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depression on waking up

  • 15-04-2021 10:08pm
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    LegacyUser
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    I have itvery bad.its either depression or anxiety or both on waking. it gets a bit better after about half hour. Not sure if i would be properly awake at first i think the brain wakes up in stages.

    anyone have this? i need something to calm me on waking


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  • #2
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    bedblues wrote: »
    I have itvery bad.its either depression or anxiety or both on waking. it gets a bit better after about half hour. Not sure if i would be properly awake at first i think the brain wakes up in stages.

    anyone have this? i need something to calm me on waking

    It could be low blood sugar affecting mood etc? I am not "right" until I have had a cup of sweetened coffee as I know ( medically proven) that my blood sugar is wildly erratic and after a night of "fasting"?

    Could that fit with you?


  • #3
    markmoto
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭markmoto


    Graces7 wrote: »
    It could be low blood sugar affecting mood etc? I am not "right" until I have had a cup of sweetened coffee as I know ( medically proven) that my blood sugar is wildly erratic and after a night of "fasting"?

    Could that fit with you?


    Most issues occur of drugs, malnutrition or life style.
    I wouldn't artificially fix my self by getting sugar or anything else rather look into root cause and fix it naturally.


  • #4
    pottokblue
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭pottokblue


    Different people have different things to start the day, stretch, shower, sunshine, sugar, music,birdsong... have a goodday bedblues once you're up you're halfway there...


  • #5
    markmoto
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭markmoto


    pottokblue wrote: »
    Different people have different things to start the day, stretch, shower, sunshine, sugar, music,birdsong... have a goodday bedblues once you're up you're halfway there...


    Not too sure about mixing drugs into daily routine.


  • #6
    dublin49
    Registered Users Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭dublin49


    I find a cold shower at end of shower pulls you into the present and blows away any apathy or lethargy pretty sharpish.


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  • #7
    markmoto
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭markmoto


    dublin49 wrote: »
    I find a cold shower at end of shower pulls you into the present and blows away any apathy or lethargy pretty sharpish.




    Taking cold shower will:


    1. Reduce body inflammation.
    2. Increase antioxidant network including glutathione
    3. Mitochondria increase to boost more energy
    4. T-Cells increase, prevents against infection, viruses etc


  • #8
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭sporina


    bedblues wrote: »
    I have itvery bad.its either depression or anxiety or both on waking. it gets a bit better after about half hour. Not sure if i would be properly awake at first i think the brain wakes up in stages.

    anyone have this? i need something to calm me on waking

    do you have bad dreams/nightmares before you wake up?


  • #9
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    sporina wrote: »
    do you have bad dreams/nightmares before you wake up?
    yes


  • #10
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    markmoto wrote: »
    Most issues occur of drugs, malnutrition or life style.
    I wouldn't artificially fix my self by getting sugar or anything else rather look into root cause and fix it naturally.

    Ah I am working on medically proven evidence in my own case. I have a wildly erratic blood sugar, and this is a simple natural way to fix it that works every time. After a night with no nutrition? Nothing artificial. And it works. Just common sense.


  • #11
    gandalfio
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭gandalfio


    sporina wrote: »
    do you have bad dreams/nightmares before you wake up?

    What would be the significance of this?


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  • #12
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,783 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    It could be a lot of things as mentioned, including a depression attack, common apparently with my own disorder


  • #13
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    gandalfio wrote: »
    What would be the significance of this?

    Vivid dreams colour mood even in sleep and you can then wake with the echoes, especially the mood. Without remembering the exact dream. So yes a dream can create the mood you wake with.


  • #14
    Squatman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭Squatman


    bedblues wrote: »
    I have itvery bad.its either depression or anxiety or both on waking. it gets a bit better after about half hour. Not sure if i would be properly awake at first i think the brain wakes up in stages.

    anyone have this? i need something to calm me on waking

    i happened to listen to a podcast recently, and they mentioned heightened anxiety as being common due to dreaming. and that it tapers away as the morning progresses. perfectly normal for everyones anxiety levels to spike in the morning


  • #15
    RebelButtMunch
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    Squatman wrote: »
    i happened to listen to a podcast recently, and they mentioned heightened anxiety as being common due to dreaming. and that it tapers away as the morning progresses. perfectly normal for everyones anxiety levels to spike in the morning

    Maybe some kind of radio alarm clock. Or change your curtains to be more transparent?


  • #16
    Squatman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭Squatman


    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    Maybe some kind of radio alarm clock. Or change your curtains to be more transparent?

    Why so?


  • #17
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Squatman wrote: »
    Why so?

    Maybe the idea that more light means less depression>

    I had a dawn lamp with a special daylight bulb that came on slowly when you set it. That special " daylight" spectrum bulb. It did help. From a firm called " Outside in" in the UK


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