I sleep way too much and I feel trapped in bed at times, Could this be a medical issue?
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So I've always sort of had an issue with over sleeping, while at the same time I have a hard time getting to bed on time because i'll keep working on a project or get stuck on something on the computer or what ever, even laundry has kept me up to 2 or 3 am. I'm supposed to be at work by 7 am, I have 5 alarms set on my computer, but generally I hit the mute button on my computer on the first one because i have it set pretty loud to get me out of bed, which i generally do by quickly rolling out of bed, slamming the mute button and then flinging myself back into bed and passing out again. Some times i don't even remember doing this. I also had an alarm clock that would launch a rocket into my room that i then had to place back on the stand, but it would do a count down and i got to the point where i would do the same thing with the mute button on my computer and just roll out in time to catch the rocket mid air and put it back in the holder.
I've missed two whole days of work in the last three weeks without calling in, and I'm very fortunate that they like me well enough to not just fire my ass, I did this at my old job some times several days in a row, where i wouldn't make it into the office till almost lunch time or even after lunch. That job i was pretty indispensible and they paid me shit pay so they never got rid of me due to it but it was an argument for them to keep me at my shit salary, so now I moved on to a better paying job, where i'm still pretty unique to my job, but if i'm not there what good am I?
Getting up in the morning almost feels like i'm trapped in bed, i'm not completely awake and i feel like i'm almost lucid dreaming i'll even look at my phone and think oh god i'm so late i need to get going but i can't get the OOMPFF i need to get out of bed, I've told myself over and over again that i need to man up and just do it, but it doesn't seem quite that simple, and now i'm begining to think it could be something medical possibly, as years ago i never had this issue to nearly this great of an extent, I took a personal day for today since i slept till 3pm even though i went to bed at midnight.
when i get home from work (usually 5ish) I'm always exhausted, and I sit at a computer for most of my day, generally feeling like i might fall asleep at my desk till i get up and walk around a bit. I always feel super tired, and if i lay down i'll generally fall right to sleep and not wake up till like 2am or even sleep till 6 am the next day, i've even been late to work after going to sleep at 6pm the previous day.
I smoke and i recently noticed i have a small hole in one of my tonsils with what looks like something black in it, i have set up a doctors appointment for tomorrow, so i'm taking another personal day, which hopefully i'll wake up in time for.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Theories?
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just go to the doctor
Sounds like depression.
You sound like you aren't happy with your life.
Sounds like a mix of sleep paralysis and depression.
Don't automatically assume depression; most depressed people don't go off and look for solutions to their symptoms.
There are a number of conditions, both mild and severe, that can be to blame; from something as simple as diet, to something as complicated as lyme disease. Go to a doctor.
I'd be surprised if it was depression, I'm making way more money than I did at my previous job, i like my job and I haven't been drowning in debt any more since this new job and everything with the girlfriend has been great.
I guess what i'm saying is i don't feel depressed, sure things could be better, but they could also be a lot worse.
And like I said I've got a doctors appointment tomorrow.
^^Diet. Taking enough fat ?
[QUOTE=Loriborn;43807433]Don't automatically assume depression; most depressed people don't go off and look for solutions to their symptoms.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Luc1f3r;43807480]I'd be surprised if it was depression, I'm making way more money than I did at my previous job, i like my job and I haven't been drowning in debt any more since this new job and everything with the girlfriend has been great.[/quote]
I also wouldn't rule it out. To my understanding, depression doesn't automatically mean "sadness", it can be as simple as a lack of motivation to do things that you would normally enjoy, and could quite possibly be related to lack of motivation to get out of bed, or bad sleeping patterns.
you might have a really shitty bed
Take a plastic bowl, put it far away(In the very next room or so), set a vibrating alarm on you phone, as laud as possible.
That always help me. Its a lot to do before bedtime, but it often works.
[QUOTE=No_0ne;43807561]you might have a really shitty bed[/QUOTE]
Fucking things like brand new FUCK!
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[QUOTE=biodude94566;43807542]I also wouldn't rule it out. To my understanding, depression doesn't automatically mean "sadness", it can be as simple as a lack of motivation to do things that you would normally enjoy, and could quite possibly be related to lack of motivation to get out of bed, or bad sleeping patterns.[/QUOTE]
That's partially why I say I don't "feel" depressed, but i guess it's possible. If anything it could be seasonal depression, I fucking hate winter.
I also thought it could be depression so i went through and cleaned up my house quite a bit and made it really nice because living in a filthy home can cause that, I feel better but it hasn't really changed anything.
[QUOTE=No_0ne;43807561]you might have a really shitty bed[/QUOTE]
Why would he sleep in it so much if it was shit?
[QUOTE=Darth Ninja;43807695]Why would he sleep in it so much if it was shit?[/QUOTE]
Then its a really good bed
[QUOTE=Darth Ninja;43807695]Why would he sleep in it so much if it was shit?[/QUOTE]
I slept on a mattress on the ground for years before I got a real bed. Sometimes you don't know any better.
Well if you sleep bad, you will be tired when you wake up.
If you can afford, buy yourself a very good bed. imo.
[QUOTE=biodude94566;43807542]I also wouldn't rule it out. To my understanding, depression doesn't automatically mean "sadness", it can be as simple as a lack of motivation to do things that you would normally enjoy, and could quite possibly be related to lack of motivation to get out of bed, or bad sleeping patterns.[/QUOTE]
This man has a point.
I'm suffering depression aswell and sure, I am often sad but not the whole time. More painful is that, most times, you feel like there is no point in doing what you do at all, you got no motivation and this pulls you into a long and dark struggle where it can keep getting worse until you manage to break out of it.
3 weeks ago, I usually slept till about 3 or 4 pm, got out of bed just to linger around in my room and hang out at my computer, when I'd eventually go back to bed again.
After a while, this whole manning up thing did the job for me however. I fixed my bio-rythm and at least can get up properly now.
Gonna look for a new job next week
This sounds very similar to me actually. It started when I was around 12-14 and got so bad that I had to drop out of school. For a long time it was thought to be depression and I was treated for that in different ways but nothing helped. Now almost a decade has passed and I still don't know what's wrong with me; doctors haven't found anything to explain this extreme fatigue and I still spend most of my life in bed. I haven't finished school and I can't get a job.
I hope it won't develop this way in your case; there are a lot of causes for fatigue so hopefully your doctor will find what's wrong with you. Good luck, I know being this tired all the time is very frustrating.
[sp]Also, if your doctor finds what's wrong feel free to tell me about it, maybe it could help me too! Again, best of luck to you.[/sp]
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Also, if you want to talk or something just shoot me a PM.
This is VERY unlikely, but your deteriorated sleep schedule makes me think of Kebabs problem:
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1281048&p=41155316&viewfull=1#post41155316[/url]
Once again, this is a extremely unlikely scenario, and I don't know if a tumor can affect your sleeping schedule this way, but you'll never know.
You should ask your doctor if this can be a tumor scenario.
4-5 hours of sleep daily isn't very much at all... maybe you're just not getting enough rest
[QUOTE=Luc1f3r;43807480]I'd be surprised if it was depression, I'm making way more money than I did at my previous job, i like my job and I haven't been drowning in debt any more since this new job and everything with the girlfriend has been great.
I guess what i'm saying is i don't feel depressed, sure things could be better, but they could also be a lot worse.
And like I said I've got a doctors appointment tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
Depression can be chemical too, so it doesn't always matter how happy you actually are.
[QUOTE=zach1193;43811614]Depression can be chemical too, so it doesn't always matter how happy you actually are.[/QUOTE]
That's not completely correct.
Depression can be caused due to the lack of a certain hormone or substance, I'm not quite sure what it's called right now.
However, this is more of a biological factor as the hormone is usually built by the body itself.
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Depression can be caused due to the lack of a certain hormone or substance, I'm not quite sure what it's called right now.
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i think dopamine?
tiredness like that is sometimes contributed to diseases like malaria or other things. If it isnt going away, go get some blood work done by your doctor
You know, I've been having an eerily similar situation since I started going to college. Like doing laundry at 2-3, smoking, multiple alarms don't work cause you outwit them, etc. Getting out of bed feels emotionally and physically draining like it's weird too describe. It's like not even being all there, you run off of emotional power rather then physical power which makes no sense but hey, that's the best I've come up with. Anyway, I actually think I figured out what causes it. A lack of proper nutrition combined with sleeping on days and staying up late. I started eating more fruits and getting salads instead of like fries and I'm noticing that the effect is a [B]LOT[/B] less severe. Getting to bed on times my next hurdle but it's a lot easier while eating right. This worked for me so if the doctors office doesn't help you could always try that.
In addition to the doctor thing and seeking help,
get some exercise and search online why snoozing your alarm clock can mess up your day.
This sounds a LOT like depression. As someone who has dealt with, and is dealing with depression, get some help. Trust me; it is not something that you can muster through.
Could be a thyroid problem. Just see a doctor.
[QUOTE=KleinerHl;43807706]Then its a really good bed[/QUOTE]
OP's problem is feeling inferior to the bed. It is simply too good for him and causes self-doubt.
Get a shittier bed to make you feel adequate.
I semi-regularly suffer from sleep paralysis, which was horrifying the first few times because I literally could not get out of bed no matter how much I wanted to. I've found that starting with small movements allows me to break the paralysis though. Maybe just try wiggling your toes a bunch when you get up, if you think it might be sleep paralysis, anyways.
Went to the doctor and my blood work came back fine, still getting the black hole thing in my tonsil checked out. Most they could tell me is my blood looks fine and i don't have mono or something like that.
[QUOTE=Mikesword221;43818282]You know, I've been having an eerily similar situation since I started going to college. Like doing laundry at 2-3, smoking, multiple alarms don't work cause you outwit them, etc. Getting out of bed feels emotionally and physically draining like it's weird too describe. It's like not even being all there, you run off of emotional power rather then physical power which makes no sense but hey, that's the best I've come up with. Anyway, I actually think I figured out what causes it. A lack of proper nutrition combined with sleeping on days and staying up late. I started eating more fruits and getting salads instead of like fries and I'm noticing that the effect is a [B]LOT[/B] less severe. Getting to bed on times my next hurdle but it's a lot easier while eating right. This worked for me so if the doctors office doesn't help you could always try that.[/QUOTE]
That actually describes it pretty well, I eat leafy and green foods pretty often, and i like vegetables quite a bit. But I also eat a lot of meat (I used to work out quite a bit and I'd have red meat, pork, chicken or fish every day that i'd cook at home with some asparagas or potato salad or salad.)
I do need to start working out more again but things have just been so busy lately and my girlfriend already complains that i don't spend enough time with her anyways due to work and other shit, but I'm thinking she might just have to deal with it.
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[QUOTE=Povard;43820911]I semi-regularly suffer from sleep paralysis, which was horrifying the first few times because I literally could not get out of bed no matter how much I wanted to. I've found that starting with small movements allows me to break the paralysis though. Maybe just try wiggling your toes a bunch when you get up, if you think it might be sleep paralysis, anyways.[/QUOTE]
I'm not quite sure what sleep paralysis is, I'll have to look into it.
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