Tiredness is not an uncommon symptom. Throughout the world many people suffer from tiredness. One in four people in USA and Europe suffer from tiredness of one form or another. Tiredness is quickly affecting more people than any other condition.

Everybody nowadays has very busy and stressful lives, most of these will experience tiredness at some time during their working careers. Normally just a good night's sleep and a little rest will be enough to resolve the symptoms.

For some people tiredness can become more of a problem. Most people don't realize that this is actually a medical condition, they will just tell you that there's nothing wrong with you, all you need to do is get some more sleep.

Some of the popular suggestions to cure your tiredness won't work in the long run. Drinking cups of coffee may help in the short run, however it is unlikely to be sufficient to resolve the underlying problem.

Some people can only manage to sleep for a couple of hours every night, but don't actually suffer from any problems with tiredness. Margaret Thatcher is one of the most famous people known to be like this, she only needs 4 hours of sleep every night to function correctly.

A number of things can cause tiredness, sometimes a combination of these things can cause the problem.

Here is a list of the main reasons that can make you feel tired.

Tiredness can be caused by physical exhaustion. Tiredness can cause you to avoid doing any strenuous activities, however, by not partaking in exercise you will become more unfit and then suffer more as a result.

Tiredness can also be caused by emotional reasons. Stress and worry are common parts of today's lifestyle, however, both of these take a lot of energy and can leave you feeling drained and tired. Depression can easily cause you to be tired.

Lifestyle can cause tiredness, for example, if you look after small children, or dogs it can be very exhausting!

Many different illnesses and medications can cause you to feel tired. It's worthwhile looking at the side effects of any medication you are going to take and mentioning to your doctor that you suffer from chronic tiredness.

Of course if you don't get enough sleep it will leave you feeling tired and confused.

It is normally possible to increase your energy levels. By increasing your energy levels it should also help to improve your concentration, memory and your social life. No more saying "I feel too tired to go out"!

When we are down in the dumps we often dread getting out of bed in the mornings, and we are also irritable. By taking some of the steps below it should be possible to improve your daily life.

Alarm clocks aren't good things, for a start mine glows in the dark so I can't sleep and then it feels the need to wake me up anyway! Think about how fantastic it would be if you could wake up without needing to use an alarm clock, you would feel so relaxed!

Think about what it would be like to go out at night and still have enough energy to have a good time. Imagine what it would be like not to need as much sleep as you used to need.

All of these things are within your reach, all you need to do is change your life so that you can have these. You just need to realize that tiredness is a condition and it must be treated. You should discover why you feel tired so you can cure it.

Anybody can treat the symptoms, but that wont do anything unless you actually treat the cause of your tiredness.

Nigel owns CureTiredness.com, a website which contains lots of useful information if you wish to know more about stopping tiredness.