There are many reasons why you may feel tired, even if you usually sleep for 7-8 hours. If you feel this way, it is important to find out the cause.
Is your mood to blame? This can be difficult to understand - are you sad because you are tired or are you tired because you are sad? Are you anxious because you have no energy and can't do everything or lack of energy because you are anxious? You may need to talk to a psychotherapist about this issue.
Part of the job, however, is identifying other causes of fatigue. So, let's see some of them below:
diets
Here are common triggers related to what you eat and drink.
Eat too little: Some people follow strict diets or skip meals because they are busy. Be careful: Lack of food can make you tired. Food is energy.
Eat too few carbs (or too many): Again, food is energy and includes healthy carbs. If you often skip breakfast, try eating something healthy and see if you feel better mid-morning than usual.
Some people overdo it with carbohydrates like chips or bread, which can also lead to fatigue.
Do exercises without being 'supplied' first: If you skip breakfast and run to the gym, you can easily get tired afterwards.
Dehydration
Do you have diarrhea? You may be losing water, which can lead to dehydration. What about coffee? Recent evidence suggests that moderate amounts of caffeine are not dehydrating, but you can overdo it. Too much coffee can cause problems.
Low iron
Having too little iron in your diet can cause fatigue, especially if you end up with anemia, a condition where you have too little hemoglobin or not enough red blood cells. With anemia, your body's cells don't have enough oxygen. You may have pale skin, headache, shortness of breath or dizziness.
Sleep quality
Even if you spend enough time in bed, you may end up tired due to poor sleep quality. Here's what contributes to poor sleep quality.
Irregular schedule: The best way to feel rested is to go to bed at the same time every night and wake up at the same time. If you have irregular sleep schedules, you may have problems with fatigue.
Sleep Apnea: Do you snore? This is a sign that you have sleep apnea, a condition in which your sleep is interrupted at intervals when you are breathing. You don't fully wake up - but you end up with a shallower, less restful sleep.
We tend to think that sleep apnea is only a problem for men who snore loudly and fall asleep during the day. But women can also have sleep apnea.
Noisy bedrooms: Even if you don't wake up, your body registers noise while you sleep. People exposed to night traffic noise are more likely to have heart disease and take sleep medication, which does not fully restore their sleep quality. Why? Noise keeps you in the shallowest part of your sleep cycle and shortens the later periods when your heart rate and breathing rate slow and you dream.
Other causes include: lack of physical activity, hearing loss, etc.
Other medical problems
It's important to talk to your doctor about your fatigue because it could be a clue to something else. Heart disease, hypothyroidism, diabetes, hepatitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome can all cause constant fatigue.
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