Sleep question

[foxbody-87]

Here’s a one for the sleep experts. Why is it, most mornings I feel like crap. If I sleep longer at a weekend I still feel crap and end up napping in the afternoon.
But if I have to get up really early for something like a flight or a drive I’m buzzing?

[ZedLeg]

If you’re excited for something your body will release serotonin and adrenaline to help you hold tiredness off.

There could be a million reasons for why you usually feel crap in the morning.

The biggest disappointment from when I quit drinking is that I still sleep badly and wake up feeling like st every day

[mcelliott]

Could be loads of things, what time do you go to bed, what you eat stress levels what you do in the lead up to going to bed, the list is endless, generally having a lie in is not the best way to start the day, I get up the same time all the time.

[MitchT]

Similarly, if I get a sensible amount of sleep and then get up and have a plan to make the most of my day I feel great. If I wake up and then laze around for an hour before getting up I feel groggy all day and can't motivate myself to do anything.

[BabySharkDD]

Are you overweight? My father had the same issue and it was down to sleep apnoea. Due to his weight he was going through periods in the night where he’d stop breathing so he never had a proper night of sleep. It can happen without obesity, however being fat is the most common cause.

Details on it here

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-apnoea/

[fatboy b]

Same here. I put it down to holiday-mode or work-mode.

Holidays are 10 hour sleeps. Work are 7-8. Transitioning between them I find strangely tiring in both directions.

[ZedLeg]

8 hours of uninterrupted sleep with a solid routine (going to bed and getting up at the same time) combined with some basic rules like avoiding caffeine in general and looking at screens for an hour before bed is the best way to wake up feeling properly rested.

This has been explained to me several times by doctors as I’m a chronic insomniac and average about 5 hours of sleep a day. It’s never worked for me but it might work for you.

[number2]

Easier said than done. You and I would love 8 hours uninterrupted sleep. It's not that we don't want it, it just doesn't ever happen.

[ZedLeg]

Oh yeah fully, like I say. I’ve tried to follow the rules a few times but it never works. I end up getting into a bad cycle where I’ll barely sleep for days then have to rely on caffeine to keep me going through the day. I’ll then crash on my first free day and spend the majority of it sleeping.

I’m lucky if I’ll have 2 or 3 days a month where I’ll feel well rested.

[coach]

Get yourself tested to see if you need a CPAP machine. Not massively overweight but I was having 90 waking episodes an hour. Quite bad. As soon as I was on the machine it changed my life. Best thing I ever did.

[foxbody-87]

No wonder you were tired if you were waking up that much! You’d basically be in a light sleep all night and no deep sleep. I’m interested to hear any other daytime symptoms you had?

[NMNeil]

Had the same problem, just couldn't seem to wake up fully in the morning as I got older.
Found out that I'm anemic.
Multivitamins and iron pills every morning now and it's helped no end.