I'm sleeping 12 - 13 hours per day ,why is this happening?

Question

I still feel tired afterwards , I try to get up and I wind up going back to sleep . What could be causing this?

Answer 1

Is it possible that you have sleep apnea? You could also just have an uncomfortable sleep environment. Sleeping that much a day and still being tired is an issue that if I were you i'd take up with a doctor.

Answer 2

A whole bunch of things can do this. One common thing that comes to mind is a condition that is called sleep apnea. One question I would ask besides your age and your weight (tends to happen so much more in heavy people) is do you dream. In order to dream and get restful sleep, you must go into a deep sleep that starts off when you fall asleep and lasts for about 1.5 hours. Then you start a more restful period known as REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement) This is when you dream. Sleep Apnea happens during that initial deep sleep and causes your airway to relax and fall into itself. You begin to snore and soon you begin to shudder trying to breath against a closed airway. You briefly wake and then fall back to sleep, but you begin the deep sleep cycle again. You do this through the night and never cycle into REM sleep and dreaming. (We all forget our dreams unless we wake unexpectedly while into one.) Sleep apnea sufferers are constantly tired. They fall asleep at work, while driving, even though they get 8-10 hours of sleep time every night. There are about 2 million people with sleep apnea who do not know it. The youngest I read about was 4 years old. She was not particularly heavy, so it can happen to the young and the skinny, but not as often as it does for older heavy persons. It is not an innocuous disease. Eventually it enlarges the heart and causes the lungs to increase their blood pressure and finally stiffen and fail too. Sleep Apnea can be identified by taking home a rented machine that monitors your oxygen saturaion through a clip onyour finger while you sleep. It is painless but must be ordered through your doctor. One other thing which is pernicious anemia may also make you feel weak and tired all the time.This could be checked with a simple blood test. Finally just being depressed will make you sleep excessively, and always feel tired. One last thought is that answering questions on Yahoo Answers is also considered a recent cause for this malady. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

1. Chronic depression.

2. Mono.

3. Laziness.

4. Substance abuse.

5. Any combination of or all of the above.

Recommendation: Frequent trips to anywhere. Really. Make a schedule. Get a life. I don't mean that in a mean way— listen, if you schedule yourself to be doing something during the time you'd be getting that extra sleep, chances are you'll stop being so tired, I swear. Make friends with some people that will help you get out of this rut.

And have lots of sex.

Unless it's mono.

Answer 4

I don't know how old you are - but I remember when I was a teen, I slept all of the time. I could go to bed on Friday and wake up on Sunday.....

Most likely, if you're feeling good and this is relatively 'new', it could just be that you need sleep right now. You're body heals and repairs itself while you sleep... if you're in a huge growth spurt, it just may be trying to keep up... I wouldn't go nuts or anything...

Typically, the more you sleep, the more you sleep.... so you may just come out of this 'stage'.... Keep your eye on it - give your body a chance to repair itself.

Answer 5

There are a number of things that could cause it. You could have sleep-aptnia (sp?), which means that you frequently stop breathing when you are asleep. Also, you could be pregnant, many women develop a sort of sleeping sickness during the first months of pregnancy, What ever it is, you need to see a doctor, pronto.

Answer 6

You should go see a doctor about it. That much sleep is not healthy for you. It could be depression or maybe you don't get enough iron causing you to be so tired. Your best bet is to go to a professional. Good luck. I hope you start feeling better.

Answer 7

I am sleeping 14 hours a day. I have no idea why this is happening unless it is hibernation time!
I thought my problem was the full-size bed, so I bought a new king thinking I spend one third of my life in bed.
Now it is really hard to get up!

Answer 8

Because the more you sleep, the more you'll want to sleep even more. Try only sleeping for 8-10 hours and when you wake up, stay up.

Answer 9

Is your period due soon? I get like that right before. I feel totally wiped out.
or It could be due to the season change. I think it's called SAD (seasonal affect disorder). People get fatigued and a bit depressed in the fall/winter months.

Answer 10

The same happened to me and I was diagnosed with depression. Try to see a Psychiatrist or other doctor