Waking Up More Tired

[Lister]

for the past 4 days, i keep going to sleep and waking up more tired then i was when i went to bed, today is my day off so that meens i slept in as much as my body would let me, so i got 10 hours of sleep unyet im still incredably exosisted to the point of i cant even see strait. what am i doing wrong with this diet, im making sure im eating well balanced, im taking vitemens including subliqnual b12s, i know im not anemic so i have no exucuse to be so fricking tired

[jerseyangel]

Lister--it's very common to feel fatigued while healing. I still have days that I could go to bed by 6 PM! When I was a few months into it, like you are, I was tired pretty much all the time--for the first 3 months, I felt like a wet dishrag most of the time! There's no way around it--you have to give these things time When you think about it, your body is busy healing, and that alone takes a lot of energy.

[gfp]

for the past 4 days, i keep going to sleep and waking up more tired then i was when i went to bed, today is my day off so that meens i slept in as much as my body would let me, so i got 10 hours of sleep unyet im still incredably exosisted to the point of i cant even see strait. what am i doing wrong with this diet, im making sure im eating well balanced, im taking vitemens including subliqnual b12s, i know im not anemic so i have no exucuse to be so fricking tired

Sounds like you are trying to sleep too much.

The trick is to get up at a pre-determined hour everyday and regualate to that not try and catch up.. you can't store sleep as it were so 10 hrs last night means you slept badly, poor quality sleep.

I have problems myself but it takes recognising this fact to get over it. Its no miracle cure but if you get up, manage a bit of exersize during the day even though you're tired you'll sleep better at night.

[tarnalberry]

yep, sleeping too much can make you tired as well.

are you getting enough exercise?

are you getting enough stress relief?

are you getting balanced meals, include enough healthy fats?

[mommida]

You might consider having your thyroid levels looked at. There is an association for Celiac and auto-immune thyroid disorders. I would suggest going to an endocronologist though, getting the proper diagnoses could depend on it. I would also look into diabetes and check that you are not having any other symptoms for it.

L.

[Lister]

im thinking the tiredness may just be linked to my job, for the first 4 days of the week i have to get up at 4:20 am or 5:20 am depending on the day, and i cant get myself to fall asleep until 10 so i only get 6 1/2 hours a night, then on my days off i stay up tell like 2 am and just sleep until my body wantes to get up usualy for food. i think my job is just finally taking its toll on me, could be wrong though i guess it could be something else, but i dont really match any other symptoms for like diabetes or thryoid problems

[gfp]

im thinking the tiredness may just be linked to my job, for the first 4 days of the week i have to get up at 4:20 am or 5:20 am depending on the day, and i cant get myself to fall asleep until 10 so i only get 6 1/2 hours a night, then on my days off i stay up tell like 2 am and just sleep until my body wantes to get up usualy for food. i think my job is just finally taking its toll on me, could be wrong though i guess it could be something else, but i dont really match any other symptoms for like diabetes or thryoid problems

Lister, this sounds like a very normal case of work induced insomnia, add to that your worries about celiac at the moment and its hardly surprising you are having problems sleeping and feeling tired.

What you are meant to do is get up at the same time each day regardless ... which is I know easier said than done and "too much work and no play makes Lister a dull boy" .. so what I have done sucessfully is do this for 2-3 weeks until your sleep patterns normalise then try and push it a bit with later nights etc. but stiill not trying to get 10 hours on a weekend... try and get some exersize, even if its just a walk in the fresh air each day. I have never been a morning person anyway but at least now i function.. albeit on autopilot a little until my 3rd coffee.

It takes a few weeks to get used to forcing yourself out of bed but it does work. My friends girlfriend was a really bad case and went to a really hard to get into sleeep clinic, its a research clinic and has huge waiting lists and basically this is what they made her do. I was at one point trying to get into the clinic myself I was so desperate and my friend (her BF) basically told me what I told you ...

[Lister]

i dont try to catch up on sleeep i just try to make sure i get 8 hours if i can, so like tonight im probably not going to make it to bed until like 2:30 so i will be getting up at 11

[gfp]

i dont try to catch up on sleeep i just try to make sure i get 8 hours if i can, so like tonight im probably not going to make it to bed until like 2:30 so i will be getting up at 11

Yep but the problem is the change in when you wake up.... the body adjusts poorly to changing these cycles, some people worse than others which is why some people don't get much effect from Jetlag and others do...

You stated in your first post you had slept 10hrs which seems excessive.

If you are regularly getting 6 1/2 then that is what your body is adjusting to so sleeping 8 on the weekend or 10 just confuses it knowing when it is meant to be sleeping and not.

Personally I find 6 1/2 about my maximum but that's just me, but say you need 8 you need to work on this from both sides... that is get up at a certain hour regardless of how **** you feel. If you only had 4 hours then you will obviously be whacked but you will fall asleep that night. When your not working you need to do the same ... I know its tedious but its really the only way to break the cycle. You need to foget the hours and set a time... and that time is dictated by your work.

[loraleena]

From what I have read the best way for our bodies to be refreshed is to go to bed and get up at the same time daily. The reccomended times are 10pm-6am. Between 10 and 2 is when are bodies rejuvenate.