Got it, later. Keep in mind im just as open to the likelihood i have no idea, its just a curious state ive not heard of. People have covered all the other usual suspects like apnea and such so you do you.

Apnea is extremely prevalent and underdiagnosed in particular and its not really ever inconsistent with "its how ive always been" because thats the point—they were always undiagnosed until someone nudged them to take a closer look.

Best

PS - if your parents have the same tendency it may be hereditary/genetic. Be curious about it, as easy as it is to simply sleep it away it might be your body trying to tell you something important

If your body was getting sufficient sleep its unllikely you would feel so tired by midday even if there's a dietary issue at play as well but ill leave it at that. You are your body's pointperson on whats best for You

I ('ve) accepted that

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don’t have sleep apnea.

Again, its not being tired at mid-day. If I don’t eat, I don’t get sleepy at all. I almost never eat lunch at work anymore because when I do, I go down for a nap. It’s a direct causal relationship, or at the very least I can’t find any other reason for it. Lots of people have weird quirks to their biology. Probably most of us.

Its most likely just my parasympathetic nervous system (responsible for the “rest and digest” calming reflex) goes into overdrive that time of day because I tend to have a lot of energy to burn between waking and noon, and eating tells my body it can rest by stimulating the vagus nerve. Not worth doing further digging, no.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Interesting, I've never heard of any situation like yours. I still feel like its worth exploring altho I have no idea what I would do if i was in your sitch.

Maybe some other Lemming resonates with it and jumps in but very strange in any case.

I guess the only last crucial question I can envisage is:

do you honedtly recall your childhood having the same "problem" (i dont know that its actually a problem for you subjectively, only that you've noted an interesting example in which your body is physically deviant in its reaction to lunch leading to fatigue requiring actual filler sleep)

Like in your school days: did you eat at around 11-12:30ish and need naptime medically as an accomodation from the school for you to get thru the school day? Or did you just fall asleep in class and get chronically scolded by teacher?? Even when a teenager and much younger? When did it "start"?

If not, what changed