Making Up on Lost Sleep is Bad?

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By Jillian Spiller

Making Up on Lost Sleep is Bad?

Have you ever woken up in the morning and felt tired? Of course you have, everyone has done that. After a long weekend do you ever want to sleep in to “make up on sleep” because I know that I have. But did you know that sleeping too much can actually be unhealthy? Even though it might feel good to just sleep in for another few hours, you probably should watch how much extra sleep you’re getting. If you oversleep too regularly, you can get health problems, such as risk of heart disease and risk of diabetes.


You may be wondering how is recharging your body unhealthy? Huff Post says that teens and young adults that enjoy oversleeping regularly often may have undiagnosed mental illnesses (depression and or anxiety). Oversleeping by itself can actually be a illness. This illness is called hypersomnia. What exactly is hypersomnia you ask? Hypersomnia is being sleepy almost 24/7. It could also be sleeping way too much where it becomes extremely unhealthy for the body. WebMD says if you are tired it does not mean that you have hypersomnia. You could be stressed or worried about someone else that’s important.


Sleeping in on a Saturday morning after a long week isn’t going to make you have heart disease or anything don’t worry! If you like to get 12 hours of sleep everyday now that’s different. People often worry that oversleeping every once in a while is going to hurt them or make then unhealthy. Hypersomnia happens in 35% in people with diagnosed mental illnesses says VeryWellMind. 18.5% of adults (1 in every 5) have at least 1 mental illness.


In the future, we hope to find better cures and solutions for hypersomnia. In fact we are studying and learning more about hypersomnia still do this day. The current cures we have are just daily medications you need to take to make you more awake and not as sleepy. I think that within the next 25 years we will have a full compete cure to get rid of hypersomnia. That way, people with it can get a normal amount of sleep and get through the day without needing breaks.


Links- https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/hypersomnia


https://www.amerisleep.com/blog/oversleeping-the-health-effects/


https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy-sleep/sleep-better/oversleeping-bad-for-your-health




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