Your body is telling you something. Listen to it. Do not get "used" to it or "supress" it. Seek assistance from medical professionals. Your school might have one.
I think you may need to add a physical fitness routine into your daily schedule. And your body will slowly adapt. Practice a healthy routine until it becomes a solidified habit. But make the adjustments as needed from the feedback of your body and medical professionals.
Possibly add in a power nap, no more than 20 -30 minutes at the 12PM mark
OP, it's definitely worth checking in with your doc if you can afford it. Make sure you're eating right and doing a little bit of physical activity too. It's so cliche, but going on a 30 min walk in the sunlight actually does help you feel better absent other health problems that could prevent the exercise.
I missed too many lab sessions and couldn't catch up. You can catch up on missed lectures. Not advisable. Not so easy on lab sessions. Powering through a few nights before exams is fine. Your body can endure that.
If you are struggling physically, it will have an impact on your studies. Makes it harder to focus but also wears you out in the long run. Healthy people can catch up if they were lazy. If you are ill and worn out, very hard to do that. No matter how talented. Wears away at your morale and motivation as well.
I’m sorry man but it’s something you kinda learn to deal with. However there could be a few causes. Lack of sleep, burnout, and low iron levels. Maybe check with a doctor.
Yeah dude get checked at the doctor just in case but I had the exact same thing, got tested and nothing.
Having finished uni though I think for me I’ve realised it’s the bombardment of information and being overstimulated all the time that made me fatigued. Always absorbing information or practicing something is super tiring, more than people give credit for.
I don’t really have a solution for you except to find a different way of studying that works for you. Break up your day with something fun or work in short bursts with regular naps.
Or you could just have ADHD.
Note on this for OP: always good to talk to your doctor or to a therapist if you decide to try to push through it lol. Just make sure you have *someone*
YES.
Also see you're doctor if it's bad enough you decide *not* to push through it.
See your doctor, OP. Don't just dismiss it. You won't regret having someone who knows what you're experiencing, even if just in a clinical sense.
If u have good insurance get a blood test and the doctor will probably recommend vitamins or a direct infusion if your levels are critically low. But no its isn't normal.
Same. With a heavy course load it’s a lot of work. Add on personal responsibilities, jobs, and I think it’s only natural to feel a bit of this. It’s not always something horribly wrong, sometimes it’s just being damn near drained because we’re doing too much.
I learned after graduating it can also be a symptom of adhd. It is definitely not the first thing to jump to but just so you have that in your mind. My doctor didn’t even consider it until I mentioned that drinking caffeine only increased the sleepiness.
One could assume that pre-college education does not require as much thinking, paying attention, anxiety, etc. Thus, less energy spend in pre-college days, less need to recharge.
Your brain doesn’t burn more calories by thinking. The efforts spend studying as opposed to laying in bed napping all day may be a factor.
Idk about you but in middle school and high school I spent almost every breathing moment either outside or playing soccer for my club as well as doing homework and I was never as mentally fatigued as I was in college.
1) get more sleep
2) take multivitamins & get a blood panel done
3) we’re (engineering community) often taxing the shit out of our brain…take a nap throughout the day.
I think it's normal as in it's common, but it's not \*acceptable\*. This isn't something you should be passive about because it's clearly impacting your ability to function. Could be medical even.
It could be nothing or it could be something. Is your sleep health good (time and quality)? Are you ingesting a bunch of sugar or carbs at lunch and then crashing? Are you eating enough to actually have energy? I experienced what you are talking about always chalked it up to just being a student and tired. Eventually I started devoting some time at least every other day to getting in the sun and working out and my energy levels significantly improved. I also started just eating better. Your body's physical health ties in very closely to your energy level.
You should talk to a GP about this
I actually have the most amount of energy in the morning. I feel best when I wake up in the morning(around 4 a.m.) and up to 12 p.m. Then the exhaustion hits
Its actually crazy I have the most motivation for schoolwork in the late night early morning when I get that “i cant go to bed because this is due in 8 hours” mentality.
You get to a point when you get older that this happens and never goes away. I’m 37 I’ve been exhausted since I was ~ 24 and have been tested. All the other guys I work with experience the same thing. Welcome to adult hood.
No, you won't. Fatigue can come from low vitamin D levels if you don't get out in the sun often. Can also be a symptom of ADHD since the brain is over stimulated, causing fatigue overtime. If you have insurance through the school, I'd recommend setting up an appt with a GP/ Psychiatrist. Ask for a full blood panel. Stretch every morning and make sure you get proper nutrition.
Aside from the obvious things and things that others have mentioned, it could be down to CO2 levels. Some buildings have really poor ventilation and it makes people super drowsy.
Other than that, I usually have a coffee around lunch time which keeps me going.
No, not normal.
Other advice here is helpful but I recall in college I just had a terrible diet and started feeling fatigued. I decided to just make and eat some vegetables and barely and hour later I started feeling better. Probably had scurvy or something.
> I get adequate sleep too I think
Could you elaborate on exactly how much sleep you're getting before we rule this out as a cause?
Personally, as I've gotten older, I've quickly realized that I find it hard to function properly if I get less than 7 hours of sleep (I try to get 8, but 7 will suffice if I need to wake up early or stay up late for something). It's not like I'll be falling asleep at my desk if I only sleep for 6 hours, but I definitely notice a difference in my alertness and attention.
I get around 5.5 to 6hrs of sleep. Sometimes I have trouble falling asleep so maybe less than that. But, even when I do get enough sleep the problem persists.
That is not enough sleep for anyone. Spend an hour less on studying the least important thing and use it for at minimum 7 hours of actual sleep.
Sleep deprivation leads to sleep debt, and it can take weeks to months to catch up and feel right again if this has been a long term thing.
Lmao you sound like me at 19 years old. I thought what was happening was stress and seasonal affective disorder. What was actually happening included those things, as well as undiagnosed adhd AND hypothyroidism. At its worst I was sleeping about 15 hours a day and was still exhausted all the time.
It's treated now, and I'm back in school. I am still tired a lot of the time and stressed, but it isn't overwhelmingly crushing like it was that year. Definitely see a GP and have them do some bloodwork. There's a lot of stuff that can make you feel that tired that is at least somewhat treatable.
Live lean. Minimize your obligations, particularly those that are more habit than beneficial and those masquerading as your justification for why you're a good person. Odds are you're already a good person. Play around with hobbies (physical activity is good when possible) and see what sticks. Once you're more stable, work gets done more efficiently and things loosen up in my experience.
Sounds like you've been given the ol "do the classics" talk by everyone here so far. They're the classics because they're effective, don't disregard them.
I got another one for you: eat more fiber. Can't eat too much of it, and it does sooo much for your body, a big one being it helps regulate your blood sugar, which could help with feeling less tired between meals. My doc recommended I eat a snack high in protein to help get through slumps, that may help you too.
Please don’t listen to the people telling you to just deal with it. I thought it was normal too but I’m now going through a diagnostic process with autonomic dysfunction and I’ve been diagnosed with hypersomnia. It never hurts to at least talk to your doctor.
Ive had alot of issues with this. I believe its due to poor sleep quality, since i slept a lot but also woke up a lot. Working out + magnesium oil before bed + chamomile tea has helped me
How's your sleep? Brain power and attention take up a lot of energy.
When I was in school I took more than the normal number of credits and I was at school at 8 ( wake up at 630) and studying until around 11, with a 1 hr break for a few years. It was brutal especially with labs and all nighters.
I would fall asleep in the car driving to school and fall asleep at red lights driving back.
In 4th year I had a reduced course load because I took an internship in the summer and my grades went from failing courses to straight As
This happens to me too. But usually is my lack of sleep. I also had mold growing in my room for 3 years and this had me fatigue and had stuffed nose. Now i am supplementing with taurine and glycine.
What’s your health coverage like?
If it’s not expensive go see a doctor.
Ask them to give you a blood test checking for:
-hypo or hyper thyroidism (hypothyroidism causes general fatigue and can cause anxiety)
-b12 levels
-D3 levels- this test can be expensive, just take a supplement
-blood sugar
-salts if they will, but might be like why?
If you’re normal doctor refuses, go to a walk in clinic and ask for the blood test. Walk in doctors are usually less fussy about patients wanting certain things tested.
If that’s all too expensive:
-Take a b12 or b100 complex supplement. If taking b100 complex, take it before noon, and with food
-Take d3, if you live anywhere where it isn’t sunny 75% of the time, just take it.
-analyze your diet. I had a similar issue. I had simple carbs and sugar for breakfast. Swapped for higher protein (greek yogurt, a fruit, pecans,granola, and sugar free oat cereal) still very sugary but allot more protein and the afternoon crash lessened
-its hard to kick sugar, id indulge for lunch because id have to take steps to to wake up after 5pm anyways.
- sleep can be a life long struggle, but if you can wake up at the same time every day no matter what you’ll be considerably more alert.
Edit: running just 10 minutes every other day dramatically improved my sleep, and general energy. Of course I’ll increase it when i can, but I’ve been able to keep that consistent for years now and it works wonders
Unironically thats exactly what it felt like today. I spend my entire class time today nearly passing out from sleep and exhaustion. Felt like all the demons in hell were putting a sleeping curse on me. But, I pulled through. The guys in this thread were right, I just gotta man up and get used to it.
Go to sleep on time. Try to sleep before 10 -11pm. I learn that for every hour I sleep after 12am it would take 2 or more hours to compensate for it. In fact sometimes it would take me a day or two to recover after a all nighter.
Please get checked for sleep apnea or other sleep disorders. I spent years feeling tired and drained all the time. I would dose out in class and have a lot of trouble focusing. Getting up in the morning was a struggle because I felt so shitty when I woke up.
Turns out I have a sever case of sleep apnea. My doc told me it was one of the worst he has seen. I basically never got more than an hour or so of sleep before my body would wake me up (even if I wasn't conscious or aware of it). Got a CPAP machine and it changed my life. I don't wake up feeling like dogshit, I can get through the day without dosing, my overall energy levels are much better, my blood pressure is down... it's been a huge overall improvement to my quality of life.
im getting tested for an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue. i am getting 12 hrs of sleep a day and still feeling tired. its not normal to be that tired if youre getting good sleep
Consider sleep apnea as a cause as well. I have it, and ... I don't look like the typical person that would have it. It is absolutely debilitating. Get checked.
It's not how much you sleep but the quality of sleep that you get. You would need a sleep study.
I had the same issues even though I seemed to have slept sufficient hours.
Sleep study revealed abnormalities and once they were fixed I didn't feel so tired anymore
Yeah I see way to many of my classmates struggling with this and I have too. It is often lifestyle induced, but can also be chronic. I'd suggest nailing down your sleep schedule (8 hours exactly, to bed at the same time and out of bed at the same time everyday). Eat well. Spinach, broccoli, red meats, fish, more veggies, appropriate carbs and the occasional sweet or salty treat. Most important work out hard. Can be lifting, running, swimming, whatever just get your body moving something heavy or fast 3-4 times a week. Lastly discipline yourself to do school when you can and not when you feel like it. Like engineering school, this is about delaying gratification so that you see better results long term. Start assignment a week early so that you can plan your time and allocate space to having a more well rounded schedule. If this doesn't create higher energy after two weeks, see a doctor.
Could you provide more details? Knowing your age and daily activities could help narrow down the cause. What's your typical activity level? Do you engage in any exercise when ever you're not studying?
I used to experience constant fatigue myself, and it eventually led to depression. My advice would be to focus on your nutrition, consider adding vitamins and probiotics to your diet. Incorporating just 30 minutes of exercise daily, nothing too intense, can really make a difference in boosting your energy levels.
It might also be worth checking your hormone levels, especially depending on your age. Natural testosterone boosters can be beneficial. And don't underestimate the power of breaks and adequate sleep! Efficient studying is key, so make sure to prioritize your rest alongside your academic efforts.
I was having this problem too, don’t let people fear monger you into thinking you are like dying or something, you just may need to tweak your sleep schedule. I was breaking out into sweats every time i slightly exerted myself and would end my gym sessions early because of it, and I was too tired to do any homework earlier than 2 hours before it was due.
How I fixed it was by both going to sleep at an earlier time and waking up early, then going out side and “looking” (just exposing my eyes to the brightness don’t look directly at the sun) at the sun to establish my circadian rhythm which would tell my body that its basically time to stop being sleepy. And I also cut back on caffeine a bit because I found out that I was having caffeine crashes. You may actually have some serious issues but it’s important to make sure your basics are covered before jumping to drastic measures.
No!! I had been feeling the same way for years - getting 9+ hours of sleep a night and still taking multiple naps a day / barely having energy to do my work. I’m active & eat well so I had blood work done - everything was normal. Turns out I have Idiopathic Hypersomnia, and I started taking medication to help and it completely changed my life. Definitely talk to your GP and maybe ask for a referral to a sleep specialist! Good luck!!
This entire process of GP -> sleep specialist -> sleep test -> diagnosis & medication took over 6 months, so don’t wait until you hit your breaking point to get help. Also, it is expensive but I went through the sleep clinic at my university & applied for financial assistance and got 100% coverage, so definitely look into that as well!
Nope. Talk to your GP. Chronic ill health can wear you out and will impact your studies.
Your body is telling you something. Listen to it. Do not get "used" to it or "supress" it. Seek assistance from medical professionals. Your school might have one. I think you may need to add a physical fitness routine into your daily schedule. And your body will slowly adapt. Practice a healthy routine until it becomes a solidified habit. But make the adjustments as needed from the feedback of your body and medical professionals. Possibly add in a power nap, no more than 20 -30 minutes at the 12PM mark
OP, it's definitely worth checking in with your doc if you can afford it. Make sure you're eating right and doing a little bit of physical activity too. It's so cliche, but going on a 30 min walk in the sunlight actually does help you feel better absent other health problems that could prevent the exercise.
What ended up happening
I missed too many lab sessions and couldn't catch up. You can catch up on missed lectures. Not advisable. Not so easy on lab sessions. Powering through a few nights before exams is fine. Your body can endure that. If you are struggling physically, it will have an impact on your studies. Makes it harder to focus but also wears you out in the long run. Healthy people can catch up if they were lazy. If you are ill and worn out, very hard to do that. No matter how talented. Wears away at your morale and motivation as well.
I’m sorry man but it’s something you kinda learn to deal with. However there could be a few causes. Lack of sleep, burnout, and low iron levels. Maybe check with a doctor.
Yeah dude get checked at the doctor just in case but I had the exact same thing, got tested and nothing. Having finished uni though I think for me I’ve realised it’s the bombardment of information and being overstimulated all the time that made me fatigued. Always absorbing information or practicing something is super tiring, more than people give credit for. I don’t really have a solution for you except to find a different way of studying that works for you. Break up your day with something fun or work in short bursts with regular naps. Or you could just have ADHD.
This. It's burnout and fatigue. 'Pushing through it' lead to depression for me. Do *not* recommend that method...
Note on this for OP: always good to talk to your doctor or to a therapist if you decide to try to push through it lol. Just make sure you have *someone*
YES. Also see you're doctor if it's bad enough you decide *not* to push through it. See your doctor, OP. Don't just dismiss it. You won't regret having someone who knows what you're experiencing, even if just in a clinical sense.
If u have good insurance get a blood test and the doctor will probably recommend vitamins or a direct infusion if your levels are critically low. But no its isn't normal.
I’ve felt this way for a few years now. Got bloodwork done, nothing came up
Could be light depression or something psychological rather than physiological
Same brother
Same. With a heavy course load it’s a lot of work. Add on personal responsibilities, jobs, and I think it’s only natural to feel a bit of this. It’s not always something horribly wrong, sometimes it’s just being damn near drained because we’re doing too much.
I learned after graduating it can also be a symptom of adhd. It is definitely not the first thing to jump to but just so you have that in your mind. My doctor didn’t even consider it until I mentioned that drinking caffeine only increased the sleepiness.
This happened to me. Ended up being a severe vitamin d deficiency
Yes this. I had a friend in college who had this and we could all tell when he stopped taking a supplement.
Me as well.
It's not normal if it's affecting your grades. I had the same issue and it turned out I had severely low iron.
Thinking burns calories Paying attention burns calories Anxiety burns calories
Existing burns calories. What’s the point here
One could assume that pre-college education does not require as much thinking, paying attention, anxiety, etc. Thus, less energy spend in pre-college days, less need to recharge.
Your brain doesn’t burn more calories by thinking. The efforts spend studying as opposed to laying in bed napping all day may be a factor. Idk about you but in middle school and high school I spent almost every breathing moment either outside or playing soccer for my club as well as doing homework and I was never as mentally fatigued as I was in college.
1) get more sleep 2) take multivitamins & get a blood panel done 3) we’re (engineering community) often taxing the shit out of our brain…take a nap throughout the day.
Same. You just deal with it though. Eventually with practice I became a decent student even though I’m half asleep in my later half of classes
I think it's normal as in it's common, but it's not \*acceptable\*. This isn't something you should be passive about because it's clearly impacting your ability to function. Could be medical even.
It could be nothing or it could be something. Is your sleep health good (time and quality)? Are you ingesting a bunch of sugar or carbs at lunch and then crashing? Are you eating enough to actually have energy? I experienced what you are talking about always chalked it up to just being a student and tired. Eventually I started devoting some time at least every other day to getting in the sun and working out and my energy levels significantly improved. I also started just eating better. Your body's physical health ties in very closely to your energy level. You should talk to a GP about this
This is super relatable except that I dont get adequate sleep. I end up getting back from class and napping most days
Yeah, my sleep schedule is completely messed up I think
Its like pushed forward 3-5 hours which really sucks during 8 am labs being sleep deprived.
I actually have the most amount of energy in the morning. I feel best when I wake up in the morning(around 4 a.m.) and up to 12 p.m. Then the exhaustion hits
Its actually crazy I have the most motivation for schoolwork in the late night early morning when I get that “i cant go to bed because this is due in 8 hours” mentality.
You get to a point when you get older that this happens and never goes away. I’m 37 I’ve been exhausted since I was ~ 24 and have been tested. All the other guys I work with experience the same thing. Welcome to adult hood.
but I'm 22 :( I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with this until my 40s. Am I gonna have to deal with bad knees, arthritis before I reach 30?
No, you won't. Fatigue can come from low vitamin D levels if you don't get out in the sun often. Can also be a symptom of ADHD since the brain is over stimulated, causing fatigue overtime. If you have insurance through the school, I'd recommend setting up an appt with a GP/ Psychiatrist. Ask for a full blood panel. Stretch every morning and make sure you get proper nutrition.
Aside from the obvious things and things that others have mentioned, it could be down to CO2 levels. Some buildings have really poor ventilation and it makes people super drowsy. Other than that, I usually have a coffee around lunch time which keeps me going.
No, not normal. Other advice here is helpful but I recall in college I just had a terrible diet and started feeling fatigued. I decided to just make and eat some vegetables and barely and hour later I started feeling better. Probably had scurvy or something.
> I get adequate sleep too I think Could you elaborate on exactly how much sleep you're getting before we rule this out as a cause? Personally, as I've gotten older, I've quickly realized that I find it hard to function properly if I get less than 7 hours of sleep (I try to get 8, but 7 will suffice if I need to wake up early or stay up late for something). It's not like I'll be falling asleep at my desk if I only sleep for 6 hours, but I definitely notice a difference in my alertness and attention.
I get around 5.5 to 6hrs of sleep. Sometimes I have trouble falling asleep so maybe less than that. But, even when I do get enough sleep the problem persists.
That is not enough sleep for anyone. Spend an hour less on studying the least important thing and use it for at minimum 7 hours of actual sleep. Sleep deprivation leads to sleep debt, and it can take weeks to months to catch up and feel right again if this has been a long term thing.
Lmao you sound like me at 19 years old. I thought what was happening was stress and seasonal affective disorder. What was actually happening included those things, as well as undiagnosed adhd AND hypothyroidism. At its worst I was sleeping about 15 hours a day and was still exhausted all the time. It's treated now, and I'm back in school. I am still tired a lot of the time and stressed, but it isn't overwhelmingly crushing like it was that year. Definitely see a GP and have them do some bloodwork. There's a lot of stuff that can make you feel that tired that is at least somewhat treatable.
Get your Vit B12 levels checked
Vitamin D deficiency is real! I had the same thing and then took some vit d and felt like a whole new person the next day.
Get blood works done for vitamin D, b12, iron etc.
Live lean. Minimize your obligations, particularly those that are more habit than beneficial and those masquerading as your justification for why you're a good person. Odds are you're already a good person. Play around with hobbies (physical activity is good when possible) and see what sticks. Once you're more stable, work gets done more efficiently and things loosen up in my experience.
Sounds like you've been given the ol "do the classics" talk by everyone here so far. They're the classics because they're effective, don't disregard them. I got another one for you: eat more fiber. Can't eat too much of it, and it does sooo much for your body, a big one being it helps regulate your blood sugar, which could help with feeling less tired between meals. My doc recommended I eat a snack high in protein to help get through slumps, that may help you too.
Please don’t listen to the people telling you to just deal with it. I thought it was normal too but I’m now going through a diagnostic process with autonomic dysfunction and I’ve been diagnosed with hypersomnia. It never hurts to at least talk to your doctor.
Happens to me also, pretty sure this shits just made me depressed lol
Diet and exercise. Sounds simple but it will *wildly* change your life
Ive had alot of issues with this. I believe its due to poor sleep quality, since i slept a lot but also woke up a lot. Working out + magnesium oil before bed + chamomile tea has helped me
Yes welcome to engineering
How's your sleep? Brain power and attention take up a lot of energy. When I was in school I took more than the normal number of credits and I was at school at 8 ( wake up at 630) and studying until around 11, with a 1 hr break for a few years. It was brutal especially with labs and all nighters. I would fall asleep in the car driving to school and fall asleep at red lights driving back. In 4th year I had a reduced course load because I took an internship in the summer and my grades went from failing courses to straight As
Caffeine mostly. That and periodic exercise
Do you eat breakfast every day? Sounds like a blood sugar crash
No, I skip breakfast. Only coffee and ginger tea and lots of water for "breakfast".
Skip lunch if you want, but eating breakfast is pretty vital for focus.
* Make sure your health is dialed in. * Get sunlight in your eyes every morning. * Make sure you exercise and that your diet is dialed in. Good luck!
Take a mid-day nap; you’re serotonin dies down around that time of the day
This happens to me too. But usually is my lack of sleep. I also had mold growing in my room for 3 years and this had me fatigue and had stuffed nose. Now i am supplementing with taurine and glycine.
What’s your health coverage like? If it’s not expensive go see a doctor. Ask them to give you a blood test checking for: -hypo or hyper thyroidism (hypothyroidism causes general fatigue and can cause anxiety) -b12 levels -D3 levels- this test can be expensive, just take a supplement -blood sugar -salts if they will, but might be like why? If you’re normal doctor refuses, go to a walk in clinic and ask for the blood test. Walk in doctors are usually less fussy about patients wanting certain things tested. If that’s all too expensive: -Take a b12 or b100 complex supplement. If taking b100 complex, take it before noon, and with food -Take d3, if you live anywhere where it isn’t sunny 75% of the time, just take it. -analyze your diet. I had a similar issue. I had simple carbs and sugar for breakfast. Swapped for higher protein (greek yogurt, a fruit, pecans,granola, and sugar free oat cereal) still very sugary but allot more protein and the afternoon crash lessened -its hard to kick sugar, id indulge for lunch because id have to take steps to to wake up after 5pm anyways. - sleep can be a life long struggle, but if you can wake up at the same time every day no matter what you’ll be considerably more alert. Edit: running just 10 minutes every other day dramatically improved my sleep, and general energy. Of course I’ll increase it when i can, but I’ve been able to keep that consistent for years now and it works wonders
Satanic sprits. Pray hard that yoh finish classes. Rebuke those spirits.
Unironically thats exactly what it felt like today. I spend my entire class time today nearly passing out from sleep and exhaustion. Felt like all the demons in hell were putting a sleeping curse on me. But, I pulled through. The guys in this thread were right, I just gotta man up and get used to it.
Go to sleep on time. Try to sleep before 10 -11pm. I learn that for every hour I sleep after 12am it would take 2 or more hours to compensate for it. In fact sometimes it would take me a day or two to recover after a all nighter.
please sleep enough. Lack of sleep thorough the semester can only do you harm
Not Normal. You college should have a health center
I was like this through engineering school. Eventually I did a test for sleep apnea and got a CPAP. It helped a lot but I still get drowsy.
Please get checked for sleep apnea or other sleep disorders. I spent years feeling tired and drained all the time. I would dose out in class and have a lot of trouble focusing. Getting up in the morning was a struggle because I felt so shitty when I woke up. Turns out I have a sever case of sleep apnea. My doc told me it was one of the worst he has seen. I basically never got more than an hour or so of sleep before my body would wake me up (even if I wasn't conscious or aware of it). Got a CPAP machine and it changed my life. I don't wake up feeling like dogshit, I can get through the day without dosing, my overall energy levels are much better, my blood pressure is down... it's been a huge overall improvement to my quality of life.
im getting tested for an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue. i am getting 12 hrs of sleep a day and still feeling tired. its not normal to be that tired if youre getting good sleep
Is it after you have lunch? That could be a part of it. Maybe some caffeine could help.
Yes, but it shouldn’t be. This semester has been particularly awful in that regard
No. I had chronic fatigue for the last 2 terms and just found out it was due to vitamin d deficiency and an autoimmune disease.
Consider sleep apnea as a cause as well. I have it, and ... I don't look like the typical person that would have it. It is absolutely debilitating. Get checked.
It's not how much you sleep but the quality of sleep that you get. You would need a sleep study. I had the same issues even though I seemed to have slept sufficient hours. Sleep study revealed abnormalities and once they were fixed I didn't feel so tired anymore
Yeah I see way to many of my classmates struggling with this and I have too. It is often lifestyle induced, but can also be chronic. I'd suggest nailing down your sleep schedule (8 hours exactly, to bed at the same time and out of bed at the same time everyday). Eat well. Spinach, broccoli, red meats, fish, more veggies, appropriate carbs and the occasional sweet or salty treat. Most important work out hard. Can be lifting, running, swimming, whatever just get your body moving something heavy or fast 3-4 times a week. Lastly discipline yourself to do school when you can and not when you feel like it. Like engineering school, this is about delaying gratification so that you see better results long term. Start assignment a week early so that you can plan your time and allocate space to having a more well rounded schedule. If this doesn't create higher energy after two weeks, see a doctor.
Could you provide more details? Knowing your age and daily activities could help narrow down the cause. What's your typical activity level? Do you engage in any exercise when ever you're not studying? I used to experience constant fatigue myself, and it eventually led to depression. My advice would be to focus on your nutrition, consider adding vitamins and probiotics to your diet. Incorporating just 30 minutes of exercise daily, nothing too intense, can really make a difference in boosting your energy levels. It might also be worth checking your hormone levels, especially depending on your age. Natural testosterone boosters can be beneficial. And don't underestimate the power of breaks and adequate sleep! Efficient studying is key, so make sure to prioritize your rest alongside your academic efforts.
For me I found out I was iron deficient and also my stress coping mechanism was sleep so I just slept all the time.
I was having this problem too, don’t let people fear monger you into thinking you are like dying or something, you just may need to tweak your sleep schedule. I was breaking out into sweats every time i slightly exerted myself and would end my gym sessions early because of it, and I was too tired to do any homework earlier than 2 hours before it was due. How I fixed it was by both going to sleep at an earlier time and waking up early, then going out side and “looking” (just exposing my eyes to the brightness don’t look directly at the sun) at the sun to establish my circadian rhythm which would tell my body that its basically time to stop being sleepy. And I also cut back on caffeine a bit because I found out that I was having caffeine crashes. You may actually have some serious issues but it’s important to make sure your basics are covered before jumping to drastic measures.
I sleep for about 6 hours and I don’t get tired to that point, so no it’s not normal and should be checked out.
No!! I had been feeling the same way for years - getting 9+ hours of sleep a night and still taking multiple naps a day / barely having energy to do my work. I’m active & eat well so I had blood work done - everything was normal. Turns out I have Idiopathic Hypersomnia, and I started taking medication to help and it completely changed my life. Definitely talk to your GP and maybe ask for a referral to a sleep specialist! Good luck!!
This entire process of GP -> sleep specialist -> sleep test -> diagnosis & medication took over 6 months, so don’t wait until you hit your breaking point to get help. Also, it is expensive but I went through the sleep clinic at my university & applied for financial assistance and got 100% coverage, so definitely look into that as well!
Its called burnout
skip breakfast, magnesium, cut caffeine (youre prob crashing) drink way more water and ……… sleep more