I can't avoid falling asleep!

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Even with 7-8 hours of sleeping per night, I still feel like I can't avoid taking excessively long (3-4 hours) during the day. I take a melatonin supplement and a busiprone to help me relax. I don't have a routine. I find one hard to establish because I am so spontaneous. I just go straight to lights out at midnight-12:30am. I wake at 8:30-9:00am. If the lack of routine is causing my avoidance problems during the day, what set routine do you recommend? What is the problem behind this wanting to sleep during the day and taking a long time to actually fall asleep at night.

"sounds" like the problem i had before i started taking a sleep aid.

are you sure your body is actually resting at night? you may be dreaming but your body may not be at rest.

How?

vigorous exercise during the day can help.

I had the same problem.

I found out I have sleep apnea. I have a smaller than average throat for my body size. I did a sleep study and found I was getting only about 60% of the air I needed, and occasionally stopped breathing. Once I started using a CPAP, I don't have to sleep 2-3 hours when I get home from work.

I'd check with your primary care doc and see what they recommend. A sleep study is really the only way to tell what actually goes on when you sleep for brain activity and breathing.

On a side note, while still at the hospital and recovering from my knee arthroscopy, as I was waking up, I stopped breathing several times. Nothing serious, but as I was partially awake, the nurse kept on telling me to breath, and I'd go, oh, I should breath, take a breath, and then not take another one until she told me to again. Once the fog of anesthesia went away, I didn't have this problem. Fun Stuff.