[lasadeykar]

I'm getting 8 - 10 hours of sleep each (except for about once a week on Wednesdays, when I only get 6 or 7), so why do I always feel exhausted? :|

[gennickhif]

You are 14, pueberty is most likely in full tact.

If you don't play sports or do activities often, you will lose energy, as ironic as that sounds.

It can also be the food you eat. Fruits give you energy, while sweets and starches promote exhuastion. Plus if you are fat this only worsens.

I get 4-6 hours per day on school days and I'm tired for first hour I wake up then I'm fine once I get to school and stuff.

[JakilSong]

I suppose I don't do sports often enough, but I do eat plenty of fruits and I don't eat anything sugary or fatty until after I get home from school, when I'll have a candy bar, bagel or something until dinner. I am not fat, so take that out of account.

[wrbwrbwrb]

If you did 10 Push Ups and 25 Crunches per day I assure you will have more energy in two weeks, and eventually get muscles for it.

Daily quick excercises do people wonders.

[+++Poguru+++]

You should never really need to sleep over 8.5 hours keep that in mind. Your body does the most "sleep work" in roughly the 6th and 7th hours of sleep.

That being said exercise is a good way to improve the quality of your sleep as stated, as well as having a healthy diet. If you are exercising a good amount, and don't eat anything that horrible it might be a mental aspect draining you? If you're depressed or under a lot of stress it can lower the quality of your sleep. If this isn't what's going on either, I'd probably actually go and see a doctor.

There are a lot of medical reasons you can be drowsy all the time that are easy to counter.

[SeelaypeKet]

Oversleep?

I'm 17 and my parents make me get that much sleep... or try anyway.
I always wake up tired....

When i get 6-7 i feel great

Or 1-2 hours gets me awake for most of the day

[pGJLweEw]

I find taking morn showers gives my body a good wake-up call. Much more so than alarms and whatnot. I went thru YR12 sleeping only four hours per day and feeling fine during each day. Study cut down my hours of sleep.

[KellyLynchIV]

Hmmm. I kind of do that too. That is odd.

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Hmm. You might want to check to see if you have any underlying disorders. Like Sleep Insomnia or any other illness.

[BDDkDvgZ]

Rub one out before you go to sleep, it works wonders.

i'm not kidding, i'm deathly serious....

[outdog]

Lack of activity can also cause tiredness.

[Jasonstawnosaa]

What ?

I get 3-4 hours of sleep and in weekends i sleep like 10 .

And 10 pushups is not enough ,maybe if you did them at least 5 times ,50 crunches minimum ,but that doesn't make you less tired trust me .

Maybe a nap (1-2 hours) in daytime will help you ...

[BodoidearoLew]

I'm really not kidding, it's a physiological thing, it releases endorphines, and releives stress, i've heard surgeons do it before surgiries and athletes before games (they wash their hand obviously, LOL).

too MUCH sleep and too LITTLE sleep can make you tired, as can too MUCH activity and too LITTLE activity, it's all about balance people, such is life.

[Zdmlscid]

Well, you certainly don't have any sort of sleep disorder. I've been in that boat before, and it's not pretty.

The amount of sleep you get doesn't matter, it's the amount of rest your system gets. If you want get more good rest out of your sleeping hours, then make sure you do this:

-Sleep in the darkest room you can. The less light, the better.
-Listen to music. The kind of music doesn't matter as long as it's volume is low and consistent.
-Don't eat a lot before sleeping.
-Obviously, turn off the TV.
-Sleep in a comfortable bed. I can't stress this one enough. The more you toss and turn, the less overall rest you get.

[MartZubok]

i have the same problem lol

but my sleep schedule is weird

[citicroego]

Caffeine helps :3 so does 5hr energy shots!
i actually dont sleep vare well either but i make due with it.
sleeping at 6am while everyone is just getting up is ok, right? x]

[Roker]

sleeping at 6am while everyone is just getting up is ok, right? x]

Lol, been there before :P

You'd be surprised at how much you end up hating the morning light at that point o_0

[vvxtiopmx]

Caffeine helps :3 so does 5hr energy shots!
i actually dont sleep vare well either but i make due with it.
sleeping at 6am while everyone is just getting up is ok, right? x]

we're talking about GOING to sleep, dude not STAYING awake...

props to the billy joel avvy, btw...

[bunkalapa]

It's pretty much a well known fact when you're a teenager, you always feel tired. Happens to me all the time, except when I stay up till 2am, 3am xD Then I can never go to sleep.

But yeah, it's really just an age thing.

[Bwvapays]

:3 i stay up til the sun starts to come up and then i fall asleep, i dont do it on purpose... it just kinda works out that way :]

AND I HATE BILLY JOEL >:|