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Konstans
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23 Jan 2013, 7:15 pm

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I have always had big problems waking up. I feel like I want to die right after I wake up and this feeling last for hours, often longer. I can't belive that everyone else feels the same way. I understand that others have problems waking up, but all the people I have talked to, says it's no big deal to wake up. They are tired, but that's all.
For me, it is so bad I start worrying the night before, and in some cases I lie awake all night to avoid the pain of waking up.

Anyone else have this problem?
When you say it hurts, are you talking about physical pain? I have arthritis and fibromyalgia, and when either is flaring up it hurts to wake up in the morning.

Aside from physical pain, though, I've never been a morning person. I also quite often don't sleep well, so I don't get a restorative sleep a lot of times, for the reasons mentioned above, and possibly due to sleep apnea, which I've suspected for a while that I have sometimes.



I have physical pain in adition to feeling unwell inside. My mother have fibromialgya, btw.



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23 Jan 2013, 7:18 pm

I might have narcolepsy. Sometimes i fall asleep right away. I wake up in the middle of the night and savor being awake while its still quiet and dark because that feels like solid rest. I thought I was having seizures that made me sleepy, but now i think it could be narcolepsy.



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24 Jan 2013, 2:58 am

My sensory issues are at their worst for the first few hours that I am awake. My filters are super low. I read recently that people with ASDs have been found to have low cortisol levels when they wake up- Most people get a surge of cortisol just after they wake up to prepare the body for the day. We don't get this surge, so are lacking this chemical that helps us to manage stress well. It definitely makes sense for me, I am on the edge of a meltdown for hours after I've woken up.

To try to manage it I have developed intricate routines that remove every possible bit of thinking and uncertainty from my morning. It has helped a bit.



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24 Jan 2013, 6:18 pm

alexi wrote:
My sensory issues are at their worst for the first few hours that I am awake. My filters are super low. I read recently that people with ASDs have been found to have low cortisol levels when they wake up- Most people get a surge of cortisol just after they wake up to prepare the body for the day. We don't get this surge, so are lacking this chemical that helps us to manage stress well. It definitely makes sense for me, I am on the edge of a meltdown for hours after I've woken up.

To try to manage it I have developed intricate routines that remove every possible bit of thinking and uncertainty from my morning. It has helped a bit.


Very interesting!
I too am a zombie hours after waking up. Like if it is not me in my body and it run on autopilot or emergency modus. I manage to drive my stickshift car perfectly, but can't keep up a normal conversation or think straight.
I do my best work in the evenings, often right before bedtime. That is also the part of the day I'm the best shape. A pity, really.



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24 Jan 2013, 10:04 pm

Zodai wrote:
Honestly, sometimes I just take some time to get up. I don't work with rushing ><


EXACTLY the way I feel. If my morning is rushed, my whole day ends up being nothing but irritation and anxiety.



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25 Jan 2013, 2:29 am

I wake up so easily to the slightest change in temperature, the slightest noise, the slightest uncomfortable feeling. Can't turn my senses off even when I am sleeping!



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25 Jan 2013, 11:22 pm

Lordy lordy...I have the worst time in the world waking up. And it doesn't matter if I've had 4 hours of sleep or 7 hours or 11 hours. From the time I'm first conscious of the world around me, it takes me minimum 20 minutes to get awake enough to actually make myself vertical. It helps a little if it's later in the day. I don't have quite as much trouble if I try getting up around 10 am as opposed to 6 am. Showers don't help, loud alarms don't help. I always set my alarm for 20 minutes before I have to be up so I can compensate.



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26 Jan 2013, 2:46 pm

I can use the snooze button for 3-4 hours and still manage to fall in deep sleep in between each time the clock went off.