Contents:
- Medical Video: Why Am I So Tired? 5 Reasons You're Feeling Tired All The Time
- The cause is often sleepy even though it's enough sleep
- 1. Drink alcohol
- 2. Sleep apnea
- 3. Narcolepsy
- 4. Chronic fatigue syndrome
- 5. The body's biological clock is disturbed
Medical Video: Why Am I So Tired? 5 Reasons You're Feeling Tired All The Time
Sleep is an important human need to survive. Ideally, adults need about 7-8 hours of sleep each night. Even so, there are also people who remain sleepy when they get enough sleep. So, if your sleep needs are met, why sometimes are you still sleepy all day? Find out the various causes below.
The cause is often sleepy even though it's enough sleep
If you are often sleepy when you are getting enough sleep, here are some causes that might explain your condition.
1. Drink alcohol
Eating alcoholic beverages before bed can also make you often drowsy during the day. Alcohol will make it difficult for you to reach the phase of deep sleep and disrupt your sleep cycle.
This is similar to the results of a study conducted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism which showed that drinking alcoholic beverages a few hours before bedtime can cause your sleep to become irregular. This habit can even affect your poor sleep quality.
2. Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition where the breath stops temporarily while you sleep. In the medical world, sleep apnea caused by a blockage in the respiratory tract is called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Blockages that occur in the respiratory tract will cause a person to wake up suddenly when sleeping. As a result, the quality of your sleep is reduced, making you less energetic and less productive the next day.
This is what causes them to always feel often drowsy or wake up late even though they have slept for 7 to 8 hours at night.
3. Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is a chronic condition that causes a person to fall asleep anywhere and anytime uncontrollably. This can happen even though they have slept enough though.
Someone who experiences this condition will feel fine after sleeping for 10-15 minutes, then will wake up briefly, then go back to sleep. Narcolepsy is a prolonged disease that cannot be treated. However, if proper care is taken and you make various healthy lifestyle changes, you can control this disorder.
4. Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic fatigue syndrome is a condition that will make you often tired, weak, lethargic, and drowsy. Symptoms include muscle pain and difficulty concentrating for at least 6 months.
Although the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome are not fully understood and may be caused by sleep apnea, this condition can interfere with your daily activities.
5. The body's biological clock is disturbed
Circadian rhythms, or the body's cluttered biological clock can make you sleepy all day. The biological clock itself is the work schedule of every organ and function of the human body naturally. If your body's biological clock is interrupted, you may often feel sleepy at the wrong time.
For example, you have trouble sleeping at night and drowsiness during the day. In fact, night is the time to sleep while during the day is the time to wake up and move. In addition to regulating the human sleep cycle, the body's biological clock plays a role in controlling hormone production, body temperature, and various other bodily functions.
