Porker
10-19-2003, 01:59 AM
Hi,
I have a simple question, hopefully some people can provide the answer for me.
After having slept up to 9 hours, isn't a normal, healthy person supposed to feel rested and ready to face the day with at least a little bit of energy to get going?
The reason I ask is because I have never felt this way of a morning on waking, at least not in the past 14 years. I always feel extremely tired and groggy--as if I haven't slept through the night.
I'm just wondering if it's a real problem or if it's simply a matter of some people aren't "morning people." This is a problem that severely impacts my day-to-day living.
Thanks,
Porker
I have a simple question, hopefully some people can provide the answer for me.
After having slept up to 9 hours, isn't a normal, healthy person supposed to feel rested and ready to face the day with at least a little bit of energy to get going?
The reason I ask is because I have never felt this way of a morning on waking, at least not in the past 14 years. I always feel extremely tired and groggy--as if I haven't slept through the night.
I'm just wondering if it's a real problem or if it's simply a matter of some people aren't "morning people." This is a problem that severely impacts my day-to-day living.
Thanks,
Porker
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HalinaGold
10-19-2003, 05:50 AM
There could be many reasons for you feeling tired in the morning, you've got to look at it from different angels.
Here are a few questions to begin with:
Does it happen always or only when you follow a schedule?
Have you ever had a chance to find out what happens if you go to sleep when you feel like it and get up when you feel like it?
Do you sleep lightly?
Do you wake up several times during the night?
Are you stressed?
Are you happy with your life?
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Halina
Here are a few questions to begin with:
Does it happen always or only when you follow a schedule?
Have you ever had a chance to find out what happens if you go to sleep when you feel like it and get up when you feel like it?
Do you sleep lightly?
Do you wake up several times during the night?
Are you stressed?
Are you happy with your life?
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Halina
Corinna_H
10-19-2003, 07:22 AM
You may well not be a morning person, but you should be feeling OK once you have been up for a while. You sound as if you feel much worse than would be accounted for by that.
There is a distinct possibility you have sleep apnea, and you need a sleep study to check this out.
Even if you don't snore you can still have the problem.
You may well be entirely unaware of stopping breathing and think you are all right, but feeling unrefreshed is one of the symptoms as is waking with a headache...it comes back to me that you have mentioned headaches in another posting, which would fit.
Now I have been to look at that other posting of yours on this matter and words of great wisdom have been said to you already about sleep apnea. I guess you are hoping for a less troublesome diagnosis or for some reason don't want to face apnea as a possibility?
Sleep apnea doesn't just go away, it is damaging to your health and you really might be surprised how much better you feel if you are treated for it, usually by a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine.
If a sleep study rules out apnea, then you can relax about that possibility, but you will never know if you don't get tested, nor will you feel better without treatment if it is the cause of your problems.
Do I guess from your posting name you just might be carrying around some extra weight??? Cpap can actually help people loose weight as when they are treated they they have more energy and are more active!
You have nothing to loose from getting a sleep study and so much to gain if it is the cause of your problems, I know it takes effort to go see someone about it, but you really could benefit more thanyou might believe, I wish you good luck in your search for a cure, it could happen! :)
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There is a distinct possibility you have sleep apnea, and you need a sleep study to check this out.
Even if you don't snore you can still have the problem.
You may well be entirely unaware of stopping breathing and think you are all right, but feeling unrefreshed is one of the symptoms as is waking with a headache...it comes back to me that you have mentioned headaches in another posting, which would fit.
Now I have been to look at that other posting of yours on this matter and words of great wisdom have been said to you already about sleep apnea. I guess you are hoping for a less troublesome diagnosis or for some reason don't want to face apnea as a possibility?
Sleep apnea doesn't just go away, it is damaging to your health and you really might be surprised how much better you feel if you are treated for it, usually by a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine.
If a sleep study rules out apnea, then you can relax about that possibility, but you will never know if you don't get tested, nor will you feel better without treatment if it is the cause of your problems.
Do I guess from your posting name you just might be carrying around some extra weight??? Cpap can actually help people loose weight as when they are treated they they have more energy and are more active!
You have nothing to loose from getting a sleep study and so much to gain if it is the cause of your problems, I know it takes effort to go see someone about it, but you really could benefit more thanyou might believe, I wish you good luck in your search for a cure, it could happen! :)
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Porker
10-19-2003, 04:00 PM
Hi,
I just basically wanted to find out if a person SHOULD feel good when they wake up in the morning. I guess phrases like "good morning" tend to baffle me because I've never had a morning I would describe as good. Everyone around me doesn't seem to have the same problem I'm having.
I have not ruled out sleep apnea as a possibilty, in fact it is high on my list of likely explanations for what's ailing me.
Thanks,
Porker
I just basically wanted to find out if a person SHOULD feel good when they wake up in the morning. I guess phrases like "good morning" tend to baffle me because I've never had a morning I would describe as good. Everyone around me doesn't seem to have the same problem I'm having.
I have not ruled out sleep apnea as a possibilty, in fact it is high on my list of likely explanations for what's ailing me.
Thanks,
Porker
Corinna_H
10-19-2003, 04:51 PM
Hi Porker,
Oh, I see, fair enough!
I have two children out of three who are night owls rather than larks, a pattern apparent even in the early months of their life! I know one of them cannot even be spoken to for the first half hour of the day as she refuses to speak until she has properly come to:) LOL!
Mind you, neither of them exactly helps themselves as they go to bed so late! But yes, they are both fine once they have come to. Their whole day isn't blighted:)
Your parents should know if you used to be a 'lark' or if you have always been an 'owl', though there is obviously more than that going on to make you feel so bad, I hope you find a way to feel better!
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Oh, I see, fair enough!
I have two children out of three who are night owls rather than larks, a pattern apparent even in the early months of their life! I know one of them cannot even be spoken to for the first half hour of the day as she refuses to speak until she has properly come to:) LOL!
Mind you, neither of them exactly helps themselves as they go to bed so late! But yes, they are both fine once they have come to. Their whole day isn't blighted:)
Your parents should know if you used to be a 'lark' or if you have always been an 'owl', though there is obviously more than that going on to make you feel so bad, I hope you find a way to feel better!
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Porker
10-19-2003, 05:11 PM
That's the weird part. Before say, age 12 I used to have no problem getting up early. I used to do it everyday without a fight. It seemed so natural to me then. Now I'm 24 and struggling to get out of bed of a morning, even after sleeping in excess of 9 hours during the night.
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Corinna_H
10-21-2003, 06:00 PM
i seem to recall that when kids hit puberty things change so that you don't feel tired and able to sleep as early as you do before puberty, so it is harder to get to bed at a reasonable time, and you feel less able to get up at a reasonable hour...I wish I could remember the details better.
It is just possible that the reason you felt bad at 12 years isn't the reason you feel bad now. whatever, as you have 9 hours sleep, something makes you need a lot more sleep than normal.
It is just possible that the reason you felt bad at 12 years isn't the reason you feel bad now. whatever, as you have 9 hours sleep, something makes you need a lot more sleep than normal.