so much more, regardless of how rare it is. I forget things even after it just happening, I’m snappy & irritable too
It’s actually not rare 10% of the population is a lot. 20% of the population of America has blue eyes, and 9% have green eyes. 10% is fairly common given those standards.
If you do not sleep at night then you do not have hypersomnia, or at most secondary hypersomnia. It's logical you are tired if you don't sleep well or at all at night that you have a need for excessive sleep during the day.
fun fact: you can feel a similar way if you have hypermobility (being double jointed) which is super common. being double jointed means that your muscles have to work harder, thus your body works harder to just exist!
I have hypermobility syndrome and it never occurred to me that my chronic fatigue could be related. Thank you for commenting. Let me know if you have advice
@@khloebeal1425 i'm glad i could help! it sounds like common sense, but good sleep is really important. i have really bad fatigue too and have been tested numerous times for things like anemia as an explanation but nothing has come up (turns out it was my hypermobility). for me, i make sure i get my 9 hours of sleep per night and take vitamin B and magnesium. i also try to take things easy when i can and, particularly when i was in college, took regular breaks when working (even 5 mins per 45 mins). also, things like yoga have really helped as just a general boost. not sure any of this is helpful, but i hope things get better for you :)
Hi! Psychology student here 😊. Hypersomnia can also be caused by mood disorders such as depression and general anxiety. From An M.D.'s point of view, Dr Karan is absolutely on point 😊
@@ms.m6060 hi! If the patient suffers from anxiety or depression I would prescribe am SSRI to begin with, first line of treatment is usually sertraline or fluoxetine for younger patients. This should eliviate the anxiety and hence, reduce the hypersomnia. If there doesn't seem to be another underlying cause - a change in one's diet and a consistent sleep schedule should help. Processed carbs can increase fatigue and make an individual sleepy, while sleeping at odd times, without a sleep schedule may also effect one's energy level. As regards to other conditions, I will refer the patient accordingly, either to renal, neurology, etc. depending on my diagnosis
What’s difficult is to get doctors to believe that you’re not depressed or have other underlying issues. It took me 15 years + to get someone to refer me to a sleep specialist. It’s changed my life exponentially for the better. Doctors wanted nothing more than to send me through all of the wrong directions repeatedly… I almost gave up. Finally, one doctor listened. The only way I’d be able to officially determine if I have narcolepsy or Hypersomnia is through a spinal tap, but since both are treated with the exact same meds, there’s no reason to go through it.
If only every doctor was as passionate about treating people like you are! We’d be a far healthier nation and have much more trust in those that treat us❤
Fatigue is ruining my time as a dad with a young daughter, I feel myself struggling to get through days when I should be enjoying every moment. It sucks 😭
Yes and that's why I started working at night. People around me all asked: "Are you sure? That's very bad for your health" Never felt better 🤣👌 Just make sure you get enough vitamines associated with daytime
I think this is an unrelated condition. I also feel more awake and aware at night, but I still need 10+ hours of sleep to function wether it's day or night.
Additionally, hypersomnia could be related to other conditions such as autoimmune diseases like lupus or conditions such as fibromyalgia. I can sleep for 16hrs and feel anything but rested and refreshed.
Do you actually sleep in those hours? Like i will lay in bed for 10 hours with my eyes closed but if you constantly wake up and toss and turn then those hours don't "count" only consecutive hours of actual sleep count
When I was in the wrong end of an abusive relationship this was me all the time. Sleep & tired, always. Even when I was allowed to sleep it wasn't really sleep. Being unconscious isn't the same as getting restful sleep. This is what living in a dangerous relationship was like.
@@mrssomeone2143 Start with self-love, caring and protecting yourself with appropriate boundaries. Be the one that loves you the most. _Then_ as you interact with others you'll find people that really care about your well-being as much as you care about theirs. With self-reflection I bet you'll find plenty of reasons to love yourself.
Thank you for raising awareness about this! I have Idiopathic Hypersomnia and it took me years to get diagnosed! If you think you might have IH please go see a sleep doctor, it changed my life!
Are you on Armodafinil? 😊 I’ve only met one person that has narcolepsy. My Hypersomnia acts more like narcolepsy, but the other symptoms of narcolepsy were not present. If I’m not on my armodafinil, I really struggle to keep my eyes open.
@MsAubrey yes and it is a life saver! I tried so many other scripts before it but they all just gave me anxiety. Also maybe ask your doc if it might be type 2 narcolespy? I have type 2 and it's literally just narcolepsy minus the cataplexy.
I've found that working on sleeping and more importantly waking at the exact same time daily + getting adequate sunlight asap when I wake up and throughout the day really helped me not feel like hitting the sack all the time. I know it's boring but it's basic circadian rhythm biology stuff Hope this helps someone!
I just love that he is informing people about sleeping problems while we can clearly see that he has a bad sleep routine. That is the action of a very good person and doctor!
Can I ask if you’ve tried adderall? I’ve been on adderall for like 15 years for ADD. But I think I have delayed sleep wake disorder where it’s so hard to wake up early than 1pm for me. Wondering if I should try switching to modafinil even if it is technically “less powerful.”
@@nikkij4873 unfortunately, I can't say I have tried Adderall. The great thing about Modafinil/armodafinil is that you can increase the dosage by a fairly large margin if you work with your doctor. For instance, when I was first diagnosed I was in the middle of my schooling and absolutely required a high dose to keep up with exams. So I took 300 mg armodafinil every morning. That amount is larger than the typical dosage given to patients, but it was the right amount for me at the time. Due to cost concerns, I am now at 200 mg Modafinil (as that's the max that I can get subsidised). While it doesn't work as effectively, even the smaller boost helps me get going in the day. I would recommend trying it, but best talk to your doctor about it.
@@nikkij4873 not less powerful, but less addictive. It’s a completely different medication. One is an amphetamine (adderall) and one is not. I take armodafinil, because it has a longer action in me. I had to take two doses of modafinil a day, but armodafinil, I only need one dose.
I suffered from this until my doctor figured out I had hypothyroidism. I can still use this as a symptom this day- whenever I start feeling like this for more than a couple of weeks (and no sign of other illnesses), my thyroid is usually starting to go out of whack again.
@@watchyourmouthbetch it took going through multiple medications, but my doctor finally hit on a prescription that works for me. I now go about my day with no side effects and no sleepiness. The only time I start feeling the excessive sleepiness and tiredness is when I’m either getting sick or my thyroid is starting to slip into hypothyroidism territory again. Luckily, that’s only happened a few times, but I’ve got an amazing doctor who listens to me just as much as she listens to the lab tests. I’m lucky enough to have good health insurance, which unfortunately isn’t always the case in the US.
@@watchyourmouthbetch don’t give up hope! Not sure how healthcare works in the UK, but it took over 10 years and 7 different doctors to find one that actually thought about something other than weight gain meaning lack of exercise and diet control.
Thank you for raising awareness on this health issue. I never post, but was diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia + long sleep time (excessive daytime sleepiness + sleep episodes of 12 to 48 hours without ability to be roused) in 2016. So scary and disorienting. I would cry afraid to fall asleep and lose time😢. People didn't understand and referred to me as "sleeping beauty." All my body wanted to do was sleep and I lost a job I loved. I was blessed with a great doctor, but told that I would never be cured after being treated with lifestyle mods (change in job and work schedules etc.), several IV iron treatments and daily oral caffeine tablets equaling up to 10 cups coffee daily (modafinil was contraindicated for me). But God is good! Not one episode since March 2018! Normal sleep! Now IV iron a couple times a year if needed coffee only a few times a week. There is hope in management/healing and in Christ. 🙂
In my case it's just trauma related. Nightmares, hyper arousal, anxiety... When I was 26 there was a period of months where I couldn't walk up stairs. I had to crawl. Right now I'm in trauma therapy, and I am so tired I can hardly sit up straight for days at a time. The shame and frustration I feel for not being able to do the most basic of tasks is horrible, but I can't go back, I have to have work through it all and go forward so I can reach my goal of becoming a productive member of society and feel contentment.
Sorry if this is weird for a stranger to say, but I'm super proud of you. That shit is really hard, and you are so strong for pushing through it. And you're absolutely right, trauma totally has physical symptoms, sometimes debilitating ones. Keep at it. You'll come out the other side so much better.
Yup and I was diagnosed with "Long Phase Idiopathic Hypersomnia" All my neurologist had to offer me was, "I'm really sorry," because there is literally nothing he could do to help me. Stimulants can help, but it's only for an hour or two a day and it can be real hit and miss. I have complex form of ADHD on top of it and this makes medicating my condition even more difficult. I take a 20 mg of extended release Adderall in the morning, 30 mg of quick release in the afternoon and another 30 mg in the early evening. Most days I still fall asleep even with all that stimulant in my system. It's extremely disabling and just to make a small correction, there are sleep episodes/attacks that can happen out of nowhere with Idiopathic Hypersomnia where you CANNOT stay awake. The difference between it and narcolepsy is that when a narcoleptic gets a sleep attack...they can nap and wake feeling refreshed...those with I.H. will never wake feeling refreshed.
I had the excessive sleepiness. I went to doctor and I found out I was diabetic. My sugars were high. Once I got my sugars back to normal I have energy all day and no sleepiness.
Did you have no other symptoms apart from that? I have the same thing - plus after eating a lot of sugar on some occasions I can get into a really weird sleeping phase quite fast that makes my head hurt and feels off - I always showed it aside but kept fearing it might be diabetis, I think I should ask my doctor to test it 🙈
@@flecks_1692 You pee a lot, and you're really thirsty. Losing weight is also a symptom, but I have Type 1, not type 2. So I don't know if the losing excessive weight thing is a symptom of T2 like it is for T1. The symptoms aren't as bad with type 2 because your pancreas are still producing some insulin. With type 1, the insulin production just stops, and the symptoms get pretty severe. Unless it's type 1.5... That's a weird one. It's like type 1, but progressively gets worse, instead of just hitting you all at once like type 1. If you're brave, just taste your pee. If it's sweet, you're diabetic, congratulations. I really need to start telling people to do that to check, instead of all the symptoms, because it's hard to tell from those few symptoms. The pee being sweet is a surefire sign, you can immediately tell.
@@flecks_1692 all I had was excessive sleepiness. I mean I would fall asleep at red lights that’s how bad it was. I would have to park at gas stations and sleep for a bit before for driving again. And I looked like I wasn’t putting on any weight. But not really. It was just that all the glucose was sitting in my bloodstream. If there’s something wrong and you’re not feel well, go get checked out. You’ll lose your vision if you wait long enough if you’re really diabetic. You can lose a toe and your kidney. You also become very susceptible to any infection even the most minor head cold, you’ll feel like it’s COVID’s mother. That happened to me. You get sick very easily and more often. I didn’t have the textbook symptoms with the thirst and pee-ing.
Since I was a child, even super young memories of being 2 years old. I had night terrors for a very long time. I'm 40 now and they only stopped like a year ago. The severity of them slowly lessened to where I could immediately go back to sleep the last several years, but when I was a kid a night terror episode would leave me awake, sweaty, and hyper aware the rest of the night. It was very common for me to only get 3 or 4 hours of sleep. I still almost never fall deeply asleep and wake very easily. I cannot tell you just how sick I am of being tired all the time.
@@md-io4tb No idea. I remember turning my brother's boombox up to full volume while he had Kiss playing on cassette. Scared me pretty bad. Lol. Got stung by a bunch of bees around that time. I know I was younger than 2 then because we moved before I was 2, but I don't recall anything super traumatic. My sister moved out while I was still in kindergarten (big age difference) but she remembers them looking for me and couldn't find me because I'd be asleep under the bed. The bed skirt kept me from seeing things standing at the foot of the bed. Never was scared of a monster under it. Lol. I didn't have a name for what happened to me til I was an adult. My sleep seems permanently screwed because of it.
@@leaelzebub811 Ok, that's as weird as it is interesting. I had to think a while about it. Now this might be surprising - but isn't it curious that the first things you mention in this context *can* be sexually connoted? That there was (a) kiss, which was too loud , maybe meaning too much, and that you got stung by bees? Furthermore, you seemed to like hiding - from what? I'm not a therapist or anything. And I don't want to intimidate you. Sorry if I do though.
@@md-io4tb Not bothering me. KISS is just a classic rock band. And yeah, night terrors are super weird. I was hiding from things I saw. I'd wake up and see creatures or dark shapes at the foot of the bed. It's kinda like sleep walking, only my eyes are open and it's always something scary. That's all. Usually a shadow shape, vaguely humanoid. The weirdest stuff is looking up how many people with night terrors have similar experiences. I'm not a believer in paranormal stuff, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't creep me out some how similar our experiences can be. I've seen the "hat man." It's just weird stuff.
This is me. Memory has been getting a little hazy as of the last few years while i feel different levels of tiredness during the day. Don't really get anxious or depressed though and nothing really wrong with my otherwise, so i mostly just accepted that this is my life now and nap when its really bad.
Yes I always feel tired no matter what 5 years ago when I was in uni if I had a couple days off from lectures and placement instead of actually doing my assignments I would leave them to the last day and spend the first 2-3 days just sleeping only to wake up around 9pm everyday to eat dinner and drink water before going back to bed, I never thought much about it, I just thought it was because uni was hard work and I needed a lot of rest, but now even though I’m working and I force myself to stay awake even on my off days I always constantly want to nap and never feel awake and coffee just makes me more sleepy. So I think it’s time I went to the dr and sorted things out.
I felt like that a lot before finally being diagnosed with hypothyroid. A friend felt the same, but with them it was blood sugar. My mom had it and needed 50,000 units of vitamin D3 once a week for several months. So it can be a lot of things, and no, it's not just being tired, or getting older. Glad you're getting it checked out 😊👍
@@djmx9237 I was prescribed potassium, and 50,000 units of vit D3, the D3 was once a week, and I'd say I noticed the potassium almost the next day, as I had edema(water retention) for some time, due to hypothyroid, and I'd say it took a few more days to notice the D3... probably about a week...my thyroid meds just never seemed to kick in all the way until I took the potassium, probably because I'd gone untreated for so long.
You need that sleep. There’s no win win situation in degenerative diseases therefore being rested ( which is not comparable to the minute time an average person spends to rest ) is actually required for you. I just hope you get all the strength and necessary medical assistance to get through this. 🥲🥲🥲
For sleep apnea, weight loss often helps. I literally never slept well while obese and napped throughout the day frequently, but 100 lbs down and no longer need to nap. Note it may not be completely gone, as there are other factors affecting it (alchohol, smoking, nasal congestion, also nasal genetics)
I didnt know i had this until i got diagnosed with adhd. Now im on methylphenidate, which treats both disorders, and i feel like a completely different person in so many beautiful positive ways!
I'm 26 and I've had all of the symptoms of hypersomnia for as long as I can remember. It has always taken a huge toll on my general productivity and motivation. I have told multiple doctors over my lifetime and been brushed off or told just to practice better "sleep hygiene," as though I haven't already tried everything in the book. At this point, I'm just tired of being tired all the time and even more tired of being told there's nothing wrong with me. To anyone who's going through the same thing, you're not alone. Keep fighting for the help you deserve.
So, I’m not alone? My mom had to have surgery while pregnant with me and I think the general anesthetic permanently changed my brain chemistry. She had to check on me all the time.
@MsAubrey That's very common. My brother was so geeked out that he didn't even cry when he was born. Probably does have some permanent affects in brain development, but can't be avoided so no one mentions it.
I Felt like this all the time for over a decade, finally went to the doctor about it and was referred, turns out it was sleep apnoea! Highly recommend getting sleep issues checked out, my CPAP machine has literally changed my life!
Holy shit- I just looked into this and i think this is what i’ve been struggling with for the past 2 and a half years- I have chronic insomnia and have had it since I was 3 and got diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease 4 years ago, but no matter if my thyroxine was good and no matter if i slept properly or throughout the day i couldn’t shake off this fatigue. Definitely going to get this checked out!
Insomnia is often accompanied by bouts of hypersomnia after you finally return to a normal sleep pattern. It’s very strange to go from never feeling truly tired to feeling like you could sleep at any time
I went through school pretty much asleep. At some point I realized that if I wake up at around 2 am, I fall asleep like a normal person does at around 4 pm. I love mornings, and this is the way for me. Try different ways of sleeping. You won't regret the feeling of finally knowing what being refreshed can be.
yup, highly recommend experimenting with your sleep schedule, I nowadays go to sleep at 6am, wake up at around 2/3pm then work from 1am-6am. It's a strange ass schedule by most peoples standards but works perfectly for me
@@kiiturii I think that in our history, it has been pretty useful to have one guy sit at the campfire keeping it lit and looking out into the night, working on whatever they like to work on in peace.
@@Lawh Right? Considering my sleep cycle being inverted (and unadaptable despite decades working against it) and how sensitive I am to movement (even at -9 eyesight) and sound, I'm quite certain this is just how my ancestors survived.
@@whytheflick Yeah same. It's can be some sort of a psychological thing where a certain type of a person finds night more natural, or then it is deep in the genes and you can't escape it. Either or anyway, there is very little use in fighting these things. It will only create a grueling existence. I had to wake up really early today, but after a couple of hours of sleep, then doing what needs to be done, I can feel easy that I know that I can go to bed at any point I want, and wake up when I want.
OMFG !! This is exactly me. I thought I might not be getting enough sleep because of work. But even on weekends when I sleep a lot in night and afternoon I feel sleepy again in the evening. Someone even told me that it might be a symptom of depression. Even my psychiatrist said that's true. But it also might not be related always.
You can't mess with your sleep schedule that much and expect your body to just adapt. Of course your body is still exhausted after only a few nights of good sleep when you've had 5+ days of deprivation.
After many years of insomnia as a teenager, something in my brain just switched and this was my issue instead. Except it wasn't just excess sleepiness and exhaustion - I had to be constantly actively moving some part of my body around or doing something or I'd just fall asleep. Made university hell in the lectures they didn't want us to take notes of - I normally handwrote them which kept me awake enough so I'd just conk right out
I've got hypersomnia from going to sleep at 2-3am regularly. Used to sleep 12 hours and still feel tired and sleepy straight away after having a breakfast. Fixed my sleeping hours, fixed the issue
Wow that checked all of the boxes on my list. Probably gonna talk to my doctor about it because i had sleep problems for a long time now and even with good sleep i wake up disoriented and still feel tired and sleepy. Never knew about this , thank you. I always felt guilty and bad about myself, my sleep scedule and i always forget alot of things .
I said yes to all. I also have idiopathic hypersomnia and take stimulants just to function in society. Seriously folks, if you answered yes to most of these, please get it checked out by a doc!
Same here. But sometimes the stimulants aren't helping and I fall asleep despite them. If I wake up at 7 or 8, I NEED tovsleep during the day for about an hour to 1,5h to make it through till 9pm and then go to bed again. I am in disability partly due to that as the very unpredictability of it makes it impossible to work. I just slept for 4h after waking up at 11ish. It's getting in my way so much I don't have a life anymore :(
Wow, I am on ADHD meds, but without them I'm constantly tired and pretty useless. I do have other underlying medical issues, but i could sleep for days (and sometimes have).
yep, as a narcoleptic, i do have excessive daytime sleepiness but almost exclusively as sleep attacks. i go through periods when thats the reality no matter what i do. i have trouble taking naps so i get irritable and start hallucinating or having cataplexy, or both. result of the mind being asleep while the body is awake or vice versa.
I had this!!! It was because I had sleep apnea!!! I used a ventilating machine for a few weeks and days when I needed it and sleep 10000x better. I used the machine for a few months and I haven’t used it in a year. Talk to you doc about it to see if that’s what you’re struggling - My symptoms were being constantly tired, exhausted to the point where walking was an uphill battle, I couldn’t focus at all on anything, I was always upset and sleepy mad, waking up feeling like I didn’t sleep at all, always having nightmares(?), sleeping during the day like 1pm-3pm and still feeling groggy, mind fog all day.
Is it possible to have this, feel exhausted all the time and have the symptoms you said happens if people make themselves stay awake, and not actually be able to sleep? I sleep all night and wake feeling so sleepy I spend the day trying to fall back to sleep. I’m always tired, but my body won’t shut down.
There are a LOT of conditions that can cause you to be lethargic and exhausted even after a full night’s sleep. If you can, I’d definitely start talking to a doctor, maybe see if you can do a sleep study. We all deserve good sleep! ❤️
Yes. In my case it's fibromyalgia, which also includes pain. The exhaustion and brain fog can last weeks. Sometimes I get so bad all I can do is sleep, but that's usually after an extended period of exhaustion without being able to get much sleep. It obviously might not be your diagnosis, but if this has been going on a long time it might be worth doing a little research to see if the symptoms sound familiar, and talking to a doctor if you're able to see one. (I'm American, and know that medical access isn't possible for everyone)
I can only fell refreshed waking up and then feel sleepy again, if I try to concentrate all I could notice is my sleepiness. Sometimes I feel like Thawne with a bullet wound in his head. And coffee fucks me up all over making me feel asleep even more and ruins my sleep cycle. Idk if this what it is, but what he said is 100% spot on in my case.
I experience similar symptoms when my TSH goes through the roof. Thyroid issues are incredibly common in women, so, TALK TO YOUR DOC! Life has ups and downs but I believe you deserve to feel relatively good most days (you gotta do your part too for that to happen tho)
To be diagnosed as a narcoleptic you must exhibit three symptoms. Excessive daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations, and cataplexy. Hypnagogic hallucinations can be horribly terrifying but Cataplexy is really the worst though and can be terribly debilitating.
@@Fluffy-Fluffy if that's the case then I'm narcoleptic. Glad I don't have cataplexy, that would be awful. All I know is what my sleep doctor told me years ago. She gave me those three criteria for diagnosing narcolepsy. At the time she called me borderline narcoleptic because I do not exhibit cataplexy.
@@kyrebanorg9897 you can look it up if you want to be sure. Like search for narcolepsy without cataplexy will surely help you to find articles about it. Good luck! One thing worse for me than my own extreme sleepattacks would be the truly uncontrollable ones where you doze off suddenly without much or any warning. Also, what can help for narcolepsy with the exhaustion is try to get a sleep of about 20 minutes midday. It's said it helps people with narcolepsy. Have you tried that? Btw, a general distinction can be made about naps for narcolepsy and hypersomnia: 20min naps are generally not helping people with hypersomnia. For me personally a nap of 1 to max 2h are needed to get 'us' through the entire rest of the day. No longer because what sone have described does go for us too: we can be sleepy all day and fight it off, but then when we do sleep ir not we suddenly lay awake at night and that struggle just suddenly changed to ",ok now may I fall asleep please?" It's so annoying to fight off sleep desperately sometimes during the day and then lay awake when you can finally go to bed 🤬. Like ... why! It is why I use the daytime to actually sleep because I know that with or without it, I have trouble falling asleep anyway and I rather not fight for hours and then instantly not sleep at night then sleep for a few hours and not sleep at night for at least a few hours. At least I got a few hours of much begged for sleep and feel way more rested when waking up. And this is unpredictability, together with my own form of sleepattacks is why I am on full longterm disability. (And some other things, but this certainly makes it impossible to find a nornal job. Unless I get to work from home and can divide my own hours. But those are a needle in a hay stack, on top of 7y out of the workforce. Now, data entry could be one of the few jobs I could do, done before and would not be too bad to have been out of working for so long but it's the reason why. Because of living abroad is different than being ill. I do feel people underestimate hypersomnia vs narcolepsy sometimes or just on its own. It's veey treatable: no not always. You can control your sleepiness and stay awake: no, I have my own sleepattacks that seriously forces me to sleep immediately. You don't fall: that's true. But if I don't sleep during a sleepattack people mistake my symptoms for a stroke and I get taken to hospital and then closed ward for thinking I am psychotic since I could only talk gibberish to in my case policeofficer after I apparently just stumbled and swerved in the middle of the street (low speed area gladly) in front of their car. Just retain structure and lesrn to sleep max 8h: I tried that for 9 months in a facility but it gradually made my exhaustion, sleeping and hallucinations worse. I just hope people stop thinking it isn't that bad. Maybe on average not. But there are people who cannot function normally despite medications due to it. (Not directed at you Kyre, I am not speaking to who ever still read till the end).
@@Fluffy-Fluffy wow, it sounds like you've truly been through a lot with your sleep troubles. I too have experienced a lot of what you described but not so severely. I Do suffer from sleep attacks during the day which has affected my employment but only very mildly. I'm also able to sleep all through the night very easily thankfully. I hope you continue to find support that works for you with your troubles!
Get a good sleep schedule. Whether that's a straight 8 hours or split into multiple cat naps, make sure you don't deviate from it. Stay away from "at call" work and get a set 40 or so hours of work a week and make sure it never changes Exercise can help with sleeping and rest afterwards. Change your diet. Maybe use less caffeine products or go full detox from coffee. Find foods that fill you up without causing drowsiness.
They're finding it can be linked to different mental illnesses as well! Or that certain mental disorders can make it worse. Mine started at 18, I'd fall asleep at my desk. I'd call them "episodes" bc it felt like I could not keep my eyes open no matter what I did. Excessive coffee, lots of water, exercising, going to bed early, nothing helped. When asleep, I could hear everything happening around me, and I felt trapped in my head. These episodes lasted 10-15 minutes usually. They progressed as I got older, the worst being right after I got covid in 2020. I'd fall asleep while driving (somehow never got in a wreck omfg), while standing up, whole typing at work, drawing at home, in the middle of phone calls. It was ridiculous. I got tested for narcolepsy, but nothing. Finally, after I found a new primary care doctor, we got a treatment plan for me at 26. Hypersomulance, with harsher episodes triggered by PTSD and Depression. I have been on 35.7mg of Phentermine since April 2023, and it is a life saver. Turns out all I needed was baby meth to feel the normal amount of awake as everyone else 😂
I always thought it was my depression that caused it, didn’t realise it could exist on its own. I tell doctors I’m tired all the time and they never really care
Hey man, it's all psychological. Once you have some things you're truly passionate about, the tiredness goes away. Not just things that stimulate your dopamine, you need something that stimulates your long term reward center.
My husband was diagnosed with Idiopathic hypersomnia about 10+ yrs ago. He did a 3-4 day testing at a sleep center. Basically had him go to bed and wake up at specific times, take naps throughout the day, etc. He fell asleep within 3-4 mins EVERY SINGLE TIME. He sits on the couch and is KO in a few mins until we wake him up. It's actually kinda frustrating for myself n our kids sometimes too. He's missed picking our kids up for school, work, modeling classes, after school programs, work meetings, etc and I'm not able to drive for things like that due to medical issues, Dr appointments, etc
Yes. I have ME. It's awful. Though you can have ME and not have had an illness to trigger it too. It's mainly categorised as fatigue and pain longer than 6 months with no other clear cause.
Hypersomnia is a state or group of symptoms that includes narcolepsy, sleep apnea, and other things. It just is a term meaning a person is excessively sleepy at all hours of the day no matter how much sleep they get. And it isnt excessive daytime sleepiness, but CAN be. It also can just be sleeping for much longer periods of time than most people (12, even 18 hrs a day).
Literally pass out anytime I'm sitting and not directly in conversation with someone, regardless of quality of sleep at night. I've even passed out standing up before a few times and injured my knees luckily nothing else. But I'm always wide awake at night if I don't force myself asleep. Currently waiting for sleep study results as it makes it incredibly hard to function through school and most jobs and hopefully I can get some help.
yes!!! i can feel all the sleep being accumulated under my eyes throughout the day and sometimes i just become a walking zombie (in situations when im unable to just go take a nap, like at work or something)
I can't even tell you when I last felt energized.
There's different sleep schedules you can try that require you to sleep late and bit in the day
Be aware of burnout. That'll destroy restful sleep
I bet before Covid… seems like everybody got lethargic after that mess.
Dude same
Try nootropics pills.
I have this, and when I take them everything changes!
Not gonna lie, the beginning of this kinda sounded like a USA drug ad…
Darned right.
Read about Mary in the Qur'an and the scientific miracles of the Qur'an and Mohammad in Hindu scripture (zakir niak)and song of Solomon ch5v16 Hebrew
@@samigaming9398 No
Your god isn't real
No "god" is real. They're ALL made up.
@@Nawmps why are you like this? Why ruin someone's belief just because you dont believe what they do? Pathetic Islamaphobic.
You left out the part where you tell us how to fix it
A good book with no ending
I think you don't its kinda like chronic fatigue your doctor just confirms you are fucked if it isn't caused by something else
Or at the very least the steps we need to take to do something about it
Just sleep 24 hours every night.
@@maddiekits😢
I totally have this. No one believes me and thinks I'm just lazy. I can push through my day but I'm constantly exhausted.
Dude i fucking sleep 8 hours eat lentils, eggs, rice, vegetables hydrate myself while working out and still get sleepy out of nowhere its so hard to study lately and caffeine has always been bs for me just hve to fight it
@@lilwalgreenscoldandflu6968 I feel ya dude. It sucks!
Can’t believe there’s others going through this too!
Check your blood and thyroid levels.
Me too, i kept talking also in classes, and at home and all my teachers and parents kept blaming me and calling me lazy, when in reality it feels like sitting up drains all my energy
Yes.
I believe I have chronic fatigue, because I literally do nothing all day and am too tired to do anything. And I wake up tired after hours of sleep
Did you get COVID-19?
Maybe that's why you're tired. I have the same thing, but when I work for 16 hours straight it's the exact opposite - I literally cannot sleep!
Im pretty sure that’s not a real thing. Not to gas light you, but when I hear about people with CFS I always think I would have CFS too if I had the same lifestyle and attitude as them
@yoey yoey That's because you think of it as Lifestyle=CFS and not CFS=Lifestyle.
You're probably more active and alert, so when you change your habits, you feel drowsy and unmotivated.
With CFS it's the other way around.
@@yoeyyoey8937 CFS is most definitely a real thing
The only time I feel productive is after 7 pm. I feel most clear headed at around 11 pm.
Me, too!
Same. It's 11 pm here and I'm about to start studying, I feel super productive now
The sunlight bothers me
Yes me too !
Yes! Totally relatable. I'm a night owl. My brain works a lot better during night time and I have a sudden energy boost at around 7:30 in the afternoon and can be hyperactive until dawn.
The problem is that I feel much better when I only sleep for 3 hours, less than 5 hours. Also skipping sleep entirely gives me a sudden boost for a few hours but then it crashes at afternoon.
YES. YES.
Its called being a nightowl. Its pretty often heriditary. The amount of times me my dad and lil bro have sat around with a bowl of cornflakes at 3 am cuz none of us could sleep is unreal
@@SuperVideoman2012yeah I feel like a lot of people are misdiagnosing themselves with this video. I have had days where I feel tired even after 12 hours of sleep but it’s often bc I’m a night owl and weekdays of work I sleep less, and I’m basically making up for it on the weekend. I’m often up til like 4-5 am. If I finally one day get a freaking normal sleep schedule I’d be fine, and I’m assuming most people as well.
It’s about sleep consistency. If I get into a routine where I need to be up at the same time every morning (5am, 7am, 11am), dépendant in work and when I go to the gym, when I go to sleep I’ll slip into that pattern. I’m a night owl, but when I have to consistently wake up at 4am to get the first bus so I can go to gym before work, then work a 9 hour day, I will be go to bed at 9pm expecting to watch a film and as soon as I lie I fall asleep.
unlikely this video applies to you imo
I'm SO GLAD people are starting to talk about this condition. I have hypersomnia and chronic fatigue. These conditions are hell without medication for me. When the Adderall shortage was at its worst, I was disappointed to see nobody acknowledging that many with hypersomnia, CFS, POTS, and/or narcolepsy really need the medication more than anyone else. Without stimulants, many of us can't drive, work, or live a fulfilling, happy life. I've spent many years being gaslit by my mother and teachers, telling me that I just "need to eat better," "get more sleep" or "get more exercise." I was lucky enough when my doctors took me seriously, but that isn't the case for everyone. Turns out being tired or fatigued all of the time isn't usually one's fault. I wish more people were aware that such symptoms are often out of someone's control, sometimes almost entirely, and aren't "excuses."
Hi, what were u subscribed, ...i can literally fall sleep, like dead full sleep in 5min .. its crazy even after sleeping 6-8 hours..
I’m the same way and have been wondering for years what I might have wrong with me. Been wanting to do a sleep study or something but it’s all so expensive. I’ve woken up fully rested twice…in 31 years. The rest of the time I’m ready to fall asleep anytime and anywhere. Was there anything specific that you told your doctors that helped them listen to you?
@@RoronoaEmi I'm not sure about specifics words, but what seemed to help was having a witness. My father had been witnessing me getting enough sleep but consistently falling asleep throughout the day, and getting exhausted from physical activities, while my blood tests came back normal and I seemed healthy. Having someone in the doctor's office who had witnessed how fatigued and sleepy I was all of the time, gave me more credibility.
@@Naranylla That's really helpful, thank you!
bro i know how you feel ive got cfs and im in school. ive had to take multiple month long breaks and its at the point when my schools recommending homeschooling. they dont believe anything i say and just think im lying 🙃
For me, hypersomnia is usually caused by a depressive episode. Apparently, this is decently common. So neurological/psychological disorders can also cause it!
Honestly makes sense
Me as well. I have bipolar.
Nah, I'm not depressed, even a bit.
Just a lil' bit sleepy
I took antidepressants didn’t work for me
And after a burnout? It's been over 4 years. And I still feel so tired. I do a fraction of what I did before and it stil feels like I need more rest! I feel like I am a grandma with my energy levels.
I had hypersomnia related to depression and anxiety. I slept for most of the day and at night. After beginning treatment I started sleeping more regular hours, although still more than the average person. I also started waking up frequently in the night, which is a more common depression sleep symptom.
Hope you feel better soon ❤💐... Take care🙏🏻
What treatment did you have? (if you don’t mind)
How does it get treated?
Wish u the best
Ah, shit. Well, now I know...
I absolutely suffer from this. Come 10pm every night I just feel focused and ready to go.
The fact that you feel awake at any time of the day sounds more like circadian rhythm rather than hypersomnia, when you feel sleepy from the moment you wake up to when you fall asleep.
It could be that your circadian rhythm is out of whack, unless you have always been a night bird like me. It doesn't matter how long I follow the routine of early to rise, early to bed after physically tiring day, the minute I'm not forced to get up early I get back to what my body clock was set to.
You can try and accommodate your circadian rhythm by taking a nap at lunch and afternoon/ early evening and plan activities that need concentration to when you feel most awake. That means splitting your sleep hours into smaller chunks, which might feel weird, until you think all the cultures where siesta is part of culture, and everyone works and eats later in the evening.
@@oakstrong1yeah. No matter what I do, daytime I feel horrible and come nighttime I feel awesome. I've tried everything. I think I just realise I'm a night owl
Can we just apraicate how much nice the doc like he literly work for like 12 or more hours everyday and yet he still posts vidoes right after he wakes up and whenever he gets a chance
Doc is going through a glow up and I'm here for it
Bro just shaved his beard, your comment is basically just a insult that he doesnt Look good with his beard
And he also lost some weight if you noticed
He glowed right down. This video is hella old 😂
@@Flare-Boltyeah, he doesn't look good with beard. Definitely Glow Up.
This was uploaded 9 months ago. He’s actually gained a lot of weight like me 😂
Holy sht, I said yes to A LOT. I’m always tired like that and it never felt right to say “insomnia” . My symptoms match Hypersomnia so much more, regardless of how rare it is. I forget things even after it just happening, I’m snappy & irritable too
Is that same if you smoke alot of weed on daily bases for years and feel lime crap trough whole day
Oml same
Im not always snappy and irritable but i do forget things almost instantly
It’s actually not rare 10% of the population is a lot.
20% of the population of America has blue eyes, and 9% have green eyes.
10% is fairly common given those standards.
If you do not sleep at night then you do not have hypersomnia, or at most secondary hypersomnia. It's logical you are tired if you don't sleep well or at all at night that you have a need for excessive sleep during the day.
Sometimes my body feels ready to go, but my brain is saying "nah 12 hours sleep wasn't enough, lay down for... ever"
Yes
fun fact: you can feel a similar way if you have hypermobility (being double jointed) which is super common. being double jointed means that your muscles have to work harder, thus your body works harder to just exist!
I have hypermobility syndrome and it never occurred to me that my chronic fatigue could be related. Thank you for commenting. Let me know if you have advice
@@khloebeal1425 i'm glad i could help! it sounds like common sense, but good sleep is really important. i have really bad fatigue too and have been tested numerous times for things like anemia as an explanation but nothing has come up (turns out it was my hypermobility). for me, i make sure i get my 9 hours of sleep per night and take vitamin B and magnesium. i also try to take things easy when i can and, particularly when i was in college, took regular breaks when working (even 5 mins per 45 mins). also, things like yoga have really helped as just a general boost. not sure any of this is helpful, but i hope things get better for you :)
More like bro fact 😂
@@Synthwave89 why is it a bro fact? i'm not even a guy
I have have hypermobility and annemia, not so friendly combination 💀💀
Hi! Psychology student here 😊. Hypersomnia can also be caused by mood disorders such as depression and general anxiety. From An M.D.'s point of view, Dr Karan is absolutely on point 😊
What's the treatment
@@ms.m6060 hi! If the patient suffers from anxiety or depression I would prescribe am SSRI to begin with, first line of treatment is usually sertraline or fluoxetine for younger patients. This should eliviate the anxiety and hence, reduce the hypersomnia. If there doesn't seem to be another underlying cause - a change in one's diet and a consistent sleep schedule should help. Processed carbs can increase fatigue and make an individual sleepy, while sleeping at odd times, without a sleep schedule may also effect one's energy level. As regards to other conditions, I will refer the patient accordingly, either to renal, neurology, etc. depending on my diagnosis
@@photocan1828 👌👌
What’s difficult is to get doctors to believe that you’re not depressed or have other underlying issues. It took me 15 years + to get someone to refer me to a sleep specialist.
It’s changed my life exponentially for the better. Doctors wanted nothing more than to send me through all of the wrong directions repeatedly… I almost gave up. Finally, one doctor listened.
The only way I’d be able to officially determine if I have narcolepsy or Hypersomnia is through a spinal tap, but since both are treated with the exact same meds, there’s no reason to go through it.
@@photocan1828can psychologists prescribe SSRIs?
If only every doctor was as passionate about treating people like you are! We’d be a far healthier nation and have much more trust in those that treat us❤
Ain't that the truth. I only wanna be treated by TH-camr doctors at this point
Useless doctor.
@@Mhurilo10 yeah, when your doctor uses made up medical terms like "disorientated", you know you're in good hands
@@TrillMurrayLinguistically, both disoriented and disorientated are correct.
@@MazdaRX7007 that's why we declared independence in 1776
Doc, you’re the gift that keeps on giving. I feel alright for a few hours, then I’m exhausted again.
Fatigue is ruining my time as a dad with a young daughter, I feel myself struggling to get through days when I should be enjoying every moment. It sucks 😭
Yes and that's why I started working at night.
People around me all asked: "Are you sure? That's very bad for your health"
Never felt better 🤣👌
Just make sure you get enough vitamines associated with daytime
I think this is an unrelated condition. I also feel more awake and aware at night, but I still need 10+ hours of sleep to function wether it's day or night.
Yeah that’s might be something else, possibly Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder?
This 100%
Additionally, hypersomnia could be related to other conditions such as autoimmune diseases like lupus or conditions such as fibromyalgia.
I can sleep for 16hrs and feel anything but rested and refreshed.
I have multiple sclerosis and I definitely have hypersomnia. I never wake up feeling refreshed
Also with Sjogrens
Do you actually sleep in those hours? Like i will lay in bed for 10 hours with my eyes closed but if you constantly wake up and toss and turn then those hours don't "count" only consecutive hours of actual sleep count
When I was in the wrong end of an abusive relationship this was me all the time. Sleep & tired, always. Even when I was allowed to sleep it wasn't really sleep. Being unconscious isn't the same as getting restful sleep. This is what living in a dangerous relationship was like.
Yes, i wish i'm surrounded by people that make me feel loved and protected
@@mrssomeone2143 Start with self-love, caring and protecting yourself with appropriate boundaries. Be the one that loves you the most. _Then_ as you interact with others you'll find people that really care about your well-being as much as you care about theirs.
With self-reflection I bet you'll find plenty of reasons to love yourself.
Thank you for raising awareness about this! I have Idiopathic Hypersomnia and it took me years to get diagnosed! If you think you might have IH please go see a sleep doctor, it changed my life!
why what can be done?
Primary care doc said my you do sleep a lot, Period.
I love that you compared it to narcolepsy. I'm narcoleptic and it's so hard to explain to people that I literally cannot control when I fall asleep
Did Ritalin ever help
Are you on Armodafinil? 😊
I’ve only met one person that has narcolepsy. My Hypersomnia acts more like narcolepsy, but the other symptoms of narcolepsy were not present. If I’m not on my armodafinil, I really struggle to keep my eyes open.
@MsAubrey yes and it is a life saver! I tried so many other scripts before it but they all just gave me anxiety.
Also maybe ask your doc if it might be type 2 narcolespy? I have type 2 and it's literally just narcolepsy minus the cataplexy.
@@virtualcontagion that’s what’s suspected. The official diagnosis doesn’t really matter in my instance, considering the treatment is the same. 🤷🏻♀️
@@MsAubrey yeah that's true lol
Why is nobody talking about how beautiful this man looks even without the beard!
He's fine looking...he's not a model or anything you're just attracted to his confidence and clout
@@warbler1984i want him to say tunak tunak tun tunak tunak tun .
@@warbler1984 why so jealous my man
@@warbler1984 isn't that the point? Confidence is what attracts people
Lol if you watch the video again he has a filter on that make his eyes point in wrong directions
I've found that working on sleeping and more importantly waking at the exact same time daily + getting adequate sunlight asap when I wake up and throughout the day really helped me not feel like hitting the sack all the time.
I know it's boring but it's basic circadian rhythm biology stuff
Hope this helps someone!
I just love that he is informing people about sleeping problems while we can clearly see that he has a bad sleep routine.
That is the action of a very good person and doctor!
Yep, describes me, and I've got idiopathic hypersomnia, and Modafinil has been 100% A lifesaver
Can I ask if you’ve tried adderall? I’ve been on adderall for like 15 years for ADD. But I think I have delayed sleep wake disorder where it’s so hard to wake up early than 1pm for me. Wondering if I should try switching to modafinil even if it is technically “less powerful.”
@@nikkij4873 unfortunately, I can't say I have tried Adderall. The great thing about Modafinil/armodafinil is that you can increase the dosage by a fairly large margin if you work with your doctor. For instance, when I was first diagnosed I was in the middle of my schooling and absolutely required a high dose to keep up with exams. So I took 300 mg armodafinil every morning. That amount is larger than the typical dosage given to patients, but it was the right amount for me at the time. Due to cost concerns, I am now at 200 mg Modafinil (as that's the max that I can get subsidised). While it doesn't work as effectively, even the smaller boost helps me get going in the day. I would recommend trying it, but best talk to your doctor about it.
@@nikkij4873 not less powerful, but less addictive. It’s a completely different medication. One is an amphetamine (adderall) and one is not.
I take armodafinil, because it has a longer action in me. I had to take two doses of modafinil a day, but armodafinil, I only need one dose.
I suffered from this until my doctor figured out I had hypothyroidism.
I can still use this as a symptom this day- whenever I start feeling like this for more than a couple of weeks (and no sign of other illnesses), my thyroid is usually starting to go out of whack again.
Do you get any treatment? What was the actual outcome? Where you live?
@@watchyourmouthbetch it took going through multiple medications, but my doctor finally hit on a prescription that works for me. I now go about my day with no side effects and no sleepiness.
The only time I start feeling the excessive sleepiness and tiredness is when I’m either getting sick or my thyroid is starting to slip into hypothyroidism territory again. Luckily, that’s only happened a few times, but I’ve got an amazing doctor who listens to me just as much as she listens to the lab tests.
I’m lucky enough to have good health insurance, which unfortunately isn’t always the case in the US.
@@kittylynndale5264 oh ok, thank you. Im in UK, they don't listen too much but I'll keep trying. Take care 🫂❤
@@watchyourmouthbetch don’t give up hope!
Not sure how healthcare works in the UK, but it took over 10 years and 7 different doctors to find one that actually thought about something other than weight gain meaning lack of exercise and diet control.
I also have mild hupothyroidism got all those symptoms plus I get chilla and feel cold a lot
Sleep attack. That should be a mortal Kombat move
oooh, looking good Dr! liking the shave!
Thank you for raising awareness on this health issue. I never post, but was diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia + long sleep time (excessive daytime sleepiness + sleep episodes of 12 to 48 hours without ability to be roused) in 2016. So scary and disorienting. I would cry afraid to fall asleep and lose time😢. People didn't understand and referred to me as "sleeping beauty." All my body wanted to do was sleep and I lost a job I loved. I was blessed with a great doctor, but told that I would never be cured after being treated with lifestyle mods (change in job and work schedules etc.), several IV iron treatments and daily oral caffeine tablets equaling up to 10 cups coffee daily (modafinil was contraindicated for me). But God is good! Not one episode since March 2018! Normal sleep! Now IV iron a couple times a year if needed coffee only a few times a week. There is hope in management/healing and in Christ. 🙂
Crikey, how horrible. I'll pray for you that it never happens again. Keep up your medical checks as prevention. ❤
@@deefee701 Thank you so much
In my case it's just trauma related. Nightmares, hyper arousal, anxiety... When I was 26 there was a period of months where I couldn't walk up stairs. I had to crawl. Right now I'm in trauma therapy, and I am so tired I can hardly sit up straight for days at a time. The shame and frustration I feel for not being able to do the most basic of tasks is horrible, but I can't go back, I have to have work through it all and go forward so I can reach my goal of becoming a productive member of society and feel contentment.
Sending you much love and blessings your way my friend
@@samuraijack9694 Thank you so much! By the way, I simply loved Samurai Jack. 😊
Good job and keep going 👍
The shame is the worst part. And it’s not like you could explain it to people because they’ll just not get it.
Sorry if this is weird for a stranger to say, but I'm super proud of you. That shit is really hard, and you are so strong for pushing through it. And you're absolutely right, trauma totally has physical symptoms, sometimes debilitating ones. Keep at it. You'll come out the other side so much better.
Dude your chin
Looks good👍
Oh god you look SO good with less facial hair!!!
Had this as a symptom of depression. Asked my doctor about an increase to my SSRI dose and it fixed the issue.
seriously? I am having same problem man since 2 years. I've been on meds for 1 year
I just started eating more and clean, fixed the problem for me.
SSRIs jfc lady
I remember feeling rested one time in my life ever. I have struggled with feeling tired even when I was a child. I could sleep forever!!!
Yup and I was diagnosed with "Long Phase Idiopathic Hypersomnia" All my neurologist had to offer me was, "I'm really sorry," because there is literally nothing he could do to help me. Stimulants can help, but it's only for an hour or two a day and it can be real hit and miss. I have complex form of ADHD on top of it and this makes medicating my condition even more difficult. I take a 20 mg of extended release Adderall in the morning, 30 mg of quick release in the afternoon and another 30 mg in the early evening. Most days I still fall asleep even with all that stimulant in my system.
It's extremely disabling and just to make a small correction, there are sleep episodes/attacks that can happen out of nowhere with Idiopathic Hypersomnia where you CANNOT stay awake. The difference between it and narcolepsy is that when a narcoleptic gets a sleep attack...they can nap and wake feeling refreshed...those with I.H. will never wake feeling refreshed.
Karan my man, keep that stash.
You look fuckin good.
I had the excessive sleepiness. I went to doctor and I found out I was diabetic.
My sugars were high. Once I got my sugars back to normal I have energy all day and no sleepiness.
Did you have no other symptoms apart from that? I have the same thing - plus after eating a lot of sugar on some occasions I can get into a really weird sleeping phase quite fast that makes my head hurt and feels off - I always showed it aside but kept fearing it might be diabetis, I think I should ask my doctor to test it 🙈
That sounds counterintuitive
@@flecks_1692 You pee a lot, and you're really thirsty. Losing weight is also a symptom, but I have Type 1, not type 2. So I don't know if the losing excessive weight thing is a symptom of T2 like it is for T1. The symptoms aren't as bad with type 2 because your pancreas are still producing some insulin. With type 1, the insulin production just stops, and the symptoms get pretty severe. Unless it's type 1.5... That's a weird one. It's like type 1, but progressively gets worse, instead of just hitting you all at once like type 1. If you're brave, just taste your pee. If it's sweet, you're diabetic, congratulations. I really need to start telling people to do that to check, instead of all the symptoms, because it's hard to tell from those few symptoms. The pee being sweet is a surefire sign, you can immediately tell.
@@flecks_1692 all I had was excessive sleepiness. I mean I would fall asleep at red lights that’s how bad it was. I would have to park at gas stations and sleep for a bit before for driving again. And I looked like I wasn’t putting on any weight. But not really. It was just that all the glucose was sitting in my bloodstream. If there’s something wrong and you’re not feel well, go get checked out. You’ll lose your vision if you wait long enough if you’re really diabetic. You can lose a toe and your kidney. You also become very susceptible to any infection even the most minor head cold, you’ll feel like it’s COVID’s mother. That happened to me. You get sick very easily and more often. I didn’t have the textbook symptoms with the thirst and
pee-ing.
Since I was a child, even super young memories of being 2 years old. I had night terrors for a very long time. I'm 40 now and they only stopped like a year ago. The severity of them slowly lessened to where I could immediately go back to sleep the last several years, but when I was a kid a night terror episode would leave me awake, sweaty, and hyper aware the rest of the night. It was very common for me to only get 3 or 4 hours of sleep. I still almost never fall deeply asleep and wake very easily. I cannot tell you just how sick I am of being tired all the time.
That sounds like you had a traumatic experience when you were 2 years old.
@@md-io4tb No idea. I remember turning my brother's boombox up to full volume while he had Kiss playing on cassette. Scared me pretty bad. Lol. Got stung by a bunch of bees around that time. I know I was younger than 2 then because we moved before I was 2, but I don't recall anything super traumatic. My sister moved out while I was still in kindergarten (big age difference) but she remembers them looking for me and couldn't find me because I'd be asleep under the bed. The bed skirt kept me from seeing things standing at the foot of the bed. Never was scared of a monster under it. Lol. I didn't have a name for what happened to me til I was an adult. My sleep seems permanently screwed because of it.
@@leaelzebub811 Ok, that's as weird as it is interesting. I had to think a while about it. Now this might be surprising - but isn't it curious that the first things you mention in this context *can* be sexually connoted? That there was (a) kiss, which was too loud , maybe meaning too much, and that you got stung by bees? Furthermore, you seemed to like hiding - from what?
I'm not a therapist or anything. And I don't want to intimidate you. Sorry if I do though.
@@md-io4tb Not bothering me. KISS is just a classic rock band. And yeah, night terrors are super weird. I was hiding from things I saw. I'd wake up and see creatures or dark shapes at the foot of the bed. It's kinda like sleep walking, only my eyes are open and it's always something scary. That's all. Usually a shadow shape, vaguely humanoid. The weirdest stuff is looking up how many people with night terrors have similar experiences. I'm not a believer in paranormal stuff, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't creep me out some how similar our experiences can be. I've seen the "hat man." It's just weird stuff.
@@leaelzebub811 I know that Kiss is a rock band.
This is me. Memory has been getting a little hazy as of the last few years while i feel different levels of tiredness during the day. Don't really get anxious or depressed though and nothing really wrong with my otherwise, so i mostly just accepted that this is my life now and nap when its really bad.
My God!!! Doc you look hawwtt 🤩
Yes I always feel tired no matter what 5 years ago when I was in uni if I had a couple days off from lectures and placement instead of actually doing my assignments I would leave them to the last day and spend the first 2-3 days just sleeping only to wake up around 9pm everyday to eat dinner and drink water before going back to bed, I never thought much about it, I just thought it was because uni was hard work and I needed a lot of rest, but now even though I’m working and I force myself to stay awake even on my off days I always constantly want to nap and never feel awake and coffee just makes me more sleepy. So I think it’s time I went to the dr and sorted things out.
I felt like that a lot before finally being diagnosed with hypothyroid. A friend felt the same, but with them it was blood sugar. My mom had it and needed 50,000 units of vitamin D3 once a week for several months. So it can be a lot of things, and no, it's not just being tired, or getting older. Glad you're getting it checked out 😊👍
@@roringusanda2837 how long did it take your mum to get energy back after taking vitamin d3?
@@djmx9237 I was prescribed potassium, and 50,000 units of vit D3, the D3 was once a week, and I'd say I noticed the potassium almost the next day, as I had edema(water retention) for some time, due to hypothyroid, and I'd say it took a few more days to notice the D3... probably about a week...my thyroid meds just never seemed to kick in all the way until I took the potassium, probably because I'd gone untreated for so long.
@@djmx9237 I mixed up my mum and me here, we both have hypothyroid 🙄😝
I sleep a LOT, but I also have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.
You need that sleep.
There’s no win win situation in degenerative diseases therefore being rested ( which is not comparable to the minute time an average person spends to rest ) is actually required for you.
I just hope you get all the strength and necessary medical assistance to get through this.
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You probably have masked depressions.
I have fibromyalgia and narcolepsy, so sometimes it really is more than just the lethargy that comes with fibro.
Me too. I wish people understood when we need more rest than everyone else!
For sleep apnea, weight loss often helps. I literally never slept well while obese and napped throughout the day frequently, but 100 lbs down and no longer need to nap. Note it may not be completely gone, as there are other factors affecting it (alchohol, smoking, nasal congestion, also nasal genetics)
I didnt know i had this until i got diagnosed with adhd. Now im on methylphenidate, which treats both disorders, and i feel like a completely different person in so many beautiful positive ways!
I'm 26 and I've had all of the symptoms of hypersomnia for as long as I can remember. It has always taken a huge toll on my general productivity and motivation. I have told multiple doctors over my lifetime and been brushed off or told just to practice better "sleep hygiene," as though I haven't already tried everything in the book. At this point, I'm just tired of being tired all the time and even more tired of being told there's nothing wrong with me. To anyone who's going through the same thing, you're not alone. Keep fighting for the help you deserve.
You said motivation and productivity maybe its ADHD.
@@tomislavkristo9453 already been diagnosed with that
I’ve had it since birth. My mom said she had to check to make sure I was alive when I was an infant because I slept so long
Lol
@@DogDogGodFog mine checked if i was already dead instead, i broke all records
You should always check k to see if your infant is still alive...
So, I’m not alone?
My mom had to have surgery while pregnant with me and I think the general anesthetic permanently changed my brain chemistry. She had to check on me all the time.
@MsAubrey That's very common. My brother was so geeked out that he didn't even cry when he was born. Probably does have some permanent affects in brain development, but can't be avoided so no one mentions it.
I Felt like this all the time for over a decade, finally went to the doctor about it and was referred, turns out it was sleep apnoea!
Highly recommend getting sleep issues checked out, my CPAP machine has literally changed my life!
Holy shit- I just looked into this and i think this is what i’ve been struggling with for the past 2 and a half years- I have chronic insomnia and have had it since I was 3 and got diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease 4 years ago, but no matter if my thyroxine was good and no matter if i slept properly or throughout the day i couldn’t shake off this fatigue. Definitely going to get this checked out!
Insomnia is often accompanied by bouts of hypersomnia after you finally return to a normal sleep pattern. It’s very strange to go from never feeling truly tired to feeling like you could sleep at any time
So do you mean like... Not able to sleep at night but feels sleepy most of the day time??
I went through school pretty much asleep. At some point I realized that if I wake up at around 2 am, I fall asleep like a normal person does at around 4 pm. I love mornings, and this is the way for me. Try different ways of sleeping. You won't regret the feeling of finally knowing what being refreshed can be.
How the fuck can you live a normal life and maintain a decent job when you sleep from 4pm to 2am?
yup, highly recommend experimenting with your sleep schedule, I nowadays go to sleep at 6am, wake up at around 2/3pm then work from 1am-6am. It's a strange ass schedule by most peoples standards but works perfectly for me
@@kiiturii I think that in our history, it has been pretty useful to have one guy sit at the campfire keeping it lit and looking out into the night, working on whatever they like to work on in peace.
@@Lawh Right? Considering my sleep cycle being inverted (and unadaptable despite decades working against it) and how sensitive I am to movement (even at -9 eyesight) and sound, I'm quite certain this is just how my ancestors survived.
@@whytheflick Yeah same. It's can be some sort of a psychological thing where a certain type of a person finds night more natural, or then it is deep in the genes and you can't escape it.
Either or anyway, there is very little use in fighting these things. It will only create a grueling existence.
I had to wake up really early today, but after a couple of hours of sleep, then doing what needs to be done, I can feel easy that I know that I can go to bed at any point I want, and wake up when I want.
As someone who has CKD, hypersomnia may actually be what makes me extremely irritable and anxious - this is good to know, thanks doc❤
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OMFG !! This is exactly me. I thought I might not be getting enough sleep because of work. But even on weekends when I sleep a lot in night and afternoon I feel sleepy again in the evening. Someone even told me that it might be a symptom of depression. Even my psychiatrist said that's true. But it also might not be related always.
Depression can be a cause or go along with it, which usually doesn't help your sleep.
You can't mess with your sleep schedule that much and expect your body to just adapt. Of course your body is still exhausted after only a few nights of good sleep when you've had 5+ days of deprivation.
After many years of insomnia as a teenager, something in my brain just switched and this was my issue instead. Except it wasn't just excess sleepiness and exhaustion - I had to be constantly actively moving some part of my body around or doing something or I'd just fall asleep. Made university hell in the lectures they didn't want us to take notes of - I normally handwrote them which kept me awake enough so I'd just conk right out
yoooo glad u covered this, i tell people about my hypersomnia and nobody ever knows what it is
he's handsome ❣️ and a confident doctor
I used to feel so drowsy during the day but what helped me was having a very light meal for dinner. It made a huge difference.
Thank you for educating us 😊🙏👍
I've got hypersomnia from going to sleep at 2-3am regularly. Used to sleep 12 hours and still feel tired and sleepy straight away after having a breakfast. Fixed my sleeping hours, fixed the issue
Wow that checked all of the boxes on my list.
Probably gonna talk to my doctor about it because i had sleep problems for a long time now and even with good sleep i wake up disoriented and still feel tired and sleepy.
Never knew about this , thank you.
I always felt guilty and bad about myself, my sleep scedule and i always forget alot of things .
I said yes to all. I also have idiopathic hypersomnia and take stimulants just to function in society. Seriously folks, if you answered yes to most of these, please get it checked out by a doc!
Same here. But sometimes the stimulants aren't helping and I fall asleep despite them. If I wake up at 7 or 8, I NEED tovsleep during the day for about an hour to 1,5h to make it through till 9pm and then go to bed again. I am in disability partly due to that as the very unpredictability of it makes it impossible to work. I just slept for 4h after waking up at 11ish. It's getting in my way so much I don't have a life anymore :(
Wow, I am on ADHD meds, but without them I'm constantly tired and pretty useless. I do have other underlying medical issues, but i could sleep for days (and sometimes have).
@@jenerin905 Jen, that's because you have drug withdrawal when you don't take them.
@@jenerin905 Withdrawal symptoms? They can last a long time, so even skipping stimulants for a few days won't do it.
@@phantomkate6 what? Withdrawal from stimulants start within 24 hours and peak within 3/4 days.
yep, as a narcoleptic, i do have excessive daytime sleepiness but almost exclusively as sleep attacks. i go through periods when thats the reality no matter what i do. i have trouble taking naps so i get irritable and start hallucinating or having cataplexy, or both. result of the mind being asleep while the body is awake or vice versa.
I had this!!! It was because I had sleep apnea!!! I used a ventilating machine for a few weeks and days when I needed it and sleep 10000x better. I used the machine for a few months and I haven’t used it in a year. Talk to you doc about it to see if that’s what you’re struggling -
My symptoms were being constantly tired, exhausted to the point where walking was an uphill battle, I couldn’t focus at all on anything, I was always upset and sleepy mad, waking up feeling like I didn’t sleep at all, always having nightmares(?), sleeping during the day like 1pm-3pm and still feeling groggy, mind fog all day.
Is it possible to have this, feel exhausted all the time and have the symptoms you said happens if people make themselves stay awake, and not actually be able to sleep? I sleep all night and wake feeling so sleepy I spend the day trying to fall back to sleep. I’m always tired, but my body won’t shut down.
There are a LOT of conditions that can cause you to be lethargic and exhausted even after a full night’s sleep. If you can, I’d definitely start talking to a doctor, maybe see if you can do a sleep study. We all deserve good sleep! ❤️
These symptoms you’re describing sound very similar to my own, though mines due to not sleeping often enough or frequently enough.
Dopamine detox. You can sleep becuase your most likely staring at your phone till the minute you fall asleep.
Yes. In my case it's fibromyalgia, which also includes pain. The exhaustion and brain fog can last weeks. Sometimes I get so bad all I can do is sleep, but that's usually after an extended period of exhaustion without being able to get much sleep. It obviously might not be your diagnosis, but if this has been going on a long time it might be worth doing a little research to see if the symptoms sound familiar, and talking to a doctor if you're able to see one. (I'm American, and know that medical access isn't possible for everyone)
this could be insomnia, which in my case is a symptom of depression. I would advise going to a neurologist or a psychiatrist
Yes 12h is optimal sleep time. But i have also Hashimoto and other diseases.
I can only fell refreshed waking up and then feel sleepy again, if I try to concentrate all I could notice is my sleepiness. Sometimes I feel like Thawne with a bullet wound in his head. And coffee fucks me up all over making me feel asleep even more and ruins my sleep cycle.
Idk if this what it is, but what he said is 100% spot on in my case.
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I experience similar symptoms when my TSH goes through the roof. Thyroid issues are incredibly common in women, so, TALK TO YOUR DOC! Life has ups and downs but I believe you deserve to feel relatively good most days (you gotta do your part too for that to happen tho)
I have not had good doctors so I just try to figure out things myself.
To be diagnosed as a narcoleptic you must exhibit three symptoms. Excessive daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations, and cataplexy.
Hypnagogic hallucinations can be horribly terrifying but Cataplexy is really the worst though and can be terribly debilitating.
I have heard a couple other parameters for a narcolepsy diagnosis.
Cataplexy is NOT necessary to be diagnosec with narcolepsy. It exists without cataplexy.
@@Fluffy-Fluffy if that's the case then I'm narcoleptic. Glad I don't have cataplexy, that would be awful. All I know is what my sleep doctor told me years ago. She gave me those three criteria for diagnosing narcolepsy. At the time she called me borderline narcoleptic because I do not exhibit cataplexy.
@@kyrebanorg9897 you can look it up if you want to be sure. Like search for narcolepsy without cataplexy will surely help you to find articles about it. Good luck! One thing worse for me than my own extreme sleepattacks would be the truly uncontrollable ones where you doze off suddenly without much or any warning. Also, what can help for narcolepsy with the exhaustion is try to get a sleep of about 20 minutes midday. It's said it helps people with narcolepsy. Have you tried that?
Btw, a general distinction can be made about naps for narcolepsy and hypersomnia: 20min naps are generally not helping people with hypersomnia. For me personally a nap of 1 to max 2h are needed to get 'us' through the entire rest of the day. No longer because what sone have described does go for us too: we can be sleepy all day and fight it off, but then when we do sleep ir not we suddenly lay awake at night and that struggle just suddenly changed to ",ok now may I fall asleep please?"
It's so annoying to fight off sleep desperately sometimes during the day and then lay awake when you can finally go to bed 🤬. Like ... why! It is why I use the daytime to actually sleep because I know that with or without it, I have trouble falling asleep anyway and I rather not fight for hours and then instantly not sleep at night then sleep for a few hours and not sleep at night for at least a few hours. At least I got a few hours of much begged for sleep and feel way more rested when waking up.
And this is unpredictability, together with my own form of sleepattacks is why I am on full longterm disability. (And some other things, but this certainly makes it impossible to find a nornal job. Unless I get to work from home and can divide my own hours. But those are a needle in a hay stack, on top of 7y out of the workforce. Now, data entry could be one of the few jobs I could do, done before and would not be too bad to have been out of working for so long but it's the reason why. Because of living abroad is different than being ill.
I do feel people underestimate hypersomnia vs narcolepsy sometimes or just on its own. It's veey treatable: no not always.
You can control your sleepiness and stay awake: no, I have my own sleepattacks that seriously forces me to sleep immediately.
You don't fall: that's true. But if I don't sleep during a sleepattack people mistake my symptoms for a stroke and I get taken to hospital and then closed ward for thinking I am psychotic since I could only talk gibberish to in my case policeofficer after I apparently just stumbled and swerved in the middle of the street (low speed area gladly) in front of their car.
Just retain structure and lesrn to sleep max 8h: I tried that for 9 months in a facility but it gradually made my exhaustion, sleeping and hallucinations worse.
I just hope people stop thinking it isn't that bad. Maybe on average not. But there are people who cannot function normally despite medications due to it.
(Not directed at you Kyre, I am not speaking to who ever still read till the end).
@@Fluffy-Fluffy wow, it sounds like you've truly been through a lot with your sleep troubles. I too have experienced a lot of what you described but not so severely. I Do suffer from sleep attacks during the day which has affected my employment but only very mildly. I'm also able to sleep all through the night very easily thankfully.
I hope you continue to find support that works for you with your troubles!
I bet your house looks amazing
Thank you, Dr. Nagarjuna!👍
Are there any cures for this? Like sleeping between certain hours, or does nothing help? Also does it go away with time?
Get a good sleep schedule. Whether that's a straight 8 hours or split into multiple cat naps, make sure you don't deviate from it.
Stay away from "at call" work and get a set 40 or so hours of work a week and make sure it never changes
Exercise can help with sleeping and rest afterwards.
Change your diet. Maybe use less caffeine products or go full detox from coffee. Find foods that fill you up without causing drowsiness.
@Dwayne The Coke Johnson not always "very" treatable. For me it can take the very worst off but I could still sleep through the meds.
Exercising and having a good diet definitely helps, at least it helped a lot for me.
@Dwayne The Coke Johnson you are right about that.
@@Menaceblue3 That still doesn’t help dude 😭
At this point ive just accepted that I cant get help. I'm going to bring this up to my doctor and see what they say. Ty
Not really, I used to have it. You're just living with a demon or the demon is living inside of you.
@@yous2244 glad you didn't say "you are a demon"
@@sonic.garden black magic and witches are real. It's not really that hidden and you can find it when you look for them.
@@yous2244🤨
Fantastic work 💎
They're finding it can be linked to different mental illnesses as well! Or that certain mental disorders can make it worse.
Mine started at 18, I'd fall asleep at my desk. I'd call them "episodes" bc it felt like I could not keep my eyes open no matter what I did. Excessive coffee, lots of water, exercising, going to bed early, nothing helped. When asleep, I could hear everything happening around me, and I felt trapped in my head. These episodes lasted 10-15 minutes usually.
They progressed as I got older, the worst being right after I got covid in 2020. I'd fall asleep while driving (somehow never got in a wreck omfg), while standing up, whole typing at work, drawing at home, in the middle of phone calls. It was ridiculous. I got tested for narcolepsy, but nothing. Finally, after I found a new primary care doctor, we got a treatment plan for me at 26. Hypersomulance, with harsher episodes triggered by PTSD and Depression. I have been on 35.7mg of Phentermine since April 2023, and it is a life saver. Turns out all I needed was baby meth to feel the normal amount of awake as everyone else 😂
I always thought it was my depression that caused it, didn’t realise it could exist on its own. I tell doctors I’m tired all the time and they never really care
Hey man, it's all psychological. Once you have some things you're truly passionate about, the tiredness goes away. Not just things that stimulate your dopamine, you need something that stimulates your long term reward center.
My husband was diagnosed with Idiopathic hypersomnia about 10+ yrs ago. He did a 3-4 day testing at a sleep center. Basically had him go to bed and wake up at specific times, take naps throughout the day, etc. He fell asleep within 3-4 mins EVERY SINGLE TIME. He sits on the couch and is KO in a few mins until we wake him up. It's actually kinda frustrating for myself n our kids sometimes too. He's missed picking our kids up for school, work, modeling classes, after school programs, work meetings, etc and I'm not able to drive for things like that due to medical issues, Dr appointments, etc
Is it just me or are his eyebrows... Gorgeous
My daughter was going through this. After a blood test, she was extremely low in vitamin D. She was very angry a lot too. Now she's on the mend.
Holy crap this completely fits me no joke I think I'ma have to save up some money and go to the doctor
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Why don't I see this handsome man in bollywood he literally looks like a hero.
Rather have him as a doctor to be honest.
He works too much. I don't know when this man sleeps.
It’s because he’s British. Maybe if he moved to India.
@@proallnighter he's not British, unless he is part of of the lgbt and identifies himself as British🤣
I have this after being the sole caregiver of a baby born at the beginning of the pandemic, who hasn't had a break for 4 years!
I feel energised when I choose to. But being sleepy and sleeping feels so damn good. No wonder sloth was one the 7 deadly sins.
Oh- wait- that sounds like me-
I wonder if there’s any treatment for it if it it’s just one of those things you have to work around
Ask your doctor. Usually they prescribe stimulants like Ritalin
Can Myalgic Encephalomyelitis also be the reason? I caught mononucleosis several years ago and it feels like it never went away! 😕
It could be. It could also be the other eay around
Yes. I have ME. It's awful. Though you can have ME and not have had an illness to trigger it too. It's mainly categorised as fatigue and pain longer than 6 months with no other clear cause.
Hypersomnia is a state or group of symptoms that includes narcolepsy, sleep apnea, and other things. It just is a term meaning a person is excessively sleepy at all hours of the day no matter how much sleep they get.
And it isnt excessive daytime sleepiness, but CAN be. It also can just be sleeping for much longer periods of time than most people (12, even 18 hrs a day).
Everything just felt super clear because this answers a lot
I want this man’s eyelashes.
take them for your own use
Which is why everybody experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness should get a POLYSOMNOGRAM
And MSLT! Torturous but worth it for the treatment.
Absolutely!!!
Damn doc looking good
Literally pass out anytime I'm sitting and not directly in conversation with someone, regardless of quality of sleep at night. I've even passed out standing up before a few times and injured my knees luckily nothing else. But I'm always wide awake at night if I don't force myself asleep. Currently waiting for sleep study results as it makes it incredibly hard to function through school and most jobs and hopefully I can get some help.
Can this also be caused by depression? Or is it different?
Yes, hypersomnia can be a common symptom of depression.
I HAD hypersomnia, and then I got a gym membership and a personal trainer. I’ve never felt better.
This was exactly what happened to me for years but going to the gym everyday seems to have fixed it
Your work in Agents Of Sheilds is wonderful. 😂 Just Joking.
yes!!! i can feel all the sleep being accumulated under my eyes throughout the day and sometimes i just become a walking zombie (in situations when im unable to just go take a nap, like at work or something)