You are getting sleepy...

[SourdoughStomper]

I loved taking an occasional siesta, sometimes on the weekend, in my youth. Then I went a long time without having any because they tend to make it hard to fall asleep at night.

Now that I have Hashimotos, I can get tired easily and I just obey the nap signals to avoid stressing my body out. I must really need it, because I still manage to sleep at night.

Are you a nap-taker?

[Eviecorn]

I'm not that much of a nap-taker, mostly because I tend to wake up nauseous after naps.  But if I'm overwhelmingly tired, on meds that make me drowsy, or if I'm sick, you bet I'll nap.  Sometimes I nap when my son naps just because. 

[kaoskat]

I don't get a choice. I have a medication that knocks me out mid day. I didn't take naps very often before my meds though.

[RainbowRay]

I seem to be completely incapable of falling asleep at any time except proper bedtime, so no naps for me! Unless I'm REALLY tired.
If I'm feeling sick or am on a very long car journey I tend to just close my eyes and doze while listening to music but not really fall asleep. It seems to work just as well, I often feel very energetic afterwards.

[Sarahlacewing]

I would nap if my kids allowed it.  My son sleeps from 9pm till 7 am.  But my daughter sleeps from midnight to 9:30.  So after evening chores and food I get 5 or 6 hours usually at night.

[Kitkumi]

I used to nap much more frequently when I was in school because I was constantly up late and then getting up early. It was practically a daily thing, 4pm sharp I would just pass out lol. Now, it is a sometimes thing, typically when I have the house opened up and it is nice and cool. I take a page from my cat's book and normally curl up on the couch for awhile and doze

[Luxrayx]

I can't remember ever taking a nap. So I guess I must have been a little kid

[theamazingfetus]

I am always tired so naps are my best friend. They don't ever make me feel not tired, but they are nice.

[michelle53]

Sleep is not something that comes easily or naturally to me .  I've been this way since I was very little and some of my earliest memories are of watching the sun come up.  I wish I could take naps, but unfortunately I don't have time.  I'm only able to sleep during the day if I'm super ill (like when I had the stomach flu last week). 

[Majesty]

Only if I'm sick and I take medication that makes me tired.  On few occasions I will if I'm really tired I would take a nap after lunch or something.

[Enolaalone]

I'm not that much of a nap-taker, mostly because I tend to wake up nauseous after naps.

Me too! Naps make me feel yucky when I wake up. I feel sick and in a daze for about half an hour afterwards.

SDS - I didn't know you had Hashimotos disease, my mum does also. I didn't know anyone else with it until just now.

[Icecrystalline]

Yes. I need to. We think I have ME, it is highly likely and I am tired all the time so spend a lot of time asleep.

[mlp4me]

I rarely take naps.
If I do then I just end up not feeling refreshed, but like others just grossly tired for the rest of the day.

[Melissa]

In high school and college, I took a nap almost every day. I even had a sleeping bag and comfy pillow set up in my car to nap between classes in college... But it also contributed to me going to bed at like 2am. Since I now live with my fiance, who leaves for work at 7am, I have stopped napping so that I can be on the same sleep schedule as him. I nap occasionally on weekends but I almost never nap during the week now.

[Rhubarbpie]

I work on rotating shifts and when I am on the early shift, I have to get up at 5am to be at work for 6am. This sucks mightily and I really hate the early shift. Late shift is fine, I start work at 2pm so as long as I am up by midday, I can sleep all I want.  I do find myself napping in the afternoon when I am on the early shift. I get home, check my messages here and FB etc then have an hours nap and I am ready to start cooking dinner