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This is not OK. My Sister in Christ, please seek a medical professional.

Male here, so might not be applicable: I felt like you described about a year ago. That was shortly before the big crash. I don't like the word burnout, but two naps per day, three to five cups of coffee and loads of sugar just to function is a good indicator your tanks are empty and you are running on fumes and stress alone. Its been a year and slowly reducing sugar and getting off caffeine for a month let me feel the deep tiredness again. I'm slowly gaining back the ability to even sleep through the night. If you can, reduce stress, keep sleeping as much as you can and cut off caffeine slowly. I stopped cold Turkey and it gave me a migrante so hard I nearly called an ambulance. What you describe is not normal and please take care of you.

Also way back in reddit times, there was a poster that had somediseases they only found because he started to nap constantly. I don't remember the details but I thought I might have that. 9 months of reduced work and stress and lots of sleep, I'm slowly coming back to my senses.

You need to talk to a doctor

This reads like undiagnosed sleep apnea to me. You should really talk to your doctor about getting a sleep study done. You don't need to be overweight or anything to be affected by sleep apnea and it can get worse as one gets older. I hope it's nothing too serious/just some fatigue!

Still, I feel a bit jealous of how men age differently and seem to keep loads of energy.

men age differently because everyone ages differently based on their lifestyle.

what you're going through is not normal. you should seek medical immediately. it sounds like an endocrine or gallbladder issue.

you could just be ahead of the curve for multiple reasons. though those 5 Fs can apply to literally any ailing woman in her 30-40s because medical science still ignores them.

My daytime fatigue is so severe I’ve been mistaken for being drunk (even though I don’t drink), and I experience a dream like brain fog around friends unless I use caffeine pills to seem present.

As an older woman, this is not normal. Please see a doctor!!

I have an autoimmune disease that comes with chronic fatigue. I understand the struggles. This is far beyond normal.

If you sleep 10 hour each night and still feel tired, it’s time to visit a doctor before you end up in the forever box.

I know this is part of normal aging for a woman in her 30s

Is it?? I’m not saying you don’t lose energy as you age, but what you’re describing sounds closer to a medical problem than the norm. If you’ve had conversations with your doctor and had bloodwork done then it might be normal for you, but if you haven’t checked for vitamin deficiencies you might want to. I felt similarly shit when my vitamin D was through the floor.

I had similar issues of not feeling regenerated after sleep, constantly feeling exhausted, etc.

Adderall might not be too far off. I got diagnosed with ADHD and stimulant medication helped a lot with the sleep issues.

But you need a prescription for that!

Not saying it will definitely help, but if you're not even feeling it the caffeine dependency might actually be making you feel worse rather than better

I'm 43 and I'd say that there is definitely not normal. You might want to go see a doctor.

I agree with others, this sounds like a medical issue that you're covering up with coffee. For me it was extremely low levels of D vitamin, which took months to recover, but by now I feel like 5 years younger. I'm 34. By now I only drink one or two cups, but I genuinely don't feel the effects of coffee anymore

You have sleep apnea my friend, go get a sleep study done.

This is far from normal… 10hrs sleep + naps? I saw your answers about having blood tests done and coming back good. Is there something psychological going on? Heart problems? Hormones? (I don’t need you to confirm or deny, just consider it)

It sounds like you built up a tolerance and would benefit from quitting caffeine altogether. The first week or so will be a groggy hell, but once you adjust, your baseline will be much more alert.