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.
I've been perpetually tired my whole life, no matter how little or how much sleep I get. I have been diagnosed with ADHD. I do not have any other disorder. Don't rule out ADHD as a possibility if you have this problem. Trouble focusing, listening, zoning/spacing/tuning out/day dreaming frequently, being really annoyed/severely ticked when someone interrupts something you're doing, having to force/make/push yourself to do things that don't interest you, always tired, and other similar stuff.
Is it normal that I'm ALWAYS tired?
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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.
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I've been perpetually tired my whole life, no matter how little or how much sleep I get. I have been diagnosed with ADHD. I do not have any other disorder. Don't rule out ADHD as a possibility if you have this problem. Trouble focusing, listening, zoning/spacing/tuning out/day dreaming frequently, being really annoyed/severely ticked when someone interrupts something you're doing, having to force/make/push yourself to do things that don't interest you, always tired, and other similar stuff.