Posted by MoparFan91 on March 10, 2005, at 1:39:06
In reply to Anyone feel miserable, anxious on waking, only?, posted by jasmineneroli on March 9, 2005, at 20:28:11
I was in the same boat before I got back on medications and the right supplements. For me, it seems to be bipolar ultra-ultra-ultra-ultra rapid cycling.
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When I was off all medication at one time, I would wake up with anxiety and stomach butterflies. Right before getting out of bed in the morning, I would feel like I was about to have an anxiety attack. I felt nauseous as well. I would wake up in Fogsville, too. I also would feel kinda drunk (though I don't drink). Also, earlier in the day, my mood would be crappy, and I would be in a daze, or Fog. As the day, progressed, my mood would drop a little more, then I would have a number of hours of emotional numbness/flat mood. Then later in the day, my mood would be a little elated and I would have more energy, and I would be laughing a lot about silliest things.
My sleep was also so extremely messed up, that it was funny ;-D, and I would have few consecutive nights where I would get 1-2 hours of sleep a night and 10 hours on the other nights. Even 8 sleeping pills didn't get me to sleep at times. At work, I would joke about my sleep problems, employees would feel sorry for me and say to me, "I heard you didn't get any sleep last night ;-D". I also played jokes with other coworkers about how I'd bee waking up in a Fog/Daze and talking about "Fogsville".
> Although I've had a lot of stress lately, I've been managing OK on .5mg Klonopin and 1gr tryptophan daily.
> Not perfect, but I would've expected to feel a lot more anxious than I have done, given my current circumstances.
>
> BUT, I have a return of symptoms I had until about 4 months ago. That is, when I get up in the morning I feel really grumpy, irritable & gloomy. And I mean more than "just not a morning person" type of thing!! I can get motivated to be ready for work, but I'm pretty slow again. And I start having "low-grade" physical anxiety symptoms, such as slight nausea or stomach butterflies.
> Two-three hours later - around 9:30 am, I'm totally fine. Cheerful, energetic, no physical anxiety.
> Prior to my GAD blowing up a few years ago, I never had moodiness or lethargy like this on waking.
> Anyone else ever get this? Any ideas as to what causes it. I take all my meds mid-evening, and magnesium, plus D3 at bedtime.
> Thanks for your input!
> Jas.
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