Article: ARE YOU TIRED? THE WAY YOU FEEL TIED TO EATING, SLEEPING HABITS

PHOTO Devine played a tired housewife in "Hairspray."

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Thank goodness it's a holiday. You are tired. Drained. Exhausted. You can't get out of bed in the morning; can't make it to work or, once you are there, you can't seem to get going.

At home, you snarl at your spouse and scream at your children. You've quit many previously enjoyable social activities. Everything seems to get you down. Your excuse: "I'm just so tired."

Fatigue is different from sleepiness, said Dr. Alejandro Chediak, director of the sleep disorders center at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Fla.

"In general, if a patient is tired all the time, ...

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