Hello doctor, I am a 33 year old software professional. I have a lot of work pressure and also loads of stress and tension in my personal life. I sleep around seven to eight hours a day and stick to a very healthy and disciplined lifestyle with respect to timely food habits and taking a balanced diet. My problem is that I feel very lethargic and sleepy for three to four hours post lunch. I also feel a lack of energy sometimes to the extent that it hampers my daily work and duties. It is worth mentioning that I am taking a mild dose medication for epilepsy treatment and was under OCD treatment prior to that.
Hello. What epilepsy treatment are you on? Drugs prescribed for epilepsy as well as OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) can cause sedation. If it is not due to the drugs, you can try changing your meal schedule. It is normal for everyone to feel sleepy after a heavy lunch. But, if it hampers your work, you should change your lunch timings. Take a heavy breakfast and skip lunch or take it around 11 AM. Also, take up a daily exercise that activates the reward centers of your brain. This will keep you fresh and awake. For lethargy, you can take multivitamin and multimineral tablets for a month. Revert with more information to an internal medicine physician online -->