I struggle to wake up..any tips

[feelingood]

No matter what time i go to bed or how long i've slept i struggle to wake up.

It is like i am awake in the very back of my mind and I need to climbe up slowly to be awake. Awake to the point where I get up.

When I do get up I always feel very stiff (especially ankles) and shuffle to loo. I barely speak at first.

I just wondered is anyone else like this? Do you have any tips for waking up quicker. I currently set my alarm for an hour before I get up to allow time to literally pull myself around.

Or am I just one of these people who just doesnt 'burst' out of bed on a morning?

Have no advice but Im the same so will be watching with interest! Sorry not very helpful but at least you know your not alone.

Same here. Just can't seem to rouse myself.

thanks for letting me know I am not alone. Ive often wondered is just because im lazy. But i geuinely think it takes my brain a while to get itself 'online'.

I see it in my DD 21 months - she doesnt like to eat until she has been up for an hour either.

Is your sleep quality sleep? I feel better and it's easier to get up if I have had at least 7 hours (and being up at 1am is not making that likely...) So I wonder if you're sleeping well even when you sleep, if you're not getting deep enough sleep or it's interrupted and you wake up during the night without being fully aware of it. A regular routine is also important (and I don't mean my current one of regularly going to bed too late.)

I went on a retreat holiday this year, and we were meant to be silent until 10:30am (usually being up for breakfast from 07:30.) It was fantastic! They won't let me introduce such a regime at work though. I still avoid talking to people before 10am when I can.

That would be bliss, no talking till after 1030am. Unfortunately my job involves lots of talking

Well i dont think I am sleeping well i am aware I turn over alot left side, back, right side. I sometimes wake myself up snoring. My DH will wake me to turn over if im snoring and it disturbs him.

My back is always saw. I know if I lost weight (2st) this would be better.

I am not in a good routine at the moment as we got back from holiday 4 days ago and Im taking some time to adjust. But I aim for 8 no less than 6. I nap on and afternoon sometime of DD is asleep before i collect DS from school.

I sometimes watch the news for 20mins or just ly and listen to it. Its like all my differnt bits have to be switched on bit by bit first thinking conscioucly, then hearing, then seeing, then moving and finally speaking.

Then I dash about madly doing school run.

I never want to get out of bed, to face the hamster wheel :(

Oh and I clench in sleep sometimes wake myself up doing it.

I do not have a stressful lifestyle but can feel under pressure (on own with kids a lot during week) but I only have the 2!

Try having curtains ajar, i find i wake up more alert if the room has been lit up for sometime before i need to wake up.

I have the frozen feet thing and various aches and stiffness pains but have both Fibromyalgia and cartilage conditions.

I must go up now I will try opening curtains.

I think my aches are general joint stiffness. I think I am going to develop arthritis it runs in family. Need to lose weight.

Well thanks I'll check back in tomorrow.

I have all of the sleep issues going...I'm ridiculously terrible. Teeth grinding, sleep talking, sleep walking etc; sleeping for less than a few hours a night (sometimes not sleeping for a day or so).

There was only one time in my life where I truly understood and appreciated great quality sleep. It was all down to a diet experiment a friend and I had tried.

I was amazed and still talk of the feeling of going to bed and actually going to sleep when I wanted to, waking early the following morning and bouncing out of bed. The perfect clarity when waking was particularly significant to me as I had never experienced it before (or since) in my life.

The secret was quite simple really...eating 'clean'. No processed foods, lots of raw fruit, veg, nuts, seeds and seafood (about 50% raw organic).

Obviously I need to follow my own advice as I have some stupid stories about the sleep talking/walking and lack of sleep since I abandoned this experiment. Get some discipline 2Retts!

Good luck with your quest feelingood

Do you have an ipad or iphone? I've found the apps that work out when it's best for you to wake really helpful

Yeah, there would be a lot of things in my life which would be improved if I had a private chef to cook me amazing healthy food.

OP, have you tried a dawn alarm? They're alarms with a light that slowly gets brighter over half an hour, so your waking is more natural. Lumie is one company that does them (and their customer service is excellent, IME. ) I think Phillips may also do one.

It sounds To me like you could be moré stressed than you realise. I know you say you 'only have 2' but even just 2 DCs without a break can Get on top of you.

You could try some kind of relaxing things before Bed, establish a routine for yourself so that you destress before you even Go To Bed. Quite time, bubble bath, herbal tea - Those kinds of things.

I always used To toss and turn, talk in my sleep, and took hours To fall alseep. All that changed when I had therapy. Now I'm not suggestioning you need therapy. What happenned with me was that my head so over loaded with emocional crap that Nothing, léast of all sleep, was working. I found keeping a Diary really helpful, it helped me let Go of each day's crap before the day ended.

Hope you find a solution soon.

OP, have you ever had concerns about your thyroid? Read the symptoms of hypothyroidism and see if you have any markers. It could be a range of things but hypothyroidism definitely does that to me.

on any meds?

Keep your window open during the night. The colder it is, the better quality of sleep I get.

I'm a bit like this. Think some people just are. I bought a Lumie alarm clock which has a light which gradually lights in the half hour before the alarm is set. A simulated dawn. I think it stimulates serotonin production, the hormone that makes you alert. For the end of the day you can set it to fade which stimulates melatonin. I loved it.

Anyway, it's broken after years of use and this has reminded me to get a new one!

I've been reading about Adrenal fatigue which can also apparently cause similar symptoms- as can so many other things. I have ME, (which includes poor adrenal function) so also have problems with sleep, and waking up as part of the symptoms. I am like a zombie first thing, and have to take things in stages- to avoid fainting if I were to leap out of bed (fat chance)! Actually I rather like that heavy half awake stage - I just wish I could stay there until I was ready to break free and deal with the morning in my own time!
The book suggests always eating (breakfast) before 10 am, trying to rest horizontally in the day, and always going to bed before 10.30pm. I am trying to do this but obviously it is not always possible! The reason for going to bed by 10.30 is to avoid going past the natural sleepiness and getting the second wind wakefulness that occurs around 11. I doubt we are all on the same body clock schedule but I have noticed that this is roughly true for me. There are many kinds of stress such as the constant watchfulness of looking after young children, never mind exposure to the regular bugs brought home from nursery or playgroup and disturbed sleep itself.
It occurred to me that trying to be in bed by 10.30 was a pretty good idea - whatever is causing your sleepiness, even if only to rule out lack of rest.
Next step is to check with the GP.

Purely for waking up gradually and feeling more human in th early morning, I love my sunrise clock. It's similar to This one.
It really helps get me out of bed on darker days.

Quick word of caution, have been looking on trusty Amazon for a new lamp and the Phillips ones have no method of changing the bulb apparently, whereas the Lumie models have replacement bulbs available. I did break mine, but If I recall correctly a cup of tea was involved!

Can't decide between the £54 model vs the £89 one...