Why You Are Physically Exhausted All The Time…

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I've lived as a night owl "successfully" for a about 10 years now... Honor student while at university, and established a decently paying career working from home as a dev. Since I've lived this way, I want to point out an important distinction. I stay up late as an introvert / creative, exclusively because when the world is asleep, I regain a deep sense of freedom / boundaries that I do not get during the day time due to my home circumstances / environment / people (won't go into details, but in short, I'm a caretaker for someone mentally handicapped). I can keep my door shut, dance, be silly, keep my headphones on, binge healthy gamer, pick my nose and fling the booger or watch questionable anime (jk), and no one will judge me. I realized when I traveled a couple times and lived on my own, I maintained normal hours without effort, as I already felt free / liberated, but when I'd return back to my environment, I'd just unconsciously gravitate towards the night, to mitigate whatever stressors / people / situations I have to deal with during the day. Parents actually do this a lot. After they've put their kids to bed, they might stay up later, to regain the same sense of freedom / recharge. This is not a Circadian disorder in this case, nor is it to be selfish or anti-social, but to try to 'balance' out something that is tipped over too far on one end, or to fill one's cup again so they can continue to be there for others until the circumstances change.

It actually feels really nice waking up super early as a night owl. It feels like it makes my peak night hours occur much earlier in the day.

The sheer volume of exceptional info on this channel is a godsend. I am 50 and wish I had this info as a teen or in my 20s but I am still benefitting from it today. Thank you for sharing this and helping all of us get healthier!

Too tired to watch, too adhd to not keep scrolling 😂

Clinical depression was the major cause of my physical exhaustion. Like sitting in a chair was too much. Antidepressants and therapy helped :)

I need 9 hours of sleep and I'm tired of people telling me that I don't. My psychiatrist even told me that the reason I experienced "sleep drunkenness" (I yell nonsense and try to hit people with no memory of it) every morning was because I was waking up mid-cycle. Some need 6, some need 8, some need 9, and there's nothing wrong with that.

It obviously won't solve everyone's problems but drinking a 16 oz glass of water first thing in the morning has changed my life. It feels like it activates something within my metabolism that results in a drive to move forward with the day. It's way too simple to work for everyone, but getting hydrated first thing in the AM before coffee/food is a huge thing for your body.

I'm too exhausted to even finish this sen

i feel energized and alert while i’m out in the world, but for some reason as soon as i get back to my apartment fatigue and laziness and mild depression comes over me. my orientation toward the rest of the day goes completely off course and it’s almost like i’m a different person than i was while i was at work/outside/whatever.

Literally just last night I was searching the net to figure out why I get sleepy so early even though I sleep plenty and don't expend all that much energy. Always perfect timing, Dr K.

I read a research summary about how people with ADHD seem to have a melatonin reaction lag which is why we tend to be night owls. And what this means is that I take my melatonin supplements 2-3 hours before bed and it actually does help me sleep. When I tried taking it a half hour before bed like neurotypicals do it didn't work but when I adjusted it for my neurotype it worked great

i am really suprised, but yt algorithm suggested me this video and after i watched it, it felt to me like i suddenly understood huge part of my life. the interesting thing is i went through the list of videos on exhaustion and that is the only one i found that didn't recommend physical exercise as only or main solution. i'm glad i have seen this video and channel ♥

Omg illustrating the circadian rhythm disorder blew my mind this is exactly what I've been really struggling with in my life for the last couple years, thank you so much for talking about this Dr.K, so many talk about the importance of rest and sleep but no one really talks about it this way, let alone have systems to support people in the workplace and school suffering with these issues

Everytime I hear about these 'morning routine' things I'm just blown away that a person can be that consistent. With ADHD I wake up at different times every day, sleep at different times, can't remember what I've eaten earlier today or if at all, much less yesterday or the day before. If I feel something, I react. Simple as that. I know I'm 'supposed' to be able to be a routine based, effective 'farmer' adult at 33 but that's just never been a seemingly feasible reality for me, even with ADHD meds. What I do find helps is when I can make better decisions about what exists in the house from the store. I wish so much I could just sign up to have a week of pre-selected food show up every week and I eat it based on a schedule designed by someone else. If someone is going to expect healthy actions from me, I know for a fact I cannot be trusted to be responsible for that. At least not spontaneously after a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD habits and a family culture I was raised in that did not and does not educate or support this lifestyle. maybe some psychedelic therapy re-wiring could help, but we still have to wait on that being available. I simply believe that many people, especially the ADHD and other neurologically divergent population, straight-up do not have the strengths that nutritionists, therapists, etc expect when speaking about these topics. And the judgement for this is EXTREMELY harsh from basically the entire world since you carry the signs of poor nutritional education and habits on your body everywhere (obesity) with you like a giant vulnerability flag and very few people want to combat their knee-jerk reaction to someone being, looking, valuing, and thinking differently than them. I can take care of myself fine. I cannot, absolutely cannot, keep myself healthy in the way others act is 'so easy' for them. I have been at relatively 'healthy' lifestyle points at various times where I'm losing weight, feeling good, etc, and times where I'm emotionally binging half a pizza one day and the rest in the morning. Changing things to meet others' standards of 'healthy' the project onto me would mean I have to restructure my ENTIRE life from 12am to 12am, extreme effort to track all of this every minute and if that's 'easy' for you, congrats, but this is not a reality for many. Outside of a complete reset in a month long retreat, most people simply cannot 'clean break' their functional for their life, if not longevity based, daily routine to make such a drastic turn. And almost everyone in the US sure can't afford to take even a few days off, lol.

Can't help but notice how the typical modern work cycle in my country is in the way of doing anything healthy. Wake up and eat breakfast, just to have a glucose crash right when we're about to start working. So everyone drink a lot of coffee to make it to lunch time, which results in another glucose crash as the circadian rhythm also says we should take a nap, and that's the moment we all go back to work, so we drink more coffee to make it to the end of the day.

I'm exhausted all day everyday and have significant crash in the afternoon. At this point I think I'm just dying. Not sure how long I can continue like this either. Been years feeling this way everyday.

HOW DO YOU ALWAYS KNOW?! WHERE CAN I OBTAIN THIS POWER?!!

ohh wow what a great video to watch & learn from! saves to watch later, then goes to sleep

One of the best things I did in terms of tiredness is to get up much earlier than I'm forced to. But I think this is mainly tied to emotional tiredness, because no one likes being forced to wake up for something they don't particularly want to do. I get up about 4 hours before I have to leave for work. Gives me time to chill and be free to do what I want with a little bit of getting ready through it all. I feel very energised that way! If I don't get up at least 2 hours before having to leave I get very dysfunctional and exhausted and miserable. Heck even with the 2 hours I feel rushed. I think it's also about how I am physiologically: I'm a very slow starter, so even if I get to just wake up when I feel like it I'll still need 3-4 hours to get productive. So I wouldn't call myself an early bird at all, but I kinda have to get up early if I want my productive hours to be aligned with the rest of society