Category: Health and Wellness
Hi! I've heard about this phenomenon among blind people, but as I know no blind people personally I really don't know how widespread this is.
I suffer from daytime drowsiness maybe two or three times a day, when a feeling of drowsiness overcomes me and I'll have to have a ten- to fifteen minute doze, after which it could take even longer to get rid of the grogginess and headache I feel after I come around. I used to have a very hard time sleeping at night, but for the last couple of years I've been using a couple of medications that (1) help get me to sleep and (2) help me stay asleep. The problem is that the bouts of daytime drowsiness are still occurring and most people, myself included, don't really understand. Some people say I have to sleep better at night so that I don't nap during the day while others say I have to stop napping during the day so I can sleep better at night. I feel really embarrassed in social situations because I could get drowsy when I'm out and doing stuff, and if I'm walking I can sometimes fight through the drowsiness until it leaves me. I have my own office at work, so these unwanted dozes really isn't a problem with my co-workers because they never have to see me.
I'm just curious as to whether anybody else has this problem and what they do to conquer it, if in fact it can be conquered? I used to be on a powerful stimulant called modafinil, but that hardly touched me. I'm off that now, though and only use the two nighttime medications. As I said, my nighttime sleep has improved, but I still get this damn overwhelming drowsiness during the day. It's 7:45 in the morning as I write this, so I can count on the drowsiness coming on in another half an hour to an hour or so, as I've been up since before 5:00. I hate it more than anyone could possibly know!!!
either you have a messed up circadian rhythm or you have that thing that you fall asleep suddnely. I forgot what it is called but it's something like n something and it's a ism. try focusing and staying up all day and distract yourself and then sleep at about 9 or 10 . I am actually trying to reverse a messed uup circadian rhythm right now, because I have been working on a paper for three weeks and haven't got much sleep. and I should probably go to bed soon so I don't keep it like this, it would be nice to sleep at night so I can do whatever in the day when everyone is awake and things are opened. I usually don't sleep period and feel really tired by nine or ten and be perfect for bed, or I sleep a few hours like three or four, I couldn't wake up with less then three or four haha!
Try going to bed earlier and filling your days with activities. Not that naps during the day hurt. :)
rachel, it's called narcalepsy.
sorry for the spelling, but yeah..
i saw a programme on that on the health channel over here.
Narcolepsy for those of you who need the exact spelling.
there's always 1.
But does that leave you with a headache afterward? That at least almost sounds like sleep apnea. My folks were both dagnosed with it a few years apart. My mother had it for at least five years before they figured out why she was always so tired. And i've heard that when it's less severe the symptoms are indeed like what you described.
Also, if you sleep alot you go a long while without eating or drinking. What that means is your blood sugar drops which could cause a headake.
It might not be a bad idea for you to have a sleep study done.
Sonds scarey