How is Excessive Sleepiness Different From Drowsiness

A growing term in the healthcare field is excessive sleepiness. What does it mean and how can it affect a patient's life are explained in this segment of our interview with Paul Doghramji, MD.

[miko]

I've been getting excessive sleepiness for a couple of weeks it sucks. 10 hours of sleep doesn't help. I can't even concentrate on studying. And I feel sleepy even when I get to do things I love.

[cerebrumexcrement]

i sleep for 12 hrs straight. wake up for maybe three hours. get sleepy. and take a nap for a few more hours.

[androsRoccha]

Thanks. The most complete video on the topic I’ve seen. I struggle to function after meals that it affects my quality of living.

[elwoodfenriself]

Ive been this way since i was born. I need a nap most days and i dont feel better unless its like 3-4 hour nap, i get brain fog and its like being tipsy without alcohol

[cindyski]

I’m drowsy all the time. Everyday! I think probably a little anxiety. Who knows!

[SanchoGracie]

Was sleeping 14 hours a day on days off. On work days I'd come home & go straight to bed. Turned out to be pretty severe Hypochlorhydria. I was pretty much making no stomach acid or pancreatic enzymes despite eating well, I wasn't extracting nutrients from my food, I was anemic, deficient in B12, Vit D, Vit A, & Zinc. My GP & GI were worthless. A well educated Naturopath diagnosed my issues & LITERALLY saved my life. I was severely depressed & considering suicide as my quality of life at 39 years old was gone. Traditional doctors are a waste of time. SSRI, pain & sleep medication pushers.

[Vegetarian]

I wake up even when i want to sleep more coz I get headache so much so dat if I continue even lying dwn it increases even more bt I feel sleepy later even aft i sleep fr10 hours

[marinateddy]

I want to study but suddenly feel drowsiness for last 2days ..now it lead to weeks ... I am so tired doing nothing ...

[willtheman]

This is not to minimize any concerns. But, many of our ancestors tended to go to sleep, wake up for a while, then go back to sleep. Certainly an afternoon is not necessarily bad, and can be looked at as a good thing. So, the idea that a person should never get sleepy until bedtime is clearly too simplistic.

[jimmcconnell]

Good video on causes of sleepiness. In the last three years I have experienced sleepiness, where I easily nod off when I should be awake. I could be watching a movie, or reading the news, or playing a video game etc and suddenly fall asleep without warning. And this isn’t a cat nap but can last from thirty minutes to an hour. I get my seven hours of sleep but this makes little difference in these nap times. Does anyone else have this problem?

[savagesfortruth]

Me every day I hate it I fall asleep at awkward times even I feel asleep at a bar during the middle of the day I fall asleep reading I fall asleep watching tv people think I’m lazy but I’m not I feel the urge to sleep before you know it I’m asleep in public

[advika]

i cant stop taking naps throughout the day even after getting 9 hours of sleep. i keep dozing off in class and even at home it takes off so much time because i have a lot of studying to do but i cannot stay awake! and im not even post menopausal im 17

[mwngw]

The Epworth Scale specifies "your chance of nodding off" under particular activities. "Nodding off" is specific to actually falling asleep. Is there a scale wherein "drowsiness" is the symptom rather than "nodding off." I never nod off, but am often drowsy during the day.

[spikebradford]

My joke was always, I only need 4 hours of sleep a day. As long as I get a solid 8 at night! But yeah, that's not normal. Good video. Really takes sustained investigation to get to the root causes.

[chotusekhar]

sir, thank u for info., i am suffering from excessive sleepiness all day 24×7, i need info., u told reasons of excessive sleepiness, i need how to stop excessive sleepiness, is there any

[mourathdas]

I m getting sleepiness while watching this video

[mwngw]

The Primary Care system in Oregon is in collapse. Few MD's, most DO's, NPT's...a turn stile of billable patients, that's all. Update: chronic fatigue and excess sleepiness is now commonly reported as a main symptom of LONG COVID.

[curtrupp]

Just to take a guess I've had ongoing excessive daytime sleepiness for 15 years and I just now have a name for it I honestly thought it was just me

[angelbarrett]

What to do if narcolepsy test is positive in 2006 but negative in 2019? Sleep apnea test showed improvement with CPAP. I have tried Sinosi and it seems the drowsiness has escalated!

[TheEternalDarkLord]

Im so tired I want to sleep All the time, I have no energy to do anything, Im going to do a blood test to check my vitamins and thyroid