My son is leeping excessively for a yea now and had to quit school because of being so exhausted?

Question

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 9-10 MONTHS AND HE CANNOT GET BY ON LESS THAN 12 HOURS OF SLEEP AND HE STILL FEELS EXHAUSTED. HE HAS NOTHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH HIM. WE HAD ALL THE BLOOD WORK DONE TO RULE OUT THYROID OR OTHER CONDITIONS. WHAT CAN HE DO TO GE BETTER AND GET BACK IN SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS A HONER STUDENT AND HAD TO LEAVE GRADE 12 BECAUSE OF THIS

Answer 1

Could it be ME? A friend of mine has ME, she can only some to school 3 days out of 5 because she does get really tired.

Also what time does he go to sleep? If he goes to bed pretty late then make him go to bed earlier. Does he have nay trouble sleeping. And whats his diet like? If he is eatin gan unhealthy diet then make him eat a healthier one, and make sure he eats lots of fruit, and make sure he gets the right amount of calories.

Answer 2

its called mountin dew. or coffee.

just make sure he dosnt get started on meth or anything.

Answer 3

You need to get a second third and even fourth if necessary opinion because clearly whoever did the first test is wrong and didn't explore any further so don't go back to whoever that was. Find a doctor willing to find out what is wrong and then go from there but there is something wrong for sure and probably something easily corrected.

Answer 4

He needs to get up and do something. When you sleep for long periods of time your body shuts down to much and makes it impossible to wake up. After 9 hours he HAS to wake up and do something, even if it is walking around the block. Make him exercise more so his blood starts flowing, and he gets energy. By the end of the summer he should be ready for school.

Answer 5

You NEED to get a second opinion.  Something is obviously wrong.  No one needs 12 hours of sleep a night.  Also, if this came all of a sudden it also signals a problem.  I'd look into chronic fatique syndome or even depression.

Answer 6

has he had a official sleep study done on him? call your local hospital and ask if they provide and if not , where is the closest place to go.  My son, turns out, suffered from a very bad sleep disorder that would never have been diagnosed if not for this sleep study.  He would have been pegged as ADHD which would have been devastating (they wanted to medicate)  - once his sleep issue was corrected he is a perfect kid.   Turns out he had a form of restless leg syndrome (its different in kids than adults but just as terrible)  Sleep is such a complicated process that can be upset by so many differing issues.  My son for example was sleeping for 10-12 hours but was only truly getting about 1 hour of good sleep a night!!!   I wish you all the luck and keep pushing until you get the answers you need

Answer 7

Does he have a televsion in his bedroom?  That could be the problem.  It has been proven that when kids have televisions on during sleep it interupts REM sleep and disrupts normal sleeping patterns causing sleep deprivation and restuling in problems in school as well as falling asleep in class.  You might want to remove the television or computer from his room if he has either one. (because being on a computer all night long causes problems too)

Answer 8

Maybe he's depressed. My husband sleeps alot when he's depressed.