I'm really tired all the time. Why?!
Question: I'm 15-female 5'7" 115lbs. I'm usually tired A LOT, but starting on Wednesday I became EXTREMELY tired. I came home from school and took a 2 hour nap, woke up and ate, then went back to sleep at 8:30pm-5:50am. Thats a little over 11 hours. The next day I am still extremely tired. I come home and take an hour and a half nap. Go to bed around 9:30pm, wake up around 5:45am. Again, little over 9-10 hours. Today in school I was so tired. I was dragging all day. One teacher was picking on me because I was half asleep and another just kept looking at me like whats wrong with her? I don't know why this is happening. I'm always tired like this, but it just got worse. And I'm eating pretty normal/healthy too. No energy drinks/caffeinated pop. Another thing, I've been getting hungry a lot too. Well sort of. Sometimes I'll eat and 15 min after my stomach will growl. Sometimes I'm just bored so I eat.
But why am I so tired all the time?
Answers: I'm 15-female 5'7" 115lbs. I'm usually tired A LOT, but starting on Wednesday I became EXTREMELY tired. I came home from school and took a 2 hour nap, woke up and ate, then went back to sleep at 8:30pm-5:50am. Thats a little over 11 hours. The next day I am still extremely tired. I come home and take an hour and a half nap. Go to bed around 9:30pm, wake up around 5:45am. Again, little over 9-10 hours. Today in school I was so tired. I was dragging all day. One teacher was picking on me because I was half asleep and another just kept looking at me like whats wrong with her? I don't know why this is happening. I'm always tired like this, but it just got worse. And I'm eating pretty normal/healthy too. No energy drinks/caffeinated pop. Another thing, I've been getting hungry a lot too. Well sort of. Sometimes I'll eat and 15 min after my stomach will growl. Sometimes I'm just bored so I eat.
But why am I so tired all the time?
You're just sleeping too much. That's all. Everyone needs a different numbers of hours, and it can vary quite a bit person to person. But I know that I need 6-7 hrs per day. So, if I start sleeping 9-10, I'm tired. If I start getting 4-5, I'm tired too.
The other possibility is that you have just come down w/ a common cold. If you wind up sick within the next day or two, then you're fatigue is b/c of that. The body needs more time to rest when you're fighting off a cold.
Also, sleep in this weekend. I know there are studies out there that have shown that the internal body clock of teenagers runs on a much different setting than adults. Meaning that teens really not supposed to be up and about before about 10AM. 5:30 is pretty early.
I would wait another week or so before going to the doctor with the fear of being anemic. It could be true, but if this started happening only a few days ago, then it's a premature jump. Wait and see if you got a cold. Experiment w/ different amounts of sleep. You'll most likely get back to normal in another few days.
Sometimes too, you just get mentally or physically run down and require a couple huge blocks of extra sleep to recharge your batteries.
I don't know... I just wouldn't worry about. Regardless of the reason, sometimes you just get really tired, and it's usually nothing to worry about.
It could be that you are anemic. You should have a blood test to find out what is wrong.
You're probably anemic and there is always the chance that you might have mono. Time to see the Dr. You are a little bit underweight, too. Do you eat a lot of sugar? Sometimes you can crash really bad from it.
i think its just because your at that age...when i was 15 i used to do the exact same thing...and so did my sister. I think it has something to do with being a Teen, my brother is 16, and he sleeps more now than he ever has in his life, and he's still tired all the time.
I'm pretty sure its normal. I'm not anemic. Oh, and i was the same with the eating thing too....i still have hungry and non hungry spurts...when like im hungry all the time, and than im not as hungry....its normal...i think its your body going to hormonal changes....i don't know if you already got your period...but between like 12-17 i think is when you go through the puberty stage and your body changes....some hit that earlier than others....thats why the range is so big but i'd say the average is 14-16
You could be anemic or you could be low on vitamin B6 and B12.
Iron rich foods are dark green leafy vegatables, beans, read meat.
Vitamin B rich foods are whole grains, fish, seafood, poutry, meats, eggs, dairy producrts like milk & yogurt, dark green leafy vegetables, beans & peas.
Throw some C in your diet too because c will allow you body to absorb iron in foods and other vitamins more efficiently.
Perhaps you need to improve your diet. More fruit and vegetables for more antioxidants and enzymes for good health and energy. Lots of teenagers don't eat properly.