I keep getting tired what is wrong with me???

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I've always been quite a good sleeper, but for the last 2 months I've been getting very tired during the day. At night I always settle down in bed around 10.30-11.00 and wind down by watching a DVD in bed, whether it's just a 20-minute episode of something or a 2-hour long film. I've been doing this since I was 15.

I usually turn the TV set off around 11.20-12.00, and after one last trip to the toilet I fall asleep quite quickly. I usually sleep right the way through without waking up, and if I got to get up for work then I wake up at 7.00 and get up at 7.10, so I've had at least 7 hours sleep. This may not be enough, but on nights where I haven't got work the next day I usually sleep 9-10 hours, but still feel equally as tired come afternoon, however much sleep I got the night before, so I don't think it's my sleep pattern.

My diet is pretty healthy. I pass poop quite regularly, sometimes a few days go by and other weeks I go every night, but it's never even close to diarrhoea. Sometimes your poop can define roughly how healthy your weight and diet is for you. And my diet is pretty healthy, I kind of have a mixture of everything and I have no food intolerance. I have fruit every day, and I have healthy dinners several times a week, like vegetables and meat. I weigh 9 stone and I am about 5 foot 5, so I am not really underweight or overweight for my height, although I do sometimes mysteriously lose 3 or 4 pounds at times.

Having sugars and caffeine doesn't seem to affect my sleep. One day last week I didn't do a lot, and I had a can of coke in the evening, and when I got into bed I couldn't focus on the film because I was too tired, so I had to switch it off earlier and get to sleep, and I think I slept like a log for the next 10-11 hours. And I was still tired all the next day.

I haven't got a car so I have plenty of walking trips, and my job is pretty active, but I only work 3 days a week and I don't feel any less or more tired on the days I work than the days I don't.

I am going to the doctors in a couple of weeks to see about this because it doesn't sound normal, especially when I start craving for sleep when it gets to a certain time in the afternoon, and I get all stressy and agitated if I can't get to have a nap. When I do, I often wake up feeling groggy, so I have to take naps when I know I'm not going to be disturbed, otherwise I get really bad-tempered. Does anyone know what it could be, or is it just the type of person I am?

Usually if I go to sleep having something special to look forward to on the next day, I tend to be more active the next day then I would on a regular day.

Try making everyday a bit special is what my advice would be : )

Hope this helps(and/or makes sense),

Symen

Is there anything that's causing you extra anxiety recently?

I suffer similar issues to you Joe.
I think if you dont get enough sleep every day, you build up a deficit tally that has to be balanced, trouble is though, having that much sleep sort of turns your brain off, so you then feel tired for another reason.
I can sleep for 17 hours at a stretch, I can also have a good 10 hours sleep, wake up for some breakfast, then feel so tired I fall asleep again.

Maybe the trick is, to have 8 or 9 hours every night, so you never build up that sleep deficit, I cannot manage it though, but I work shifts which is a good excuse.

Do you snore? (If you sleep with someone, ask them.)

Snoring heavily can be a sign of sleep apnea, where your airway gets closed off when you enter deep sleep. Your body reacts to this by partially waking you up so you start breathing again, but this results in not getting enough deep sleep. (My Dad has sleep apnea, they gave him a C-Pap that makes him breathe better while he's sleeping. It's especially common in middle-aged fat people, but it can affect anyone.)

Funnily enough, I don't snore, despite my sinus issues I have (blocked nose is not abnormal for me). I know I don't snore because I have slept in the same room as another person before and all of them have said that I don't snore nor make any sound when I breathe. Someone once said they thought I was dead.

I have strong immune system aswell, if that's anything to do with anything.

I've the same problem and don't know what to do about it.

Yes, I snore. Almost everybody in my immediate family snored, including the dogs. When I went for my SSDI appeal hearing, my attorney was going over my medical records and saw the notation "Patient can not sleep. Reason: mom and dogs snore." He and I got a charge out of that. When I told that to my sister-in-law, she got somewhat angry. It was the truth: mom always snored, and every dog we ever owned snored. The dog that snored the loudest was the smallest: a Shetland sheepdog.

Asking a doctor and having your blood checked might still be a good idea.
Even with a healthy diet, nutritions are absorbed differently from person to person.

There could be lots of reasons: stress, sensory issues, etc.

I was having that issue off and on as well over the past couple weeks. I would just get tired all of a sudden. We're not sure what it is, but I suspect sensory issues: I had usually been doing a lot of interacting beforehand and being very up and active, and I think I just got overloaded and had to rest to be prepared for the next activity.

Not to scare you... but have you had your blood checked lately? A lot of nutrient deficiencies can cause issues like fatigue. Mine ended up being lupus. But that's an extreme case... you're probably fine. But it's worth getting everything checked just to be sure. Especially if it's a sudden change.

I know how you feel. I usually sleep at the day and stay up all night. Everyone thinks it's my fault and that I don't want to sleep but that's not true.
I don't have enough energy to even read a book, because the words pass and I don't understand a thing. It's horrible.