Chronic daytime sleepiness

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Asked for Male, 38 Years

I'm unable to get a sound sleep at night around 4-5 hours and get excessive daytime sleepiness. Especially, after lunch, I'm very sleepy. I did a complete blood test and my sugar levels and other tests are normal. Can you please advise if I need to do any other tests. Please suggest what I need to do.

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Dr. Anand Prakash Pandey

General Physician 8 yrs exp Delhi

Sometimes sleep pattern is disturbed so you cant sleep in night. Get your thyroid levels also.

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General Physician 2 yrs exp Lucknow

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