How do you feel when you wake up? Do you spring out of bed or feel like a bag of shite, or somewhere inbetween?

[MonsterMunchforbreakfast]

DH's alarm goes off around 5.30am. He never presses snooze, as soon as it goes off he's awake and alert, he leaps out of bed and he's good for the day ahead.

I have never been a great riser, from as early as young childhood I have found getting up to be a mammoth task (I do love sleep and love my bed so very much). I feel deep in slumber when my alarm goes off at 6.45am. I have to stand under a hot shower for ages just to feel any resemblance of a human being and even then it takes me several hours to come round. I often feel achy, nasally and slightly headache/woolly headed and my body feels anything but awake.

I do have some chronic health issues. Nothing serious but my decades long IBS means an uncomfortable tummy and frequent toilet trips first thing. I also have endometriosis and adenomyosis which will often flare up and perimenopause definitely isn't helping the issue. I am also going to look into joint hypermobility.

I keep my bedroom at a comfortable temperature, the mattress is fine and we also have a comfy topper. I eat well, I don't drink any alcohol, walk lots and wind down every night with the Calm app yet I always feel like a bag of shite when I wake up and I have no idea what more I can do to feel better. I won't start work until later as I always feel so rough for the first few hours of waking.

Does anyone else feel like this? Have you been able to improve things? I would love to be able to enjoy my mornings more moving forward.

I feel exactly the same, perimenopause has most definitely made everything so much worse.

The reason I get up so early is because my 20 and 17 year old would never rise. My son sets his alarm for 7am but sleeps through it every single day.

They obviously take after me.

I suffer from hot feet too even though I am usually a very chilly type of person. Are you in perimenopause?

I've nrtft but if it hasn't already been mentioned try a Lumie clock https://www.boots.com/lumie-sunrise-alarm-10256821?traffic=paid.shopping&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19971248156&gbraid=0AAAAA-AdmwRVFbIQRy1s3KFfU-HX9UHet&gclid=CjwKCAiAmp3LBhAkEiwAJM2JUBp57jbXMl2BT-O020MAlb_FGLTvdBSuQ2bq0VotHcvtTFbg7Y21WxoCjkIQAvD_BwE

I never hit snooze and wake feeling fine but feel awful when I forget to set the Lumie.

Thank you - I do think dh's alarm going off so early does affect my sleep. Hopefully when the dc eventually leave home I will set up camp in one of their rooms.

I had a gastroscope a couple of weeks ago to check for coeliac disease, the results should be back in the next few weeks.

I may need to start looking into HRT again. I have tried it but it made my endo pain worse. I think I need to go see a menopause specialist due to my additional complications.

Me too, I absolutely love my bed.

I am the same. If I sleep in till 9ish I am fine no matter what time I go to bed but in an ideal world I'd stay up late, I come to life in the evening.

Same, I just can not make any conversation in the mornings, my brain just will not engage.

I’m not a morning person at all, never have been. I snooze my alarm until the last second and feel dead until around 2/3pm. I’m worse in winter with these dark call mornings, spring/summer feels so much easier to get up

I am exactly the same. I know that I come across as so annoying when I make appointments but I also know that it is absolutely no point in me booking or arranging anything before 11/12am as I will be no use to man nor beast.

I’m exactly the same. Can’t even have the tv on in the mornings because the noice irritates me. My mum used to be like this and I used to think she was a very odd woman. No talking, no tv on, no nice what so ever and I’m now exactly the same. I do think I’m going through the menopause because she was around the same age as I am now

I think life events have exacerbated my morning grogginess and desire to stay in bed too. Over the last 8 years I have had a lot of stress and the draw to stay in bed or even retreat to my bed on a regular basis is very strong these days. I know hitting the snooze button is a bad idea but the I often do it without much thought.

I feel like utter shite every morning…headachy, tired and anxious and this is no matter how much sleep I have had. I dont drink and exercise very regularly but nothing helps. All I can think is its the menopause…its very depressing.

I'm OK if I ge to wake up in my own time - I usually wake up naturally around 8.30. My 6am starts for work or walking the dog if I'm wfh are killers - I am best avoided at that time.

It has crossed my mind but tbh I'd say dh is more than likely to have this than me. He says I sleep very quietly yet he regularly stops breathing and gasps for breath but he won't do anything about it. I wake more woolly headed than with a full on headache.

Are you my twin?. I love my bed, spent a lot of money on it and recently replaced the mattress, have a matress topper and an electric blanket, a new 15 tog duvet and all cotton bedding and a silk pillowcase. I love putting on clean fresh pyamas and slipping into my lovely warm bed. I still never wake feeling thrilled to face a new day and I do not sleep very well, but oh i love going to bed

Bag of shite here along with the others in this thread. Horrendous insomnia after first DC fed every 1.5 hrs. Been on so many meds and can stay awake through nearly all of them. Was using red wine to sedate myself when kids were older but you miss out on deep sleep as it wakes you up. Best sleep i ever had was giving up alcohol but then I slept so deeply it was impossible to wake. I've had to change my whole life and job around to accommodate it. Would love to have more energy but at 58 I've given up and semi retired.

I’m a lark. I spring out of bed, singing and full of energy.

Most people can’t stand it tbh 🤣

I bloody hate waking up but where I live it's light at 6.30am in the winter so makes a massive difference. I put my running gear on and go out for an hour, hate every second of it but feel great when I get back.

I'm full on meno btw, hot flushes 20 times a day and joint pain but feel worse if I don't exercise 🫠

Im interested in this as I'm in the middle, I have good days and bad days. I'd love if I could work my way up to more good days.

I need a lot of sleep. If I don't have enough sleep, I end up with a headache that I can't shift all day. At the minute I'm aiming for 8 and a half hours sleep, knowing that if I have a bad night, I should still end up with a decent amount of hours sleep.

My alarm goes off at 6.45. I can get up immediately and shower, make up, make lunches, make coffee. I have 20 mins built in to my morning to have coffee before I wake DC. It's all go and I can manage it fine.

However, I'm a tension headache, sinus headache and migraine sufferer. There's a 50 % chance I'll wake up with one of these and that means its at least a couple of hours until I can function properly.

I'm trying to make positive changes. I have my migraines mostly under control, I try to sleep enough and I'm taking fish oil and vitamins.

Life almost seems cruel. After having 5 children I wished their lives away just wanting them to get older and sleep through. 23 years and I’m finally at that stage with my youngest being 9 and now I’m hit with perimenopause and insomnia and not being able to to fall asleep before 2am and alarm goes off at 7am. Thanks life.

@YelramBob goodness, do you run for an hour every morning? I am so impressed. I used to be able to do that 10 years ago but not now (still run just not first thing).

I do 40 - 50 minutes five or six times a week. I live in a hot country so early morning is the best time to run before the sun fully comes up. Although it's bloody freezing at the moment, not much warmer than the UK 🥶

I feel like a sack of potatoes with some rusty spanners thrown in for good measure.