sleep way to much?

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like in the past few months ive been sleeping far to much like its impossible for me to keep myself awake even if ive had sleep is this normal for anxiety and depression? should i get blood tests from the doctor?

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Hi. The first question to ask is - are you taking any medication - including over the counter stuff? There are several reasons for needing to sleep more than is usual - e.g depression often brings on fatigue, there is a condition called narcolepsy which may be a factor, too much alcohol, anxiety. Theses are some possible reasons.

There are long term side effects to sleeping too much - by too much I mean excessive every day oversleeping - like increased chances of developing diabetes, increased chances of developing heart disease and even more depression.

The most obvious culprit will be medication. But it would help you if you could narrow down the possible reasons for your condition so that you can decide if you need medical intervention or not. Some things are easily ruled out as a cause, like alcohol or medication for example.

Karl

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Hello

Are you taking any medications at all ?

Sometimes meds can knock us out but as we get used to them this usually subsides and sometimes if it doesn't then your Doctor would try you on something else if that was the case

Depression can certainly make people feel they want to sleep all the time so it could be your depression and even though with anxiety it is not as common it is not impossible but I think if you have not had your bloods done in a while it would do no harm to have them done , you could be lacking a little iron something really simple and a blood test would show this up and then you could take whatever was prescribed and if not you could let your Doctor know just how much you are sleeping so you will win either way & hopefully will solve this problem

Take Care x