[Nani]

Hi!

I can't remember exactly when it started but I think it has been about a year or so now that I've been feeling extremely drowsy during the day. It's like I have no energy at all. It feels like work to move.

I wake up at 5 AM in the morning every day (even on weekends) because I want to be an early riser, and I need to wake up at this time to get to school on time anyway, but I almost always feel kind of sick when I get out of bed in the morning. No matter how early I go to sleep I never wake up feeling well rested. I'm thinking this is because it takes me so long to fall asleep -- more than a whole hour sometimes. I thought about going to bed when I feel sleepy but if I did that I'd be going at around 12 and I don't think 5 hours is enough...it takes me a while to fall asleep even when I'm tired, so it's actually less than 5. I noticed that I am much more alert at night than at any time. Which is the worst time to be alert, since I can't sleep!

Just from typing that I can guess that my real problem is perhaps that I don't know how to fall asleep... But I also tried changing what I eat. I now eat oatmeal in the morning, although I still feel kind of hungry after that I don't eat anything else, and then at around 12 I eat school lunch which is always two tuna sandwiches. That fills me up and I come home and don't eat anything until maybe 6, and I eat whatever my dad cooks up. I eat a banana or apple somewhere in the day, too.

When I wake up I jump rope, though I don't last even 5 minutes because of that sick feeling I get in the morning. I also exercise after I come home from school for about 10 minutes. Again, I can't last long because I'm feeling so tired by then that I could just collapse on the couch and fall asleep. I exercise again about 10 minutes or so before I take a shower, and then I finish up schoolwork and go to bed.

So that's a quick rundown of my day. Any suggestions as to why I feel so drowsy? I haven't been depressed or anything. In fact I'm eager to do many things, but I just can't because of my lack of energy. I want more energy! Any tips?