I feel perpetually sleepy.
I have a hard time napping during the day- scratch that I can't nap during the day. My anxiety makes it impossible. However the second I crack open a book I feel like I'm going to pass out. It's very strange.
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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If you have access to it, consider getting a sleep study done. There’s a bunch of different things that can cause daytime sleepiness that all need to be treated in different ways. If it’s something like sleep apnea it’s really important to get it treated ASAP.
It's super annoying too because you’re not going to necessarily have any idea anything unusual is happening after you go to sleep, unless you have a partner that brings it up.
Also if you don't exercise and get good cardio in daily, anxiety and sleep will be issues by default. It's crazy how sedentary some of us are. If I don't exercise for a week, I get massive anxiety, am unreasonably tired during the day but can't sleep well, and the next few days my pores are dripping sweat, until I get back on cardio track and go back to not sweating much.
Cardio is as evolutionarily necessary and inbuilt for humans as pooping and sleeping, and -- funny thing if you've experienced a panic attack before, you just feel like you have to run. It's insane how much gunk is cleaned out of your largest bodily organ when you run. From pouring stinky sweat for a couple days to barely sweating. And the sleep, energy and mood quality difference is also insane.
There are obviously other factors that can cause these issues, but if you don't exercise and eat right, and you're experiencing depression, anxiety, lack of energy, and sleep problems... Well, what's the saying, "if you stink, try a shower before bleach injections."
agree with everything you said here, but if im not the pedant someone else will be -- sedentary, not sedimentary. At least I don't like to think I'm sediment
Thanks, I thought the root word felt off as I was typing it.
it happens, they're super close :) i know I've made worse mistakes lol
speak for yourself
Agreed on the cardio thing. I run pretty regularly but a knee injury has put stop to that for the last month or so and I've just been miserable and bad tempered. Last time I felt like this was when I quit smoking.
Sleep apnea is also linked to heart diseases, it's a really serious thing to left unchecked.
To add to this, get your blood work done. You could have a lack of iron or something.