Drowsy

[Ramadan90]

OBS: After like 24 hours you will have so much energy that you wont be able to sleep, you will only need to sleep 4-5 hours.

 

[peace_maker]

^ I don't think my diet has anything to do with this. I have a balanced diet. And have nuts and fruits daily. Everything is included in my diet, from green leafy veggies to sea food.

 

[peace_maker]

Well I stayed awake for 24 hours hoping to sort my sleep pattern out so that I'm going to bed at a decent hour, I felt so tired when I slept but I woke up after only 3 hours feeling wide awake, in the last 28 hours I've only slept 3 hours and I feel wide awake :hmm: the trouble is I'll feel tired and drowsy now at the wrong time like when I need to be awake for fajar going to see doctor in the morning.

Brother, I think you might be having Calcium or Magnesium deficiency. They have a lot to do with insomnia.

Assalamu-alaikum sister,


As brother Hamza has mentioned, you should get yourself checked out by a doctor.

Im not sure of the medical resources in your area, but if you are wary of the doctors there - then maybe you can tell them what test you would like done specifically, such as:

- Full blood count (or just a haemoglobin), and iron studies - your symptoms could possibly be related to an iron deficiency anaemia which is common in young women due to monthly losses.

- TSH: this is a screening test for your thyroid function (if you have been putting on weight recently, feeling lethargic, perhaps suffering constipation, etc - it can be symptoms of an under active thyroid).

- Fasting glucose (esp. if you are constantly thirsty/ passing lots of urine every day).

- If you are having any other symptoms, apart from the tiredness - then other tests may be necessary as indicated.......


And exercise - is a great idea too (this is advice that I need to be giving myself too :hmm: )


Hope you feel better soon, insha Allah.


Salaam

:wa: Sadly, that's the case. We have to tell them to make this and that tests. :hmm: Then they ask us, 'who is the doctor?' Anyway, thanks for your response. And yes, I'm planning to put work-outs im my schedule as well.

do 30-60 (whatever level you feel your on) burpees after each prayer, thats sure to keep you going !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yWBNgRHrc

That's powerful! I tried it once... guess I need a lotta practice to do. :hmm:

 

[peace_maker]

I think it has something to do with my surrounding. I went shopping today and I didn't feel drowsy at all. It makes sense, with the exam atmosphere at home :hmm:... Maybe I should get out often.

 

[joyous fairy]

Assalam alaykum..

As most people have suggested, you should go and see a doctor. You might have a vitamin deficiency or something else in your blood. I have noticed that teenagers often go through drowsiness phases but it might be something else so get checked just to make sure.

InshaAllah its nothing major.

 

[Abz2000]

i managed to stay awake 39 hours last couple of days because i needed to be somewhere on time, and then didn't even feel like sleeping today,
kept finding things to do just to avoid sleeping, somehow fell asleep and woke up 8 hours later completely fresh,
weird, i think my body forgot about the day i missed and decided to just write it off.

but i've noticed when i don't do much exercise or the days i take off and i sit at my pc i feel tired throughout, do you not walk a lot?

 

[~Zaria~]

Well I stayed awake for 24 hours hoping to sort my sleep pattern out so that I'm going to bed at a decent hour, I felt so tired when I slept but I woke up after only 3 hours feeling wide awake, in the last 28 hours I've only slept 3 hours and I feel wide awake :hmm: the trouble is I'll feel tired and drowsy now at the wrong time like when I need to be awake for fajar going to see doctor in the morning.

Assalamu-alaikum,

Insomnia is a growing problem - thats commonly related to our lifestyles, diet and the types of activities that we engage in everyday.

Stress and anxiety (from work/ school and family commitments), lack of exercise/ physical activity, poor eating habits that include much caffeinated drinks, medications - are some of these factors.

Add to this, our over-stimulated enviroment that we find ourselves in - TV, music, internet, video games, etc - and one can understand why it is becoming more and more difficult for our poor minds to find rest.

The problem becomes a vicious cycle when, after a few bad expierences of not being able to fall asleep at night - your mind sub-consciously associates sleeping as being a stressful event --> which makes it even harder to fall asleep, no matter how fatigued you may be.
And if you have resorted to sleeping pills over a long term - bad idea......trying to break the psychological dependancy of sedatives just adds to the problem.

I speak from expierence - having suffered insomnia for a few years (related to crazy working hours, studying, and juggling family life) - Alhamdulillah, I am now free from this problem.

It took a session of hypnosis (yep - I was pretty desperate to get off the sedatives and get a good nights sleep) followed by a month of re-inforcement.....to break my psychological barriers that had developed with regards to sleeping.
Alhamdulillah - now, insomnia is just a bad memory from the past for me.

Im not suggesting that you go for hypnosis.
Instead, start by changing simple habits at home:

- no caffeine before bedtime
- no TV/ internet use, etc late at night (just the light from the screen can be a source of over-stimualting your mind)
- exercise
- stay away from sleeping pills, unless absolutely necessary, e.g over a long flight, etc.
- salaah
- reading the 3 Quls, surah yaseen before bedtime
- read zikr whilst trying to fall asleep
- relax: do not stress yourself out about falling asleep - tell yourself constantly: 'Sleep is not a problem for me. I have no problems falling asleep, etc.' Eventually, your mind accepts this re-inforcement and acts upon it, insha Allah.
- do not spend too much time thinking about it/ stressing over not having slept


And make duaa.
This too, is a test from Allah.....only those who have went 48hrs+ of sleepness, often enough, while still expected to function as a normal human being, will understand this.:exhausted
Sleep is our 'mini death' here on earth - a gift from the Almighty.


May you have a good, refreshing nights rest, insha Allah.
Remember: you have no problems with sleeping!



Salaam

 

[peace_maker]

but i've noticed when i don't do much exercise or the days i take off and i sit at my pc i feel tired throughout, do you not walk a lot?

..Er...no.. :-[ I'm very moody. When I'm in the mood I do all sorts of things, when I'm not... I just sit. :hmm:

 

[Abz2000]

i enjoy walking to work when i'm not late and listening to audio lectures or Quran to keep learning and increasing in psychological strength to,
and normally i get into work relaxed and cheerful, it really helps take away the moodiness too
and check this out, my next door neighbour was telling me about it today, apparently flushes the vessels and increases blood flow
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[peace_maker]

Hey, everybody! Good news! My drowsiness is gone for good, alhamdulillah. Among the common factors of hypersomnia, i.e., anxiety, depression, sorrow, boredom, tiredness, calcium overdose, thyroid... Which do you think was mine?.... Yup..boredom. My boredom went away along with math exam. And I also started exercising again. Thanks everyone who tried to help me out.... GOOD BYE, DROWSINESS!

 

[Abz2000]

though you'd have to ask a knowledgeable scholar about any alcohol content, though it's negligible it apparently doesn't cause drowsiness.

 

[peace_maker]

^ What alcohol?? ^o)

 

[Abz2000]

yes, i found out it has wine extract, but luckily the mod removed the link before anyone else read it,
the alcohol thing is very complicated so better just try and avoid it unless it's life and death.