Can you sleep too much

Answer 1

Yes, you can. And it can be just as damaging to your body as under sleeping, leading to things like obesity. On average, teens need more sleep than adults, between 8-10 hours at most, while adults usually need 7-8. Sleeping all day every once in a while isn't going to hurt you (might get a headache) but you should definatly not make it a regular habit.

Answer 2

Excess sleeping, hypersomnia, probably won't contribute to diseases or disorders, however, some diseases and disorders, including some called sleep disorders, can produce excess sleepiness or long periods of sleeping which should be evaluated and treated if necessary.

Examples: Depression, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and other more extensive systemic disease processes, such as Diabetes Mellitus, neurological disorders, hormonal disorders, or kidney diseases, etc. It is also a common sign of certain types of alcohol or drug abuse. It would be advisable to seek an evaluation by a health care professional to rule out an underlying disease process or chemical abuse if you or someone you know is spending an unusual amount of time sleeping.

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If someone were to sleep too much to the point of never getting out of bed for very long periods of time, their muscles could atrophy (deteriorate). There is no way to get damage from sleeping the amount of time your body needs, however.

Some people have sleep disorders, like obstructive sleep apnea, where their airway is obstructed by loose tissue at the back of the throat when they relax in sleep (a problem often seen in the obese). Their sleep is severely interrupted many times a minute by these periods of inability to breathe through the closed off airway, and that can result in extreme daytime sleepiness. They can fall asleep while driving or during brief periods of inactivity. This disorder can cause long term physical effects from the lack of oxygen during the obstructed periods, such as Heart disease like right heart failure. It should be reported to your primary health care professional if you have symptoms of extreme sleepiness so they can do tests to determine if there is a sleep disorder. Sleep apnea can be easily corrected with weight loss in some people, and in others treatment is provided with the use of an air pressure device to hold the airway open to avoid the obstruction by the loose tissue during sleep.

Answer 3

You can over sleep. It's possible. Oversleeping or not sleeping properly in some way can be a sign of a sleep disorder. If you "oversleep" or have a "sleep hangover" often then you should definitely look into it.

Search the web first for problems and solutions similar to yours. If anyone is around you while you sleep, ask him/her if you snore a lot, snore loudly, stop breathing, choke, move around a lot, or do anything else other than sleep soundly. Have you ever known anyone who "sleeps like a rock" and wakes up totally refreshed in the morning? We should all be able to do that but some of us need to have our sleep disorders corrected.

Proper sleep is vital to good health. It is during deep sleep that the body produces its own, natural repair hormones, known as HGH (human growth hormone). Without these self produced hormones your body cannot live to its fullest, no matter how much exercise, proper nutrition, or positive attitude you have. Improper sleep robs you of your ultimate self.

As you can tell I am quite passionate about my answer and I would like to say why to provide a pertinent example of how important proper sleep is: I suffered, mostly unknowingly, with sleep apnea for over 47 years. I have been using a continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) device for four months and just had surgery to correct my deviated septum and blocked nasal passages (my blockage was severe). I can't tell you what a difference they make in my life now, the CPAP and the surgery. I feel refreshed in the morning and do not feel sleepy during the day. And I do not have any more "sleep hangovers." Finally, my sleep apnea had become so bad that I often woke up with my whole body aching, due to a lack of oxygen in my blood. That has been resolved as well.

The answer for you might just be a better mattress, more exercise, reading yourself to sleep, less food/drinking before bed, weight loss, or some other simple solution. Or it might entail a sleep analysis test, leading to a CPAP and surgery, as it did for me. Whatever it ends up being, start investigating now. The sooner you resolve this the better off and happier you will be. In my case, resolving my sleep disorder relieved me of the guilt of always feeling lazy, thinking I had some sort of chronic fatigue syndrome, frequent irritability, needing to sleep during the day, body aches, etc, etc.

Good luck and I wish you the best. Please share this answer with anyone else you suspect may have a sleeping disorder.

Answer 4

Maybe. Sometimes people sleep like 12 hours. And the average amount for sleeping is 6-8 hours.

Answer 5

yeah, of course someone can not sleep. can you clarify the question?

Answer 6

Someone can sleep too much, but too much sleep can weaken your sleep system.Your body is not awake for long enough to absorb enough sunlight.

Answer 7

Hypersomnia