How tired are you everyday on a scale of 1 to 10?

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1 being not at all tired, not yawning, not thinking about bedtime, 10 being absolutely shattered, can't wait for bed time, yawning and exhausted.

I have two DS, one is 4 and one has just turned 2. They both end up getting into our bed at night, the youngest still feeds at night, and because of that it's often a squish and an interrupted nights sleep.

I'm utterly exhausted every day, though. For the past month or so I haven't been able to stay up much later that 9/9.30 as I fall asleep on the sofa. I wake up exhausted every morning, can't stop yawning throughout the day, and barely spend any time with my husband as I fall asleep. I don't know if it's normal to feel like this, or if I ought to book in with the doctor to see if there's anything wrong lol. I think day to day I'm at a 3 on the scale.

Sorry I got my scale wrong. Day to day I'm a 7- just v v v tired

I’d say I’m about 7. I’m not absolutely knackered most days but I never feel not tired.

Also a 7. Dragging myself around at the moment. I think it has to do with not having anything much to look forward to, and just a stressful work and sleep, work and sleep routine.

Generally below a three. BUT I don’t have any kids, I wfh and generally get 7.5 hours plus a night.

I am however always tired when my alarm goes off, getting out a bed is always a struggle but once I’m up it’s fine.

7/8 I average 3-4 hours sleep a night

Probably a 5 averagely. Never lower. Some days higher. I am early thirties with two teenagers.

3 these days. 10 when I was anemic..

7/8
I always have been. I never wake up feeling refreshed. It was utter hell when the kids were young.

@ClarasZoo good point.
I often have slightly low iron levels and have had to take iron tablets a few times. Perhaps contributes to why I’m never lower than a 5.

1 and maybe 2 towards the end of the day.

I average 5-6 hours of sleep a night on a weekday and 7-8 hours on a weekend.

Being able to function without too much sleep is my superpower.

I think 3. I have three small children, but they are less small now and wake me up less. I also suffer with anaemia sometimes, which can be debilitating. For years I felt I was 7+ every day, now more like 3 most days. It's great.

8/9 daily. No kids.

About an 8. I have a 13 week old baby who struggles to sleep anywhere but on me, so I'm getting very little sleep at the minute!

3 then an 7 past 7 pm. Seem to be shattered most evenings. I’m good first thing in the mornings though.

8.5 No kids but I think I might be diabetic.

I'm usually an 8 or 9. I haven't felt well rested for even one day since I fell pregnant with my first child.

For some strange reason I'm desperate for another baby right now. I must secretly hate sleep lol.

A genuine 10 every day, I have a 15 year old and an 11 year old. I work full time and have a condition that directly relates to feeling tired.
15 years in and I'm just about done with it

8-10
I am exhausted by serious long term stress (controlling relationship has broken me, almost literally).
I fall asleep on the kitchen floor while I'm cooking dinner sometimes - can't even get to a chair (maybe better as can't fall off the floor!). Fall asleep at the cinema, theatre, on the sofa watching TV with the kids. I have a small home office in a small attic space and sometimes I'm so tired I have to lay on the floor and sleep there. It's too overwhelming to go downstairs to bed. Drinking coffee makes it worse - it's like a sedative - when I'm this tired. The needs to sleep is completely overwhelming.

But I only usually sleep for 15-30 mins. Sometimes I set an alarm as my eyes are closing because it can last up to 2hrs. These sleeps are like being knocked out: it's like passing out. I cannot be woken easily during them.

But it's not every day. Can be a few days in a row with a few days break. No reason other than the stress it seems.

Maybe 1-2 mostly now.

But 7-9 when my kids were smaller and I had a ton of work stress. Actually, I was tired from about age 13-37.

After my youngest started to sleep through (age 3) I went on a mission to get my sleep back.
• I read Why We Sleep by Matt Walker
• I started running (I hate running, I don't do it now, but it was an important stage).
• I got more daylight & we replaced our lightbulbs with Phillips Hue bulbs so we could change the colour and intensity of light over the course of the day (really helped but probably excessive!).
• I make sure to give myself an 8 hour sleep window every night
• I stop working an hour before bedtime and I started hand stitching as a nice, calming offline indoor hobby
• I started tracking my food intake (I thought I needed to lose weight) and realised I wasn't getting enough protein, so found a protein supplement I could tolerate.
• I eventually moved from running (did I mention I hate it?!) to lifting weights for 20 mins a day 3 days a week
• I got back into horse riding (outside, physically hard work)
• I went part time at work for these three years, and am back full time now.
• I stick to a roughly consistent wake up time (mostly naturally these days too)

And now, 3 years later, I sleep better and most importantly I feel energetic!

I do go to bed at 9pm every day, but I feel Good during the day. (Although getting out of bed is still Hard. I do not spring out of bed!)

Unfortunately there didn't seem to be a magic wand, and I didn't set out for this to be some epic odessy but all the little things added up to make me feel the best I've probably ever felt. And now I'm desperate to hang onto this feeling.

Yep, DS does sometimes get into our bed and other life happens. But these are temporary blips.

Good luck OP and other posters. I hope you can feel better soon.

Oh, I forgot, somewhere in there I gave up caffeine too. I was so desperate to sleep!

5 or 6 when the alarm goes (5:30!) Once I've my coffee and shower then 1 or 2 until 8:30pm by 10pm it's a 7 or 8.

Probably about a 5. I have a 2yo who sleeps well in his own cotbed, but wakes early between 5.30 and 6.00. I used to regularly get up at that time before kids and go to the gym, but these days it knackers me. I also don’t go to bed early enough; usually go about 11 but occasionally much later if I get caught up in a book or tv. I then have to go much earlier the following night!

I have started taking multivitamins and additional vitamin B12 and it makes a difference for sure.

8 before I started taking Sertraline. Once I’d settled on that, 1 or 2 but since January, my dog has started waking me up between 5 and 6:30 and I’m not made to get up that early so back up to 7.

1. Life is very difficult at the moment and I don't feel well. Exhausted every day, often before the day starts. Could go back to bed right now!

I do t think being tired and going to bed at 9.30 at this stage of your life is unusual. Young children and work are exhausting. I think sometimes the expectation of life to be full on and also full of energy can be quite harmful