Why I feel sleepy even if I sleep more hours than before?

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A month ago I used to sleep 4-4.5 hrs and I was ok…feelin a little bit sleepy during da day though, but not 2 da point fallin asleep on my chair.

Now I sleep ~6 hrs, and even if I drink energy drinks/soda often (they help u keepin u awake), I fall asleep on my chair every evening. Like for 15-20 mins. Sometimes it happens not only once but twice.

That’s really shitty n annoyin…and weirdest thing is, I’m not excessively active. I only go out for 30 mins-1 hr, but still feel tired and fall asleep…y’s dat?

Remonster · Accepted Answer

@yulbsari and @Paulina528 are right. 6 hours is on the short end of what would be considered a good night's sleep, but long enough to enter the deep sleep phase so when it's interrupted you'll feel like shit. Can you expand it to about 8 hours? Because going back to 4-4.5 hours is not very healthy for your body. Your mind needs deep sleep.

"and even if I drink energy drinks/soda often"
They do give you a boost but it's only short. The infamous glucose crash really does happen and then you will start to feel sleepy quickly, especially at night.

"and weirdest thing is, I’m not excessively active"
Paradoxically, the more active you are the less sleepy you get. Overweight and lazy people are usually tired so easily because they have no stamina and because their diet is terrible.

Neoishere · Accepted Answer

i have a similar problem dude.. sleeping more makes me more sleepy & tired... my metabolism is so much screwed!!!

9mfeo · Accepted Answer

There's such thing as sleeping too much. It's probably because you're generally sleep deprived that when you get "enough" sleep, your body freaks out and doesn't know how to handle it.

lemonlimetime · Accepted Answer

My doctor told me not to take naps for this specific reason. I think when you sleep too much it makes you tired and then it's just a never ending cycle

JasonDBurgess · Answer

I have this problem a lot. After doing a bunch of research I've found the solution for me to be this:

Lights out. Sounds simple enough, but your body's day/night cycle can get messed up if there are lights on (Lamp, TV, computer monitor, etc) while you sleep and can cause you to not get restful sleep.

Sleep at a good time. This one for me is kinda weird. If I sleep past midnight or around 2am, no matter how undisturbed my sleep was or how perfect it was, I will not get restful sleep. It's only if I sleep before midnight (I try to sleep around 10:00pm) that for some reason, I get extremely restful sleep, despite waking up at the same time or earlier.

I'm not sure if either of these will work for you specifically, but they worked for me and I'm glad I was able to solve my sleep deprivation.

Paulina528 · Answer

It's because your body gets into a deeper rest when you sleep longer and now you're interrupting it's long sleep. When you only sleep 3-4-5 hours your body isn't in a deep relaxation so you're not as tired when you wake up.

AdamThomas · Answer

The average adult needs at least 8 hours of sleep. Now it's caught up with you. Do you have insomnia?

Eliora1 · Answer

Maybe you should sleep more like 8 or 9 hours.. That's the best rest.

yulbsari · Answer

Could be a number of factors... vitamin/mineral deficiency, lack of exercise, poor diet or some undiagnosed condition... like sleep apnea...

Nonisee · Answer

My dad has diabetes and he is in similar situation

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