Hatrack River Forum: Who else gets sleepy at 4pm every day?

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

*raises hand*

I'm currently fighting my eyelids from drooping shut.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Mack, try eating something protein rich in the afternoon. It used to help me a lot. A few pieces of chicken, a boiled egg, or a protein bar.

Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :

*raises hand as well*

It's an annoying problem I have that often gets in the way of my plans, such as frisbee practice at school, getting work done, etc.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Me too. I have stuff to do, but I'm having a hard enough time keeping my eyes open.

Liz, I just went to boil an egg. We had one left.

I went to get it out of the container, and it stuck. Stupid thing had a crack underneath. [Frown]

S'okay. I'll send Nathan out for food when he gets home any minute now. He'll be hungry too! [Big Grin]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Just not turkey! ha ha.

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

how funny
i was just dozing off in front of the computer now.
But i am also a little sick.

Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :

me

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Only when I don't have time to take a nap. I don't have to actually take the nap, you understand. I just have to have the time to take one to avoid needing to.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

mack is your Adderall or Ritalin or whatever you take timed release?

I told my doc that I got sleepy every afternoon, no matter what. We determined after some trial and error that the Adderall was wearing down, before the next "wave" of medicine was released.

Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :

Do you eat a lot of sugar? If you give it up, that mid-pm slump often goes too!

Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :

I used to be addicted to Mountain Dew, and I NEEDED it by about 3pm or I would fall asleep no matter where I was. With the Mountain Dew, I'd get sleepy by about 6 or 7ish, but I could stay awake.
Then, I gave up sugar, and my sweet, sweet Dew. Good god, that was hard. But I stopped getting sleepy during the afternoons. Of course, I almost committed murder many times before my body rebalanced itself, but it made me feel so much better that it was worth it.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Belle, you're RIGHT!

It's the timed release Concerta. Brilliant!

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

I'm tired at 5:00 today, but it's probably because I was up till 4:30 last night.

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

I usually do. Then I just take a nap.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Drastically reducing caffeine and sugar in my diet helped eliminate the afternoon doldrums.

Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :

Mack (hey, how you doing girl?!)

You probably know the questions I'm going to ask you to think about, but humor me.

1. Heard of Excessive Daytime Somnolence? (of course you have)
[Sleep]

2. What is your p.m. caffeine intake look like?

3. Do you snore? (apnea?)

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

I, too, get tired every afternoon around 4:30-5:00... which is, unfortunately, when I am on my 45 minute commute home from work.

Not saying I believe in angels, or anything, but I'm consistently amazed at how alive I am when I get home.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

actually, now that I think about it, my "Afternoon dropsies" as I call them, became MUCH milder when I stopped putting sugar in my coffee and just drank it black.

Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :

Mine is about 2 or 3.

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

The afternoon stupor.

Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :

That's about the time for me, but then again I might as well be nocturnal with the sleep schedule I keep at school.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

*tackles nikki*

1. Yes.
2. diet soda and water
3. Nope, no snoring, no apnea. But I do have nightmares. I question whether it's nightmares or night terrors. When I have "regular" nightmares, Nathan doesn't wake up and I can remember them. When I have the "other" nightmares that I wonder if they're night terrors, I wake up freaked out and soaked in sweat and it ALWAYS jerks Nathan awake.

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