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Too much sleep

post #1 of 10
2/5/09 at 11:32am
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My dh is sleeping well over 9 or 10 hours a day. His sleep has always been a battle between us because he sleeps so much more than the normal person. Lately, he's been complaining he is exhausted after only being awake 6 hours a day! If he is awake 12 hours in a day, I am lucky.

He sleeps and sleeps and sleeps and he is never rested. His sleeping is becoming a real bone of contension between us. I am definitely making him a VA appointment about this, because his sleeping is really messing up my life! I can't sleep because he chooses to stay awake when the kids are asleep.

Where do I start to deal with this problem? I am thinking primary care.
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post #2 of 10
2/5/09 at 11:58am

Re: Too much sleep

Primary care is usually the way to go.

Sorry I am not a nurse but........I am a MA...it isn't anything to special... and I only have worked with skin caner and OB/gyn people.

Jordan sleeps a lot too, it is a man thing! LOL

Honestly, what I make jordan take is melatonin it helps regulate his sleep and it works pretty well. Jordan is in bed the same time I am about 8ish and he wakes up at 6am. On the weekends he kinda sleeps in but he doesn't take the melatonin on the weekends.

He doesn't have sleep apnea does he? I know that can also make you exhausted.
ooorrr snorning, when I started to snore I would wake up feeling like I never went to bed.


well I hope you get it figured out to help the both of you
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post #3 of 10
2/5/09 at 12:14pm

Re: Too much sleep

Some people just require more sleep than others. I am one of them and it drives Rick nuts! I need 8-10 hours a night (I rarely get it, tho), where as Rick is fine on 5-6.

Melatonin works great! I give it to Ally most nights. She simply WON'T go to sleep and this helps ALOT!

I would have him see his primary care, tho. Depression can make you sleep and still not feel rested. Chronic fatigue. Heck, if he's coming down with something (or has something that simply won't go away, like a cold), all of that can run you down and make you sleep more. He needs to have it checked out, just in case.
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post #4 of 10
2/5/09 at 12:20pm
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Re: Too much sleep

He is in a lot of chronic pain and I am wondering if this is his body's way of dealing with it. He's at the dentist right now getting some of that pain taken care of.
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post #5 of 10
2/5/09 at 1:39pm

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I use to think some needed more than others until I was recently diagnosed with Thyroid Disease. Grace, like your husband I slept most weekend I could sleep 8 hours a night wake up and within a couple hours go back to sleep. I would have to hang my head on the couch most time with zero energy. I've begun to take my thyroid medication and I can't even begin to tell you how my life has changed from a sleeping perspective. I rarely take a nap, have even tried since it's become habit in my life and can't fall asleep...

Please encourage him to get this thyroid levels checked....Look of some of the signs and symptoms of both hypo and hyper and see if he matches....
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post #6 of 10
2/5/09 at 2:49pm
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He's hypoglycemic, if that matters. His next annual physical should be coming up in the next few months. He says it is due to inflammation. He does have chronic fatigue (always has since I met him and has a VA rating for it). I hope getting this infected tooth fixed will help.
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post #7 of 10
2/5/09 at 4:16pm

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Hope you can get this figured out.
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post #8 of 10
2/5/09 at 6:13pm

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Yeah, chronic pain will doit. Your body heals when it sleeps, so if he is in pain, his body will want him to sleep to try to "fix" it.
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post #9 of 10
2/5/09 at 6:32pm
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He is in a lot of pain most of the time. He's been having a lot of migraines and limping badly lately.
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post #10 of 10
2/6/09 at 8:56am

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I know when I have migraines all I want to do is sleep. Usually they are gone when I wake up. I'ld say that at least part of the reason is the pain but do have him checked out.
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