| Sleeping for more than eight hours a day on a | | | | Sleeping too much can be linked with depression. |
| regular basis could be considered as a luxury for | | | | If you feel that you are reluctant to wake up and |
| the majority of people, so with this in mind it | | | | face the day ahead, or that you feel that you |
| begs the question, can you have too much sleep? | | | | just want to sleep forever then the chances are |
| And if so, how do you know? | | | | you might be depressed. |
| Firstly it is imperative to note that sleeping longer | | | | Hypersomnia is a medical condition whereby the |
| than eight hours is absolutely fine if you wake up | | | | sufferer has unpredictable sleeping episodes at |
| naturally feeling refreshed. However if you start | | | | and time of the day or night for up to a period of |
| to experience constant tiredness and fatigue | | | | several weeks at a time. This can also be |
| during the day as well as excessive sleeping at | | | | accompanied by feeling confused. and lethargic. |
| night then it may well be down to other factors. | | | | Feelings of apathy and disorientation also come to |
| Being overweight | | | | the fore |
| Too much sleep can be a sign of obesity as the | | | | Sleep apnea can also cause a person to sleep |
| brain and body need much more time to | | | | excessively. This is basically a problem in which |
| re-energize and recuperate in someone of a larger | | | | people stop breathing momentarily during sleep. |
| size. | | | | This in turn upsets the sleep cycle and can result |
| Wake up feeling groggy | | | | in an increased need for sleep. |
| If you wake up feeling groggy after prolonged | | | | Other problems with excessive sleep are that |
| sleep then chances are that you have had | | | | after a while your body produces extremely high |
| excessive sleep. This is down to the effects that | | | | levels of melatonin which can in itself cause slight |
| too much sleep has on the neurotransmitters in | | | | drowsiness. Therefore you tend to sleep more to |
| the brain and the excessive production of | | | | compensate for the drowsy feeling. |
| Seratonin which is a secretion the body produces | | | | So the answer to the question of "can you sleep |
| to prepare you for sleep and rest. | | | | too much?" is a resounding Yes! Especially if you |
| Other medical factors | | | | wake up feeling fatigued and groggy. |