(Resource: Can you get too much sleep?
http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_features_details.asp?health_feature_id=362&article_id=1136&channel_id=135&relation_id=2334)
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Everyone oversleeps from time to time, usually to pay back a sleep debt - like after an all-night study session, a bout of jet lag, or any other period of sleep deprivation. Those who sleep beyond 8 hours on a regular basis could be long sleepers, the name given to people with hypersomnia (the opposite of insomnia, it literally means "too much sleep").
If long sleepers get the sleep their bodies need and their long sleep does not negatively affect their day-to-day life, this is not a serious problem. In some cases, hypersomnia can cause unproductive sleep and changes in mood, memory, appetite, and energy levels.
Check with your doctor if you regularly sleep 10 or more hours and experience daytime sleepiness that is not relieved by napping. There could be underlying reasons for excess sleep:
* use of certain medications
* head trauma
* medical conditions (e.g., multiple sclerosis, epilepsy)
* sleep disorders (narcolepsy, sleep apnea)
* symptoms of other medical conditions (e.g., oversleeping is a common symptom of depression)
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so i either have head trauma, a sleep disorder, or depression.
1 comment:
haha oh man this just reminded me of what my friend told me a couple weeks ago. he said a few years ago he thought he was being oppressed by a demon because he often couldn't move or get out of bed when he woke up. his mind was alert but he just couldn't move. he then found out it was just narcolepsy.
maybe you should get that checked out my friend. you should go to a sleep clinic, har har.
or just cheer up emo kid.
=)
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