Marathon naps

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Occasionally, I will have a marathon nap where I'm glued to the bed for 12-18 hours. (I totally identify with that Murakami character from Wind-up Bird Chronicles.

Today was the second marathon nap in a week. They've never been closer than 6 weeks apart. I'm sure there is a reason.

Certain vitamins are required for alertness, potassium, the entire B complex, and D. If any of these are low, you will want to sleep all the time. I've been low on each of these at some point which is how I know.

And chronically tired is one of the signals of depression.

Or, something completely different.