to think this is not normal?

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Is this normal at all ever?

Wake up at 8am. Make pancakes. Get dressed. Take Ds3 to swimming lesson for 9am (only ds3 swimming), then drive ds2 and ds3 to the sweetie shop.

Come home 10.15am and conk out asleep for 40 minutes until 11am.

Get in car at 11am, fall asleep again for two hours. Get to destination. Wake up. Have lunch and behave normally and then drive home at 4pm for two hours, admittedly struggling to stay awake the whole way.

Get home circa 6pm, lie down on bed, watch half an episode of some programme and fall fast asleep again at 6.45pm. Deep snoring sleep.

This is the typical energy levels of h. He has zero energy. Has had for years.

How he keeps down his job, I don't know.

He's been tested for allergies but nothing came up positive. He's on escitalopram but has had this level of sleepiness for years before taking the drug.

Takes supplements including iron. Has a good varied diet. Very little exercise beyond walking dogs twice a week and an hour of karate.

What the hell is wrong with him? If he's lazy then it's certainly extreme laziness.

All he wants to do is sleep. It's like an involuntary need. I can see him fading and struggling to stay awake.

Maybe he's just allergic to me and family life?

Has is testosterone been tested?

I went through this last year.

I was depressed. I lost a family member in a fairly traumatic way. I was fine for about a month. Then it hit me hard. I just wanted to sleep all the time.

Not saying he must have lost someone but wondering if its depression.

And no, it's definitely not normal. Does he have sleep apnea? That can cause extreme exhaustion.

He sounds depressed.

He's been tested for sleep apnea and no, he doesn't have it.

He still uses this mask that those suffering from sleep apnea have - it fits over his face and makes sure his air supply is continuous.

He's on medication for depression and anger.

Was he the driver when he was struggling to stay awake in the car or the passenger?

Does he have a very busy/physical/stressful job during the week?

Does he sleep at night?

Yes. I drove there and he drove back. I offered to take over but he said he would be fine.

He has some weeks where he is busy. Some where he's not busy at all. Works from home a lot.

Solicitor.

I ad to have my thyroid function tested three times till the GP twigged.

Has he had comprehensive blood tests - Vitamin D, thyroid, glucose, B12 and folic acid?
It can be v difficult to find a single cause of fatigue, it's often due to a combination of things.
Depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, ME could all be causes too

Did you watch the episode of Devin the house where there was a man who was like this? Turns out he had a hormonal problem I think. I'll see if it's still on iPlayer.

Of *Dr in the house

Perhaps he should talk to his GP about changing his medication. His sleepiness is certainly not good for him. Or you!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rzs35

Well it's certainly not good for h or the dcs.

It's a big worry.

And it's like being a single parent.

There. Watch that and see if it rings any bells

Iron levels tested? Does he drink much alcohol?

It sounds a bit excessive if he's like this all the time. If it was just a one-off then it could be put down to a virus or a heavy week at work.

I don't think I'd be happy about being in a car with a driver who was struggling to stay awake.

Is fatigue one of the side effects of the medication he's taking? If it's for anger then maybe it has some kind of relaxant in it or something?

Has he been tested for diabetes? This was my late dad until they tested for diabetes as a last resort.

Sounds like it could be narcolepsy.

Not much alcohol at all. Maybe one beer a week.

I don't know about diabetes.

I think a return trip to the GP is in order and another battery of tests.

Family life can be very tiring, I know, but this is daft.

This sounds like narcolepsy to me too, I had a friend at Uni with it. Has he been investigated for that? How long has sleepiness been a problem?

Anti depression medication can make you very sleepy, as can depression itself.

I'd make him go and tell the Dr what is happening.

How is it like being a single parent?

I was being facetious about single parent. But he's never there much. Asleep. Asleep. Asleep.