My 14 year old son sleeps all day and most of the night is this normal?

Question

He is a large boy but when he is awake is very active

Answer 1

You only grow when you are asleep so he must have some growing to do.

Answer 2

During that age you tend to sleep a alot. Hormones are kicking, and the body is going through a lot of changes, so your body needs time to re coop. If there are other symptoms, mood swing, with drawl, things like that, could possibly be depression. If you feel that there may be something medically wrong, take him to have a physical. Make sure blood sugar is normal, hormones are in the right areas, and anything else that could be wrong. Nothing wrong with getting a thumbs up that everything is OK from a doctor or pediatrician.

Answer 3

At that age i could sleep easily for 14 hours a day but just sort of grew out of it. Looking back, I wish someone had made me get up as I missed a lot of my child-hood through sleeping. Still I don't think it did me any real harm. p.s I'm 34 now.

Answer 4

i could sleep for england at that age and then some. But when i was awake i had loads of energy. Sounds normal to me, most kids especially in their early teens are like this.

Answer 5

It is generally true that teenagers need more sleep as a rule. However, I don't know what you mean by all day. I would check with your pediatrician and have your son examined. There are several possible medical reasons this might be happening, anemia being one.

Answer 6

its the joys of teeneagers i wouldn't worry too much
both my teenagers love their pits
what i realy want to know how come thou all threw the hols they get up at silly o'clock and lay slobbing on the sofa all day but when its a school day u have to pur a bucket of water over their heads to make em shift?!

Answer 7

Get him to a doctor. It could be a number of things
Thyroid problems
Depression
Chronic fatigue syndrome
the list goes on. Or he could be really lazy in which case needs his butt kicking

Answer 8

If you mean is it normal is he sick??? no he's ok

But as a parent, my reccommendation for you is to keep him busy so he doesn't sleep so much. oversleeping can cause neurotransmitters to malfunction causing depression. in turn depression can cause oversleeping. it is a bad cycle to get stuck into. I reccommend getting creative about keeping him awake.

Answer 9

Might want to get him checked for diabetes just to be on the safe side.

Symptons:
Diabetes mellitus is characterized by recurrent or persistent hyperglycemia, and is diagnosed by demonstrating any one of the following:[1]

fasting plasma glucose level at or above 126 mg/dL or 7.0 mmol/l.
plasma glucose at or above 200 mg/dL or 11.1 mmol/l two hours after a 75 g oral glucose load in a glucose tolerance test.
random plasma glucose at or above 200 mg/dL or 11.1 mmol/l.
A positive result should be confirmed by any of the above-listed methods on a different day, unless there is no doubt as to the presence of significantly-elevated glucose levels. Most physicians prefer measuring a fasting glucose level because of the ease of measurement and time commitment of formal glucose tolerance testing, which can take two hours to complete. By definition, two fasting glucose measurements above 126 mg/dL or 7.0 mmol/l is considered diagnostic for diabetes mellitus.

Patients with fasting sugars between 6.1 and 7.0 mmol/l (110 and 125 mg/dL) are considered to have "impaired fasting glucose" and patients with plasma glucose at or above 140mg/dL or 7.8 mmol/l two hours after a 75 g oral glucose load are considered to have "impaired glucose tolerance". "Prediabetes" is either impaired fasting gluose or impaired glucose tolerance; the latter in particular is a major risk factor for progression to full-blown diabetes mellitus as well as cardiovascular disease.

While not used for diagnosis, an elevated level of glucose bound to hemoglobin (termed glycosylated hemoglobin or HbA1c) of 6.0% or higher (2003 revised U.S. standard) is considered abnormal by most labs; HbA1c is primarily a treatment-tracking test reflecting average blood glucose levels over the preceding 90 days (approximately). However, some physicians may order this test at the time of diagnosis to track changes over time. The current recommended goal for HbA1c in patients with diabetes is <7.0%, as defined as "good glycemic control", although some guidelines are stricter (<6.5%). People with diabetes that have HbA1c levels within this goal have a significantly lower incidence of complications from diabetes, including retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy.

Answer 10

Yes it s normal for teenage boys to spend a lot of time asleep and w@nking

Answer 11

I suggest you have your doctor check him out. There are too many possible causes, besides that it may be perfectly normal, to mention here.