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Extremely tired all the time
I am 15, 5'7" and 115lbs. I'm usually pretty tired all the time, but I manage throughout the day. Just recently I became EXTREMELY tired. On Wednesday I came home from school and took a 2 hour nap, then went to bed at 8:30 and woke up around 5:50. Thats a little over 11 hours. I thought I would feel refreshed, but the next day I was even more tired. Again came home from school, took a two hour nap, then went to bed around 9:30 and woke up around 5:50. A little over 10 hours. And today thinking I would feel refreshed...I didn't. I was dragging more than you can imagine. And I've had a headache all day. I'm eating pretty healthy, with the occasional junk food, and I've laid off the energy drinks and the caffeinated pop.
Another thing, I've been kinda more hungry than usual. I am NOT going through a growth spurt. For some reason thats the answer to every teenagers problem. I can eat something, then 15 minutes later my stomachs growling. I eat like a truck driver, but I don't gain any weight.
Can anyone give me ideas as to why I'm tired and hungry a lot?
Another thing, I've been kinda more hungry than usual. I am NOT going through a growth spurt. For some reason thats the answer to every teenagers problem. I can eat something, then 15 minutes later my stomachs growling. I eat like a truck driver, but I don't gain any weight.
Can anyone give me ideas as to why I'm tired and hungry a lot?
Feeling tired and faint is very common in teenage girls. You could be anaemic. You need to go to your GP to have a blood test.
Thank you for posting this problem. I too am 15, 5'7'', 110lbs and have been experiancing very similar things ( the hunger, tiredness, blackouts...) and don't know why. For me the blackouts are like looking through a cloudy dark tunnel and I can only see the stuff in the center of my vision (if I can see at all) Our (my family's) theory on the blackouts is hypotension, extremely low blood pressure, and so when you get up all the blood pools in your feet and legs and not enough gets up to your brain/head/eyes.
It's nice to know I'm not the only one in this situation. :)
It's nice to know I'm not the only one in this situation. :)
I agree with the others...a full thyroid panel, diabetes screen, EBV titers etc..Also get a Lyme's test...Definitely schedule an appointment with your doc, tell your parents what is going on and get a full examination. It could be so many things...I hope you find answers soon. Sunny
If I were you, after having your thyroid and EBV levels checked, I'd also ask to have a sleep study done, especially if everything comes back normal. You may have UARS (Upper Airways Respiratory Syndrome) or apnea or some other sleep disorder that causes you to not fall deeply enough into sleep for it to be refreshing to you. Yes, even teens can have sleep apnea.
I hope you find out what's up - quickly. I have personal knowledge of what it's like to go years without enough sleep. And you're getting to the point where you may want to learn to drive, and a sleep disorder (if you have one) will not only be dangerous for you, but for everyone around you if you drive while sleep deprived. The good news is that there is much that can be done now for those with sleep disorders - if that's the problem, of course.
Get checked out, get the necessary referrals, and good luck.
I hope you find out what's up - quickly. I have personal knowledge of what it's like to go years without enough sleep. And you're getting to the point where you may want to learn to drive, and a sleep disorder (if you have one) will not only be dangerous for you, but for everyone around you if you drive while sleep deprived. The good news is that there is much that can be done now for those with sleep disorders - if that's the problem, of course.
Get checked out, get the necessary referrals, and good luck.
It sounds like you need to schedule an appointment with your primary care physician. He or she should order labwork on you and I would also recommend getting tested for EBV (Epstein Barr Virus).
PlateletGal: I always wait until the last minute to wake up. I drag out of bed. Drag myself to the bus stop. Drag through school. I start to "wake up" around 3rd hour, which is 9:30. Then after lunch I'm out like a light for the rest of the day.
ParamedFlorena: I don't faint, but I black out a lot. If I put my head down and when I come back up, I'm usually dizzy, but that goes away right away. And I'm always eating, so theres not really a way to tell if I would faint without eating.
I don't think its depression or anything like that either. I have motivations to do good in school and talk to friends, but I'm just so tired. I'm almost falling asleep right now, probably gonna go take a nap.
ParamedFlorena: I don't faint, but I black out a lot. If I put my head down and when I come back up, I'm usually dizzy, but that goes away right away. And I'm always eating, so theres not really a way to tell if I would faint without eating.
I don't think its depression or anything like that either. I have motivations to do good in school and talk to friends, but I'm just so tired. I'm almost falling asleep right now, probably gonna go take a nap.
Hi,
Maybe you should have had your thyroid function checked? Also thinking diabetes, but then you had probably noticed that you were more thirsty too. Family history plays a role for your physician - and no, to me this doesn't sound very much like a "teenage problem".
Any fainting episodes if you should have waited too long with a meal?
Florena
Maybe you should have had your thyroid function checked? Also thinking diabetes, but then you had probably noticed that you were more thirsty too. Family history plays a role for your physician - and no, to me this doesn't sound very much like a "teenage problem".
Any fainting episodes if you should have waited too long with a meal?
Florena
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