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Anonymous
Hello /fit/. I must admit I generally never venture past any boards with an 18+ stamp on them but I come to you because I don't know what's wrong with me. I am tired all the time. I can't seem to be 100% interested in anything during the day in my classes, whether I'm at a desk or walking around or anything. I just always feel like I need sleep. I duck down and sleep on a desk every chance I get. The solution would seem to be to go to sleep earlier every day (usually I go to bed around 2 and wake up at 7) but every time I do that I just get up later. And on weekends I sleep for 12-14 hours at a time. Why am I always so drowsy and unable to focus on anything? This has only been happening for a little while too so it's not like I've just always been like this. Will you help me /fit/?

tl;dr: I'm tired all the time but I don't know why or how to fix it.
>> Anonymous??
Get tested for mono. You might be in the middle of a current infection.
>> Anonymous
>>139090
Are there any symptoms I should be looking out for?
>> Anonymous??
>>139094
Tired (of course)
Tender abdomen
The fatigue is both physical and mental, but you know that already, right?
>> Anonymous
That is definitely a possibility
>> Anonymous
>18+
>fit

....does not compute, since when is fit 18+?

Also on a more relevant note. Its either mono or depression. I have known depression to present with those symptoms outwardly. Are you down about anything and/or shitty happen in your life? The depression is just a stab in the dark though as I have no idea what has happened in your life and usually people who are depressed have some idea about it, but hell its possible for someone to be oblivious about it.
>> Anonymous
>>139118
1) what I said was I usually never go past the 18+ boards which is why it's unusual that I'm going on /fit/.

2) no nothing really bad happened in my life and i'm pretty much happy as can be. i guess that just leaves mono. i should definitely get tested.
>> Anonymous
Your sleep patterns are all fucked, that much should be obvious. Before thinking you're depressed and take drugs for the next 5 years, try regulating your sleeping a bit. Since you say you sit at a desk, either work or school, you probably have a schedule to fit.

So, what you should do is pick a time in the morning to wake up at. The trick here is to stick to that time, or at least attempt to, for about a week or 2. Doesn't matter what time you go to bed, your body should let you know when it's tired(except if you're eating a lot of sugar, or "plug" into something at night). You do this, and every morning you will wake up great.

I also suggest you work on waking up immediately instead of rolling around/hitting the alarm, just try to drill it a bit.

3 weeks from now, you will have some goooood energy! :)


P.S. eat good food too, don't eat 1 big meal a day(helps you feel sluggish)
>> Anonymous
>>139154
Thanks I'll try that!
>> Anonymous
diet will make a BIG difference.....
>> Anonymous
>>139173

Specifically, avoid refined carbohydrates. And caffiene, except for a little in the morning if absolutely necessary. Start taking a fish oil supplement, and get some form of exercise every day (even if you're not interested in getting in shape yet, even a 1/2 hour walk will help a LOT).
>> Anonymous
>boards with an 18+ stamp on
Motherfucker the whole site is 18+ (global rule #2http://www.4chan.org/rules.php#global), you're thinking NSFW.
>> Anonymous
get into good sleep habits and behavior patterns.

use your bed for sleeping only. do not read, watch tv, cut your toenails, roll wit yer girlie, or whatever in bed (at least until you get your clock reset). establishing that "bed is for sleeping" your behavior gets reinforced for this.

go to bed at around the same time every night.

go to sleep lying flat on your back, shoulders, arms and legs straight. i use this because it's the easiest position to recreate consistently. again, it's about reinforcing a pattern of behavior: (bed) + (body in this position) = sleep. yes you will roll, move, twist, whatever during the night, but start out this way. it will take a few weeks.

set your alarm clock across the room so you have to get out of bed to shut it off. mine is in my bathroom.

just develop repetitive patterns that tell your body "it's time to shut down". once you establish consistency, it's much easier to get good sleep once you do doze off.

and then non-sleep patterns (like any thing not related to bed, your sleeping position, etc.) don't trigger "shut down" responses. sitting in class should not trigger a sleep response. same thing with watching a movie in a dark theater, etc.
>> Anonymous
>>139252
Interesting. I'll try that out.
>> Anonymous
you should try to get 7-9 hours of sleep per night

i had to have a kidney transplant at 18 because of all the sleep deprivation combined with excessive workout i racked up during my sophomore through senior years of high school. i wasn't an insomniac, but I was obsessed about late night tv. i was constantly napping during the day and couldn't concentrate my cerebration on schoolwork and nearly failed high school twice if it weren't for my parents' incessant pleas for leeway from the administrators and teachers, and that once it was known shortly before i began my senior year that I had end stage renal failure, during the schoolyear my teachers and administrators took pity on me and let me skip out on literally hundreds of assignments which i shamelessly exploited to my own lazy advantage. i still believe that i don't deserve my diploma which is why im wary of allowing myself the privilege of college.

aside from that, during my junior year when my renal degeneration was in full bloom yet I and my parents' neglected my symptoms, i was extremely depressed and apathetic of everything, so much so that to this day i tear up trying to remember it.