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[Focus]

I have very vague memories of sleeping lots as a teenager.

I seem to be going through something similar at the moment. I do feel better for sleeping lots, physically and psychologically.

For someone who had insomnia for 8 years from the ages of 37 to 45 and only ever slept 4 hours for every 24 hours (and less when things were bad), this feels like an absolute luxury.

Why am I sleeping so much?

[jillydoll]

Hi Focus
Maybe your body's catching up on all the lost sleep you've encountered over the years?
I dunno, maybe get bloods done at the docs to see if you have any deficiencies?
Lake of iron being one can make you sleep, I think.

Post back and let us know if you do get them done with the results.....xxxx

[Focus]

Thank you.

I already take iron for anaemia.

This feels like a different sort of tired though. Anaemia tired feels like total fatigue, legs like lead after running just one mile. The iron has helped beyond all measure.

I honestly don't think my doctor would take bloods for just 'tiredness'. She doesn't even think I'm perimenopausal ('too young for all that'), and some of the other doctors in the practise haven't given me antibios when I had an infection. Bearing in mind, I'm one of those people that is never ill, and is never at the doctor.

[Foxylady]

Programme on TV Thursday this week about sleep, might be worth a watch!!

[racjen]

Have you had your thyroid checked recently? Could be a sign of an underactive thyroid, or you could just have hit it lucky and be in a good sleep phase right now! Make the most of it xxx

[CLKD]

I'm sleeping for England right now  due to early mornings for a week, stress, getting home to my own bed and soporific TV!

[Focus]

Have you had your thyroid checked recently? Could be a sign of an underactive thyroid, or you could just have hit it lucky and be in a good sleep phase right now! Make the most of it xxx

Yup, they checked thyroid function at the same time as they were checking for ferritin. It was all good on that front.

[racjen]

Well unless it's actually interfering with your life I'd just enjoy it if I were you - most women on here seem to suffer from insomnia; personally I haven't managed to sleep beyond 5am for months - I'd give anything for proper lie-in! More seriously, sleep is part of the body's self-healing mechanism, so it's got to be a good thing - listen to your body and do what it's telling you xxx

[Roobee]

Oh how lovely it would be to sleep like a real girl again. I'm positive it makes this meno crap worse because we don't get proper rest, I walk round with a fuzzy head and a body that just feels lifeless all day. Get to bed and FFS the body decides to wake up!