[quote]Ghost22 wrote:
I’ve stopped drinking alcohol, mostly. [/quote]
“They mostly come out at night…mostly”.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Ghost22 wrote:
I’ve stopped drinking alcohol, mostly.
“They mostly come out at night…mostly”.[/quote]
Ha, that be Newt!
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I just got diagnosed with sleep apnea. It could be that.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Ghost22 wrote:
I’ve stopped drinking alcohol, mostly.
“They mostly come out at night…mostly”.[/quote]
Hahahahaha!!!
Bumping this thread because I’m having the same problem. I’m tired regardless of have much sleep I get the night before and I’m not sure why. I usually get 7-8 hours on weeknights and 8-10 on weekends and I take 2-3 rest days each week from lifting.
Falling asleep in class sucks. Not being able to concentrate on my homework at night sucks. This thread is 11 years old, so I’m hoping that some of you guys have experienced this and found a remedy that works since 2007. Thanks all
Edit: My diet is fairly clean in the sense that I don’t drink soda or alcohol and I rarely have sweets so I don’t think it’s my diet, but I’m not sure Any help is appreciated
Is depression the cause or the symptom?
How many carbs as well as caffeine are you taking in a day?
I don’t eat an outrageous amount of carbs, usually a sandwich for lunch (bread), a couple oranges during my workout, and some pasta for dinner 2-3x per week. Of course there’s more than that but off the top of my head that’s all I can think of, but I don’t binge carbs or anything. I take 200mg of caffeine on upper body days and 400mg on lower body days before my workout, and none on my rest days. I don’t have trouble falling asleep even just 4-5 hours after I take the caffeine. There are also plenty of times when I take my caffeine around 4:30, work out, then head to the library to study at 7 and I’m not able to focus because I’m too tired.
My workouts aren’t soft, but they aren’t brutal to the point where I should be needing to sleep immediately afterwards. I’d never considered it before, but after typing all this out, the caffeine must have something to do with it. I’d say I take anywhere from 1.6-2.2g of caffeine every week if that puts it in perspective
I miss you when I can’t sleep
Or right after coffee
Or right when I can’t eat
I miss you in my front seat
Still got sand in my sweaters
From nights we don’t remember
Do you miss me like I miss you?
Fucked around and got attached to you
Friends can break your heart too,
And I’m always tired but never of you
If I pulled a you on you, you wouldn’t like that shit
I put this reel out, but you wouldn’t bite that shit
I type a text but then I never mind that shit
I got these feelings but you never mind that shit
Oh oh, keep it on the low
You’re still in love with me but your friends don’t know
If you wanted me you would just say so
And if I were you, I would never let me go
Can you sleep after a hard work out?
Just my personal opinion so… Especially if you have to use your brain a lot- studying intensely, thinking, etc. you need more carbs dispersed evenly through out the day.
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In no particular order of importance:
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Idodine supp w/ selenium (I use Zen Haus Dual Form High Potency 12.5 mg Iodine Potassium Iodide Supplement Thyroid Support & Weight Loss 200 Tablets - Amazon)
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Doing more rep work (6+) and less 90%+ strength work.
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Walking, daily at least 30 minutes
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Waking up early (4AM)
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Lifting by midday (this was a big one for me. I could not sleep after a hard leg workout at night - CNS too excited).
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Stop playing games like Call of Duty at least an hour before you want to go to sleep. They’re too stimulating.
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ZMA & Z12 on days I really want to sleep.
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1,000mg vitamin C & 5,000iu vitamin D daily
All of the above have helped me solve a similar issue as the OPs.
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I was extremely fatigued through college and had a “clean” diet, but unfortunatly was unaware of specific food intolerances that were causing me a lot of problems. It took me at least 2-3 years to figure it out, but once I did my energy levels improved significantly.
I hesitate to recommend my “solution” because it is very specific, and most people can eat food such as onions with no problems, but it upsets my stomach which leads to bad energy and bad sleep. If you suspect that is the cause, an elimination diet is the best way to go about it.
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I’m extremely tired two weeks a month and the other weeks I am manic . But mine is hormonal
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IE; the first two weeks of every months I’m very creative and can’t sleep very much. I do extra cardio and get tons accomplished and never feel drained. I Also have uncomfortably high sex drive .
The last two weeks of each month I am overwhelmed by my existence . I sleep 9 hours and hate waking up. I dread my workouts and have zero creativity and zero sex drive . Even minor chores wear me out just thinking about them .
I have no advice I just wanted to complain because I’m on week 3 haha.
Yeah I rarely have trouble falling asleep at night. The only times that I can’t is because my stomach is growling, so I get up, have a snack, then I’m asleep within 5-10 minutes.
Thanks man, I’ll try to even it out instead of going carb heavy in the afternoon/evening.
So you just cut out onions and you were fine? I don’t eat onions very often but I don’t think they affect me like that, fortunately
Sounds like my problem, except I’m always excited to lift weights and beat my meat #bachelorlife
I have never woken up because I was hungry or my stomach was growling except when I was deep into a cut. Being tired at certain times of the day became a slight issue. Could simply be you are not eating enough. What are your stats and how much are you eating/macro breakdown?
I’m 6’2 221 as of 3 hours ago. You may be right about me not eating enough, because I increased my squat volume a good amount last week and since then I’m rarely satisfied by a meal for more than 2-3 hours.
I’ve been powerlifting for about 7 months, gaining weight and getting stronger steadily the entire time (#newbiegains). My body may just be used to getting more calories than it’s getting now because I just got done with an all-out bulk (dirty as hell tbh).
I eat at least 180g of protein each day, and that’s the only thing I track because I’m not fat and I’m not competing soon so I don’t need to slim down to fit into a weight class. I just want to get enough protein so that I can recover at a reasonable rate.
I’ve been staying away from junk food lately as a half-assed effort to be a little more healthy. No more homemade brownies, no more soda, etc. Generally, if it’s a dessert food, I don’t eat it. From November - February I was drinking a gallon of chocolate milk every 2 days which has a pretty absurd amount of calories, and I’ve also cut that out.
As I said, it took me 2-3 years to figure out what was causing me issues. It is very specific to me, I mentioned onions because it is a fairly rare intolerance and most people can eat garlic/onions with no problems.
If you are experiencing different fatigue after you have changed certain foods in your diet, this might be the case. I noticed it during college to some extent, but more so when I traveled abroad and was in an area with limited access to some foods. When I added those foods back my stomach was not happy, leading me down the rabbit hole of food intolerances. The best way to go about figuring it out is an elimination diet if you suspect that is the issue, but it is really strict and hard to do so I don’t recommend it if there is no reason to suspect you have food issues.
More common intolerances are lactose, gluten, and soy, but it is very specific to the individual.
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You might want to google Stan Efferding and salt intake. Apparently, he is a fan of higher salt intake and people are saying it’s given them a lot of energy. I haven’t tried it or really looked into it, but I keep seeing it on his Instagram.
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Very universal problems that you could address pro-actively: Vitamin D and Magnesium.
There was an article here yesterday about absorbing vitamin D, by taking magnesium (or getting it through diet) along with it.
What do I take every night before bed? Magnesium and Vitamin D.
The Magnesium obliterated this very odd overwhelming anxiety (yes it does that) that I had last winter and I haven’t stopped taking it since. I generally take vitamin d in the winter exclusively.
Not that this will solve your problem (it could help though), it just may solve another problem you didn’t know you had, and according to quite a few sources I’ve seen/heard, we are pretty much all deficient in these.