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Not a morning person, I seem to be drunk in the mornings but I'm not drinking

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Viewofthesea · 27/10/2022 08:57

I am not a morning person. I can be sometimes in the summer time but outside of summer time I struggle. I know its because I am not going to bed on time. My sweet spot for bed time is 10.30 but often I am not long ome from work and dinner is still going down and then I am doing jobs at home and quite often it's midnight or later by the time I go to bed. I know I need to get in earlier but everything is preventing me from doing that.

I struggle so much in the morning times. I have multiple alarms on my phone and many are slept through. When I do get up, I fall and stumble about like a drunk. When I am more grounded, I am still tripping over my feet, banging my head, cutting my fingers, pouring the kettle on me, and other minor little things. It's an absolute pain in the ass.

Then all day I have a headache like a hangover or migraine. This headache only disappears at nighttime, ironically when it's time to go back to bed. I think once 10 comes around, stuff is beginning to unwind and it's finally time for a little 'me' time or something.

It's hell-ish.

I hate mornings.

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Viewofthesea · 27/10/2022 08:57

Is there anything that makes mornings easier

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bunintheoven88 · 27/10/2022 08:59

No advice but following as I am the same! I felt like this when I was pregnant but I'm definitely not! Could you be? I'm thinking iron deficiency could be a possibility?

CheeseMaiden · 27/10/2022 09:03

Do you drink a lot of caffeinated drinks during the day? DH was a bit like this before he cut out the energy drinks
if you have consistently early nights (for a week or longer) do the mornings get better? If they do you just need to get strict with yourself, if they don’t, it’s definitely a good idea to see your doctor

Luckymummytoone · 27/10/2022 09:06

Could your blood sugars be low?
mid definitely get a check over at the GP’s x

Luckymummytoone · 27/10/2022 09:07

I’d*

SatinHeart · 27/10/2022 09:08

How many hours sleep do you think you are getting a night on avaerage?

Like pp I wondered about caffeine. I drink loads of caffeine but not after 2 pm.

Other than that, I'm really not a morning person - I prep everything I possibly can the night before (lunch clothes, coffee machine on timer)

SpookyMcGhoul · 27/10/2022 09:10

In the summer do you think it's because you wake up to daylight rather than in the dark? That's a big thing that helps me, so I have one of those alarm clocks that slowly gets brighter so it's like waking up in daylight, best investment ever! I don't wake up feeling dopey and out of sorts anymore.

I also take magnesium and vitamin C supplements and am really strict on bedtime. I know you say 10.30 is your sweet spot but you're going to bed past 12, that's something that could be worked on and is a quick win to help. Can the jobs at home wait for the weekend? Can you have a lighter tea so it's not still going down? Even if you fix other things going to bed two hours later than you know works for you will keep throwing you out of sorts.

SweetSakura · 27/10/2022 09:12

I think you need to go to the GP. Could be blood sugar, definitely needs checking.

And I say this as someone who ignored lots of irritating symptoms for ages (slurred speech, clumsiness etc) and it turned out I have a rare neurological condition (myasthenia)

JauntyJinty · 27/10/2022 09:16

Another vote for goto the GP - it could be somethnig as simple as low iron or something and the right supplements would help no end.

Is this a new thing? I had similar for a good few months after I had Covid and self disagnoised with long covid. I used to be up at about 5 to go to the gym before work but found it virtually imposible to get up that early, and the few times I did manage to get out of bed I soon found I had to go back to bed as felt dreadful. Once I was up again an hour or so later and had a cuppa and a hot shower I was fine.

I should get back onto the habit now really!

Heyyyou · 27/10/2022 09:29

Get your thyroid checked. I used to feel like this in the mornings (and all day) it was absolutely awful. I now take medication for an underactive thyroid and my life is completely different.

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Viewofthesea · 27/10/2022 09:37

It's definitely not a new thing. It's been like this for a long time going in and out from different levels of energy.

I am low on iron and am taking iron tablets and vitamin c and I have other supplements too.

I drink about 2 or 3 teas a day. A lot of the time I boil the kettle and I begin making tea and then I get pulled away and it turns to tar. I definitely make more tea than I drink.

I know things improved during the lockdown because there was a better balance to my days. Not its back to work, work, work and work til you get sick. I had a 14 hour woke day last Friday, finishing work at 10.30 at night. Up since 6.30. Going to be by 1.30.

Im definitely not sleeping properly. I would say 5 or 5 and half hours a night.

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Viewofthesea · 27/10/2022 09:38

I'm dying this morning. If feels as if there's a hammer being hit on my head and I have to keep on going.

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tenbob · 27/10/2022 09:39

Heyyyou · 27/10/2022 09:29

Get your thyroid checked. I used to feel like this in the mornings (and all day) it was absolutely awful. I now take medication for an underactive thyroid and my life is completely different.

This…

what you described was word for word me before I started on thyroid medication

picklemewalnuts · 27/10/2022 09:45

What are you drinking? Are you dehydrated?

PantyMcPantFace · 27/10/2022 09:48

Another for a thyroid/blood check. I used to feel - weird description I know - like I had a massive saucepan lid on my head. Pushing me down. Pushing down emotion wise. Energy wise. And even felt physical - not quite nerve ending feeling it - but that there was just a downward feeling inside my skull.

Also
Iron - if you need iron, make sure you take decent amounts (not Boot's 7mg - you need decent 210mc feerous fumerate
Age - could some of this be meno/peri related?

ThingsIhavelearnt · 27/10/2022 09:55

Can you redo your schedule

eg
light tea scrambled eggs on toast

no jobs after 8 pm - wind down until 10.00 lights off 10.30?

get an iron test and a thyroid test

I haven’t been able to sleep through the night for years but I try to stick to the same bedtime

do you have children or a partner?

if so Rota the chores and keep laundry until you can do it all in one go

PotentiallyPolly · 27/10/2022 10:12

Have you been checked for hypoglycaemia? I think you can get a finger prick test at the pharmacy still, but don’t eat for a period of time before it. In the mean time as unhealthy as it sounds try drinking some Coca Cola and have a couple of biscuits in the morning when you wake, see if that improves it any. Keep them next to your bed so they’re there when you wake, have it before getting out of bed.

UnbeatenMum · 27/10/2022 10:18

Even with not getting enough sleep I think falling over etc is concerning. Definitely worth a trip to your GP.

wherearetheturrets · 27/10/2022 10:47

Sleep apnoea?

WooWooWinnie · 27/10/2022 10:52

You sound overtired and dehydrated! How much do you drink? I used to get headaches every morning until I upped my fluid intake.

Kate0902900908 · 07/03/2023 00:33

This could very well be a bad b12 and iron deficiency you need a blood test asap.

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