Is it normal that i'm always tired?

It's not how much you sleep. It's your sleep schedule. If you go to bed and wake up at about the same time every day, you should feel more rested.

Depression causes excess tiredness

Maybe your life is too boring. Get up, go out and jump the Grand Canyon in a flaming barrel with wheels. Bring only half a parachute and half three hundred medics stationed at the bottom.

NO. AND DONT LET ANY DOC TELL U "it's just fatigue". I had the same prob but I also have a three yr old. No doc would help figure out the problem. They fed me ritilan. Two years later I stopped taking a med I had been on for a long time. I feel great. Tht was it. But this cld b serious. Be persistant. U know ur body.

I have the same problem. I sleep 16 hours a day in the summer everyday then i take naps, and the only thing that helps is chocolate milk. Its pretty normal. If you dont want to then think if you dont get up you will die. Thats what helps me. I wake right up when i tell myself i'll die if i dont wake up.

Yes and no. Most people go through a phase in their life (most often in the late teens) where they suffer from some sort of sleep issue. It could be a general reaction to stress associated with schoolwork, family, relationships or friends or about a thousand other things. In which case it'll pass once the problems been dealt with. Or it could simply be related to the last stages of your brain development, at around age 17-20 your frontal lobe undergo some changes that can have a negative impact on your energy-level and therefore your concentration amongst other things.

While that's most likely the case here, and it'll go away with time, there are a number of medical conditions that can cause these symptoms.

Sleep apnea - episodes, during sleep, of blocked airways due to collapsing tissue in the back of your throat, or your tongue falling back blocking the airways, or enlarged adenoids causing a block. This will wake you up every time it happens so you'll get very fragmented sleep (this can happen up to 100+ times a night, and will leave you fatigued and drowsy and generally "foggy"), in the long-term this is also a major cause of heart disease and stroke due to elevated BP and the extra strain it puts on your heart.

Depression - known to cause fatigue and make you lost interest in social activities or just general stuff that you normally enjoy. Worth checking out.

Anemia - low red blood cell-count causes fatigue, drowsiness and sometimes even depression. Quite common in females and often easily treatable with iron-supplements.

I could ramble on, but these are probably the most common causes of daytime sleepiness and impaired concentration/memory.

TLDR; Go see a doctor if it doesn't go away on it's own.

yah it sucks :(

I know exactly how you feel :(

Wow that's SO helpful I'll try! Thank you!

As the other poster said check with a doctor, could be something as "minor" as depression... If nothing medically is wrong with you then I can relate, I am always tired too... This may sound wired but go to your local health store or farmers market and get bee pollen. Google and read the benefits of bee pollen and I swear I am not as tired as before.. I hate pills so I eats about a tbl spoon in the natural granual form everyday. Also get out there and exercise it releases endorphines and gives you more energy. B vitamins are great too... I'm not some tree hugger hippy, which there's nothing wrong with that, but these are things that I swear by, bc like you I couldn't sleep enough and always wanted to sleep.

Vitamins and more sleep.

Agree also go to docs n get a check up could be something more serious

Sleeping too much or too little can make u tired. Try not taking those naps. Or try shortening or lengthening them. Also if u have a bad diet and lack exercise that can really contribute to it.