My Wife Is Really Tired Of Me Sleeping Too Much

The other night, my wife and I were watching a DVD and I decided to stretch out on the couch. Before I knew it, I was having trouble keeping my eyes open and paying attention. I mentioned to my wife that I was getting sleepy. Sighing, she turned off the movie, tossed me a blanket, turned off the lights and stalked off up the stairs. I was dead asleep before I had time to be annoyed.

My wife is upset with me, because this is what happens almost every night. I fall asleep while we are watching TV, talking or reading. It's not that I am bored or uninterested. My body starts to beg for sleep, I can't keep my eyes open, and, before I know it, I'm out like a light. I just can't help it.

My wife says that how much I sleep is getting on her nerves. She says that having to turn off a movie half way through or stop mid-sentence, because she realizes that I have fallen asleep, is getting old. She doesn't understand how I can sleep in until 10 or 11 or a Saturday morning, either. She's up everyday at 7 A.M., even on weekends. She's a real morning person. I'm not a morning person. I'm not a night owl, though, seeing as I fall asleep so early and so easily.

I have tried plenty of ways to not sleep too much. I attempted to stay upright watching TV, but I still couldn't stay awake. I made an effort by drinking caffeine in the evening, but it just made me jittery and irritable. Energy bars and protein beverages didn't do anything, either. My wife even suggested that I go to the doctor. I told her that the only cure for my sleepiness is sleep.