Tiredness

Don't feel guilty about it at all. In fact I was reading that it is good for you to have a power nap. Enjoy ?

I find that I often fall asleep after a carbohydrate rich lunch. I work from home. I'm 57.
My dad was the same, he always had a nap after his evening meal and my brother always has a nap after his Sunday lunch.
My solution is to have a fairly substantial breakfast, followed by a very light lunch and a fairly light evening meal.
I wasn't like this in my twenties, but it seemed to come on when I had 5.30 am starts as a childminder. Even with later starts now & a different lifestyle a pattern was set.
I'd get checked out, but not be too concerned. You are allowed to slow as you age...

Do you have any pollen allergies/hayfever? I get up early and spend most of the day outside as we have a very large garden. I have to take anti-histamines and they make me feel pretty whacked after lunch so I have a sit down with a cuppa at around 3pm and if I fall asleep I don't feel a bit guilty. I then find I have a second wind and don't have any trouble sleeping at night.

I'm just 69. DH is 71 and he's always nodding off in his chair!

I am 59 and always have had an energy dip in the mid afternoon about 3.30. When I was teaching and looking after my two children it was a nightmare and for about twenty years felt as if I could do with another two hours' sleep every day.

I took early retirement and have a guilt free nap every day. Sometimes it's just an upright doze for ten minutes and sometimes a proper hour's or half hour's sleep, depending on how much I have done and how early I woke in the morning. I also have tea and cake at tea time and that helps with the energy dip too. I feel as if I don't have enough time left to me to waste it on feeling guilty - and who would it help anyway?

Although afternoon tiredness may be natural for some people, if it is a new thing, it's really worth having a chat with a doctor. There are so many possibilities, including a vitamin deficiency, especially Vit D, Thyroid deficiency etc etc.
Always best to get a professional opinion when there's an unexplained change in your health/ well being.

Tiredness in the afternoon doesnt always mean you need to see a doctor...I am an early riser and most afternoons I find myself dozing off in the chair...

I have felt tired in the afternoon all my life! Taking a nap is nothing to feel guilty about, whatever your age. One doesn't have to fit some pattern that seems to suit others. Just find your own and be comfortable with it.

You probably did have more energy when you were younger. So did I. Growing older does make a difference however much we pretend otherwise.

Happy zzzz-ing! ??

It sounds quite normal to me honeypot and certainly nothing to be feeling guilty about -its just a power nap lots of top executives take one!!!

If this is new to you and is persisting do get it checked out HP. It could be something that needs addressing, sometimes quite simply.
Otherwise if it doesn't stop you sleeping at night, go for it! If I feel tired like that I drink a cup of coffee before sitting down as that will stop me going into a deep sleep and sleeping too long.
I always feel I've worked all my life and if, now in retirement, I want to take it easy from time to time I jolly well shall?

Good point DanniRae

Maybe you aren't drinking enough - I often don't have enough to drink and then feel exhausted.

I am 69 and I don't sleep very well. I go to bed late (otherwise I wake up at 3 and don't get back to sleep), and was getting up at 8.30 or 9, but am now waking and getting up at 6.30. I fall asleep in the evenings and have acquired a lot more wrinkles lately due to tiredness. I am hoping when the days get shorter that I will sleep better, although I do have a blackout blind in my bedroom. Meanwhile I may have spurts of energy once or twice a week for an hour or two, otherwise everything is a huge effort.

I am 74, and like you was very tired a lot of the time,and that wasn't like me at all. We have changed Dr's recently, and he asked for a blood test. It turns out that I am anaemic, and will have to have injections every three months.

I'm only 64 but get up at 03.00 to do an early morning cleaning job. It's only for 3 hours but by the e NH d of it I'm really tired. I usually go back to bed for the rest of the morning. Don't feel guilty about having an afternoon nap, if you are reasonably fit and healthy otherwise.

Some anti hypertensive drugs cause tiredness so that is something to think about. I am like tanith I would have problems sleeping at night so I do try not to nap.

Why feel guilty if you get up early and are very active early why not take a nap, its doing no harm unless you have trouble sleeping at night.
I am 5yrs younger and I get up about 7ish but I try not to nap as I would have trouble sleeping through the night if I did that and I'd rather keep going in the day to make sure I've a good chance of a good nights sleep, the pain in my shoulder/hip keep me awake enough as it is.

Don't feel guilty about a nap if you need it.However, make sure you are not iron deficient, and that your thyroid is not under active( mine was, and found I became very tired easily.)