Strange feelings in the morning - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

ckjk5 · 09-20-2005, 05:17 AM

Wondering if anyone else understands this. It's hard to explain, but sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I feel kind of shaky on the inside, and my mind is kind of racey. I'm having thoughts like Why are we here?, Am I alright?, Does anything make sense? ect. I can't put my finger on it. I just don't feel right. It seems more intense than the usual ocd stuff. Hope someone gets it....
Carla

GatsbyLuvr1920 · 09-20-2005, 09:09 AM

I don't have these kind of obsessions, but they're somewhat common. They're what I would categorize as "metaphysical obsessions," wondering why (or if) you exist, why the universe was created, etc.
-GatsbyLuvr1920-

Punkdizzle · 09-20-2005, 08:28 PM

I get something like that when waking up also.. some days i wake up in such an anxious state my mind is blasting through 1000s of things at once.. sometimes when this happens i am so out of it i start to get derealization where nothing seems real around me anymore.. like i will look at my dog and for some silly reason it wont click in my mind that he is my dog.. i know deep down he is but the thought that "maybe" i am just dreaming i have a dog keeps intruding and i have to keep saying to myself "thats my dog, i remember picking him out as a puppy"... and so on.. until the thought passes.. i guess thats not exactly like what you are talking about.. but kinda close..

tnmomofive · 09-20-2005, 08:40 PM

yes I have woken that way many times I have never been diagnosed with OCD though just anxiety disorder.Now that im taking meds again I no longer wake that way.I lost alot of the physical and mental symptoms from anxiety upon taking meds.

take care

seaturtle · 09-21-2005, 07:20 PM

I have the same morning problem, though it can last all day, too. I usually run around all day long, physically not being able to even sit down, pushed around by the constant anxiety.
May I ask what meds have helped you?

Thank you,

Seaturtle