Everyone knows what sleepiness is. It may bother you during the whole day because you had a lack of sleep at night or it wasn’t calm enough for letting your body have a good rest. This state makes people feel very weak, upset and sometimes even irritated, as they need to concentrate on their work or study but can’t because of feeling sleepy. In any case, there are always ways to prevent such state, and they are quite simple.

First of all, you should give yourself enough time for sleeping. Of course, there are some unique people for whom even 2-3 hours a day are enough, but common ones need 7-9 hours to feel comfortable.

Of course, sleepiness may be caused by insomnia. Sometimes they is can appear from stress which we can’t control, but in most cases it comes from different distractions in bed. For example, people love to watch TV lying there, or even read. First of all, such actions can’t let your mind relax, and you need more time for falling asleep. Next, you may lose track of time and go to sleep much later than you expected to, and as a result sleep less.

Specialists advice everyone to stock to the stable schedule of going to bed and waking up. Despite the fact that everyone wants to sleep longer on weekend, they insist on waking up those days at the same time as during the working week. This helps an organism get used to certain rhythm and cope with sleepiness.

Eating can also affect the quality of sleep. Everyone knows that late supper may lead to heaviness in the stomach, and this may cause insomnia or bad dreams which result into bad sleeping. On the other hand, hunger can also bother you all night long not letting sleep well. So, the idea is in taking meals in good time and not to eat anything for at least 2 hours before going to bed.

Short napping may spoil your wish to go asleep. Of course, it will give you some powers, but your schedule will be ruined and when the time for night sleep comes, you will not manage to do this, as your body is still charged. At the same time, when you finally fall asleep, it can be so late that next day you will suffer from sleepiness.

Finally, if you feel that nothing helps you, it is time to see a doctor. A neurologist will surely help you to find out why you can’t sleep well at night and will do everything possible to let you have good rest every night and lead active life not spoiled with sleepiness.