Constant feeling of lethargy, numbness, tiredness, and a need to sleep

Hello

For the past year or so, I started noticing that I am feeling very lethargic throughout the day.

It started by falling asleep in classes - I am having real trouble staying up during some classes, especially early morning ones, and it usually comes to the point that my body just shuts itself down and I fall asleep without controlling or noticing it.

Even after sleeping in classes, I still get the strong urge to sleep at home or even when out with friends

My sleep schedule is overall fine.

I sleep 6-7 hours every night, and go to sleep and wake up around the same time, and sometimes (not too often) take long naps when I just can't stay up during the day.

At weekends or holidays / vacations I sleep for abnormal amount of time even up to ~16 hours a day, and I still get the same feeling of excessive tiredness or lethargy

Even when trying to sleep 8 - 10 hours, which shouldn't be too much or too little, nothing changed.

I've started to get used to this, but besides the tiredness, I'm also feeling very apathetic and much less enthusiastic or motivated about anything.

I don't get excited anymore, its much harder to make me laugh and I just don't find as much joy or care enough about things.

I am having SERIOUS problems concentrating, I sometimes completely phase out mid conversations, can't express myself properly, and I'm also having problems with my short term memory.

I also get a feeling that is fairly hard to describe, it feels as if I'm always half asleep, have a fried brain and sometimes I just feel like I'm gonna faint or lose my balance.

I doubt I am depressed, so I thought I'd rule out that option, but I think I may have some kind of a sleep disorder.

Now, I've done a blood test around a month or two ago, everything was completely normal except having extremely low Folic Acid levels, the doctor prescribed me Folic Acid pills, (4 pills 220mg each every day for 2 and a half months.) and so far it hasn't gotten any better.

I've also went to some kind of a "sleep lab" to undergo a very thorough sleep test.

My sleep was perfect, I fell asleep fast, no snoring, my breathing was fine, REM and deep sleep, everything just as it should be ....

I'm thinking maybe it can be something more psychological rather than physical.

Thank you !

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