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Why am i so tired even after multiple hours of sleep?

So this may be pretty long, but i need help!!! Ok 1st off,i am a 21 year old female and i weigh approx 140 lbs and i am a very heavy smoker, about two packs a day (yes i know i need to quit). My daily prescriptions are 16mg of Suboxone, 50 mg of seroquel and on occassion 1 tab of excedrine migraine or two tabs of alka seltzer. the suboxone is obviously for a drug addiction, and the seroquel was prescribed to me for insomnia and a mood stabelizer. Anyway i was addicted to oxycontin, hydrocodone, etc for 6 yrs. i got to the point to where i was taking about 60 to 80 5mg pills each day and sleeping about 12 to 15 hrs a day. so of course i needed some help. i went to a rehab facility for 42 days and when i got out i relapsed. so my last resort was suboxone. I know that suboxone may have a lot to do with my headaches and fatigue but i am gettin really scared. i have been reading up on CFS and i wonder if that is what i have. I usually will go to bed at around 12:30am and not wake up until like 6 or 7pm, i can sometimes even sleep for two days strait, and when i do awake, i still feel extremly tired and of course i wake up feeling like ****. So anyway i know it probably sound s dumb that i am taking serqueol if i sleep so much?? well also a question mf mine becuase its always taken me hours to fall asleep w/o any seroquel but dont get me wrong, once i fall asleep, i'm out!!! wierd right? and with the migraines, i've had them since i was lil. and i get 1 maybe 3 to 4 times a week so thats when i take the excedrine. I am also always nauseous, with or without the headache. i experience dizziness, fatigue and nasea on almost a daily basis. I eat maybe once a day (if i'm awake) but its never healthy food, i will admit that. but of course when i take the seroqueol at nite, i eat like crazy because it hieghtens your appetite so much. i also have a hard time with memory loss. and it makes me so sad because i used to be so smart, like for instance i was always a great speller and now it takes me awhile to figure out how to spell something that remember knowing how to spell years ago??? and i always get like brain farts i guess you would call em, like i am getting ready to say somethin and then i just forget what i was going to say!  Anyway, i am just always so sick, i never feel good!!! and always so tired. i don't feel healthy at all. Could it be CFS or diabetes??? i just don't know anymore. i'm so scared and so effing depressed that i really do not know what to do anymore? Myabe i'm just a lazy ***, or maybe there is something really wrong with me. someone please help me!!! my doctors can't tell me anything, and of course i dont know what is wrong so if anyone knows anything about what i am feeling please help. thank you and god bless...
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Hello guys, thanks a lot for taking the time to help, it means so much for poeple who do not even know me to want to give me advice. well anyway i went to the doctor and they did some blood tests. my doc said that my tests came back normal, altgough i did not ask them to check my T3 count becuz i read this after gettin it done. But i will keep that in mind. And i am tryin to cut down with the meds and the smoking as much as i can. i am planning on quitting smoking altogether on monday so i do need a lot of prayers cuz that is a huge weakness of mine, but i do just need to know that i can do it!!! So i do hope that will help if even just a lil bit. i really just want to feel better, i am so young to be feelin this way and that scares me even more. But thanks again all of you!!! i will look in to all your advice. and if you can think of anything else that may be wrong with me plz write me!!!! God bless you always...
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1756321 tn?1547095325
Well i'd rule out CFS as smoking depletes vitamins and minerals. If you want chronic fatigue, then look at vitamin B12 deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and magnesium deficiency for a start.  

Serotonin is our happiness chemical which is needed to turn into melatonin which is our sleep chemical.

The following factors can cause low serotonin levels:

* Artificial sweeteners (aspartame)
* Caffeine
* Cigarette smoking
* Diabetes
* Ecstasy, diet pills, and certain medications
* Chronic opioid, alcohol, amphetamine & marijuana use
* Hormone imbalances (thyroid, adrenal, estrogen)
* Hypoglycemia
* Insulin Resistance
* Inflammation
* Infections
* Poor diet
* Lack of exercise
* Lack of sunlight/vitamin D deficiency (SAD)
* Problems converting tryptophan to serotonin
* Problems with digestion (low stomach acid is a major issue)
* Stress and anger
* High cortisol levels (stress hormone)
* PCB’s, pesticides and plastic chemicals exposure
* Under-methylation - folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 deficiency
* Iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, B3, B6, folate & vitamin C deficiency
* Glutathione deficiency
* Genetic serotonin receptor abnormalities
* Human growth hormone deficiency
* Progesterone deficiency
* Impaired blood flow to brain
* A lack of omega oils  
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1890530 tn?1321080536
Hello Loser117 .

You are way to young to be feeling so sick. Go to your doctor and ask for help. you may need to have many tests done. Do it. I had a sleeping problem like your but i was severely depressed. Work on loving yourself. Be a mother to yourself. Only take medical prescriptions from your doctor. Do not take more or less medicine that is prescribed You need to do this now. Do not wait any longer. If you feel this way now how will you feel when you are forty?  You are not a loser ... you are a human being who deserves the best life you can have. Get help fast. And quit doctoring yourself. You can get better and enjoy life. Start by seeing a doctor and I have found women doctors are better for women. They listen more. Good luck and know you are valued.
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1799570 tn?1315788574
Your daily cocktail of drugs and cigarettes is killing you slowly. Id suggest getting off the smokes, reducing your medication by talking to your doctor or finding natural remedies to cleanse your body of what ails you

your young and normal weight range so exersise and eat healthy and drink lots of water,m green tea and detox by drinking warm glass of water in the morning before you eat and squeeze lemon juice in it!

cheers
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1809109 tn?1331803777
Definitely sleep apnea is a good place to start. Talk to your doctor about this. It's possible you're not getting enough oxygen while you sleep which causes you to still feel restless. Even if you don't have the loud snoring or the jolting wakes that sleep apnea causes, it's possible you have developed enough of the disorder that your sleep is effected. Your doctor will likely do a sleep study to count your heart rate and oxygen levels while you sleep and then if it is needed there are machine like things- really more of masks- that will help give you enough oxygen while you sleep.

You may want to also look into thyroid levels, as it can sometimes cause fatigue and clouded minds when it's not working right. You doctor will probably just test for TSH levels (which don't always show the real problem), so make sure to ask for a free T3 count too.
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Sleep apnoea'. you will feel comfortable once this is diagnosed and treated.
Cheers.
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