Posted by Bob on June 18, 2008, at 15:20:46
In reply to Re: extreme morning fatugue (energy fine night before), posted by Yoda on June 18, 2008, at 12:21:57
> I thought I was the only person who got this! Its so frustrating, because it totaly removes the point of sleeping. Whats worse is that caffeine just makes the body jittery without removing that wooly brain feeling. Sometimes i even wake up with a headache, these i call "sleep hangovers".
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> Im guesing it has something to do with the brain staying stuck in a kind of hibernate mode. Maybe eating and drinking as soon as getting up could help. Listen to loud music, bright light, exersise and a cool shower might help as well.
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> One sure way to stop this is to pop some ephedrine or yohimbine an hour before you want to get out of bed- if you can get it of course.__________________________________________________
You're not the only person that gets this, but it is not really discussed in the medical community that I can see. This "phenomenon" has been one of the key fatal flaws of meds, as many that have actually helped depression have caused me to not be able to wake up any longer. Seemingly anything with an SSR component are offenders but some much more than others.
Your statement about the brain getting "stuck in a hibernate mode" is quite aptly descriptive. This is how it feels to me.
I have tried many, many things over the years to try and combat the morning coma effect and although some things have worked briefly, nothing ameliorated it entirely. I've tried coffee, melatonin pills, SAD lights right next to my face on a timer, jumping in the shower (dried off and got back in bed), wake up phone calls, alarms, etc. Nothing works in the end except coming off of the med.
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