# Spring sleepiness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241 "2007-03-31T21:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/1 "2007-03-31T21:22:32Z")
Does anybody else get very sleepy in the daytime during early spring? I do. Every year from late March until late April, I feel languid and heavy-eyed and I long for a nap. The Germans have a word for this: _Frülingsmüdigkeit_ or “spring sleepiness.” If you feel sleepy this time of year, too, what’s your theory as to what causes it? Why aren’t we gamboling as energetically as lambs in a field? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/2 "2007-03-31T22:17:16Z")
Not so much any more, but when I was a teenager, absolutely. I could slip into a near coma like unconsciousness at the drop of a hat. Drove me batty. I could hardly stay awake for much of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/3 "2007-03-31T22:23:41Z")
I am the opposite. I take long naps and have no energy during the winter. As soon as spring comes…the warm weather, the birds, the shining sun, the budding trees, the flower scents on the wind…It’s impossible for me to stay inside. \*Life \* is happening out there and I have to be a part of it! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/4 "2007-04-01T01:09:17Z")
Well for me, I always get sick when the weather changes. When I get this spring sickness (usually a nasty cold), it makes me drop-dead sleepy for a few days. It often takes me a few days after that to recover but I never seem to shake the sleepy feeling. So I don’t know if it’s the cold that kickstarts it, or if it’s a real “spring sleepiness.” ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/5 "2007-04-01T02:49:29Z")
I tend to have a “sleepyness” problem in the spring when we have the stupid time change (spring forward). I think it is the mental factor of “losing” an hour. I am always screwed up for at a month after the time change. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/6 "2007-04-01T04:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Well for me, I always get sick when the weather changes. [/QUOTE] Oh, man, ditto to the power of ditto. Everybody I know around this time is either drop-dead exhausted–or suffering from a severe head cold. Talk about cabin fever. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/7 "2007-04-01T04:39:12Z")
Part of my spring allergies is exhaustion. It hasn’t kicked in yet (give me another couple of weeks), but fairly soon I’ll be dragging around, needing an absurd amount of sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/8 "2007-04-01T21:02:13Z")
And for me, it’s worse the sunnier and warmer it is. Strange stuff being a human. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-sleepiness/398241/9 "2007-04-01T23:45:30Z")
I always wondered what this was. Thanks for letting me know! Now if you don’t mind, I’m off for a nap.