Not a morning person..

BrandonBlock

Just wondering is thia just me, and maybe recommendations on how to fix it. Anyway since about 14, (I'm 22 now) I have been incredibly groggy in the mornings. I snap at anyone who even talks to me for the 1st hour I'm up. I can't eat for at least 2-3 hours after getting up either.

After that though I'm grand, lively chatty, normal appetite etc. I know what you's are gonna say: Go to bed earlier but it's not that. I could get 10 hours sleep and get up at 8am and still be in a horrible mood. + I always get about 7-8 hours sleep every night anyway.

Any advice or anything to overcome this, or should I just live with it? Thanks.

Talliesin

<hypocrisy>Give up tea, coffee and coke</hypocrisy>

Victor

It might actually be an idea to eat. You are probably cranky because of low blood sugar.

Talliesin

Yes, that's a good point too (yet more hypocrisy in my saying that).

Capt'n Midnight

are you getting a full 10 hours ! try LESS sleep perhaps ?

also give up meat for a while , you'll need about an hour less sleep

mikemac

You could be dehydrated-not medical advice.
Try drinking more water and you'll feel better

Zombienosh

here I'm the same, mad cranky when i wake up to everyone, im just that way until i get breakfast though, after that im always grand.

IANAL (hullaballoo's test a/c)

I used to be the same. I just started drinking a heap of water throughout the day and try to be civil to people.

bug

Same here.
I'm sure I'm asleep most mornings for about an hour to two hours after I log onto my pc in work.

I'm there in body but not in mind.

I can't eat and have no appetite for about three hours after I wake.

I can't ever remember not being a morning monster.

Someone once said to me that it's got to do with the quality of sleep your getting... I dunno I just live with it, and everyone has more or less learned not to talk to me in the mornings...except one!

WindSock

here, i found this, if you feel like a read http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~hasher/PDF/(2007)%20DeYoung,%20Hasher,%20Dijikic,%20Criger%20&%20Peterson-%20Morning%20People.pdf

its basically about Circadian rythms. Some people are alpha types, others beta. I believe a am a Beta too (ie, non morning person)

biko

I found that having a big bottle of Coke by the bed and taking a swig in the morning gets my sugar up and makes me less grumpy (and less thirsty )

BrandonBlock

Thanks for the replies, will have a read of that boreds.

biko I do that only with lucozade instead of coke, it does help a little , has to be cold though. Ice cold.

ali.c

A bit of pre-rising nookie always puts me in a good mood for the day

Failing that, you could try having something small to eat before bed and as soon as possible after rising in the morning time. Not medical advice but i find Ginseng helps get rid of morning grogginess.

As to whether you should just live with it, do you have a set morning rountine? This can help overcome grogginess and start your day of nicely if its a nice rountine, if your rushing about trying to chase your tail late again etc its not a nice way to start the day. If you are always late in the morning, small stuff like getting ready the night before etc always helps.

Just my 2c worth....

SarahSassy

Get over yourself is a learned habit, a ritual.... Grumpy morning people are annoying....

littlesurfer

try getting out of the other side of the bed

Miss Fluff

I'm a terrible Grumpy McF8ck in the morning and have been like that all my life unfortunately. Getting out of bed is traumatic EVERY day although I love my life and am positive etc, just mornings are a chore. I do everything short of bark and it takes me a good hour to feel normal. I have three alarm clocks and if I set my alarm for 7 it is usually 7.45 until I can face getting up as I have pressed the snooze button at least 30 times. In moments of desperation I even reset the alarm for maybe two minutes later to get back to my lovely dream. Bed is GREAT. The best thing is just have a shower as soon as you get up, might not take away the grumpiness but will make you feel that little bit more human.

Oryx

Get up, make a cup of tea*. Sit somewhere quiet, read the paper, drink your tea. This is 'me' time while your brain adjusts to being awake. Dont start your morning routine till youve woken up in a relaxed way.

Im a horrible, horrible person when Im tired. This works for me, and once Ive had my small bit of time to wake up properly im good for the day.

*or coffee...coke...lucozade.. whatevers your poison.

IANAL (hullaballoo's test a/c)

Miss Fluff wrote:

I'm a terrible Grumpy McF8ck in the morning and have been like that all my life unfortunately. Getting out of bed is traumatic EVERY day although I love my life and am positive etc, just mornings are a chore. I do everything short of bark and it takes me a good hour to feel normal. I have three alarm clocks and if I set my alarm for 7 it is usually 7.45 until I can face getting up as I have pressed the snooze button at least 30 times. In moments of desperation I even reset the alarm for maybe two minutes later to get back to my lovely dream. Bed is GREAT. The best thing is just have a shower as soon as you get up, might not take away the grumpiness but will make you feel that little bit more human.

Your alarm clock goes off once every one-and-a-half minutes? Odd. I think that would put me in a bad mood. Mine goes off every 8 minutes. I don't particularly understand that either.

Anyway, just on the rythm thing, I find that another thing that helps me is getting to bed/getting up at in and around the same time every day (give or take an hour, max). Look into what rythm your body has as well. Some people feel better after 6 hours sleep than they would after 9 or 10. I find if I sleep over 8 hours, I'm in terrible form all day.

swiss

I'm not much of a morning person either, I used to be very snappy until I started feeling guilty about it, so now instead I just shut up and get on with the chore of the first half hour out of bed. I usually feel a bit better after breakfast, even if its just a banana running out the door to work (though I usually have a chance to eat something more substantial in work). I suspect a lot of the moodiness is down to low energy as well as the transition from dreaming pleasantly in a comfortable warm bed to being forced awake by your alarm clock buzzer.

Piste

I'm always grumpy as f*uck if I get anything less than 10 hours sleep, and I don't see 10 hours as oversleeping, during term time I wouldn't be able to get out of bed on 7/8 hours sleep.

Anywho, enough about me, OP maybe (daft as this will sound) try forcing yourself out of bed an extra 15/20 minutes earlier and use that time to wake up so you're less grumpy earlier, have a drink of coffee/juice to wake you up, and even if you don't feel like it do eat something, It's good to normally eat only when you're hungry but in the mornings try and have something no matter how full you feel, it'll really set you up for the rest of the day.

Also something I do to try and make sure I get up is I drink a glass or two of water before I go to bed so when I wake up I really need to pee and so HAVE to get up.