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Morning person,
you either are or your not.
I've always been a morning person. My parents told me when I was a baby and a kid I always was up early and wound up.
I would always wake up and just felt like getting it going. My wife, not a morning person (more like a morning demon) used to say I would just spring out of bed and grab the day by the balls. And I did. I've always liked being the first one up and getting things going while everyone else is sleeping and out of my way.
When I was working I had my own key to the shop and if I'd wake up at 3 in the morning and was ready to go I'd drive in for some overtime. I could work as many hours as I could take. Before the economy went to hell there was always something to work on.
Then the pain started getting worse and then the economy went and I started working less and less. I'd hurt my back and my leg pain was out of control and it got harder and harder and I remember being thankful when I got laid off because I just had nothing left. I was struggling just to make it work and make it through the day.
I miss springing out of bed. Now it's a reach for my pills and a half roll half crawl out of bed. My back feels like I've been twisted out of shape all night and it's hard to straighten up until I've been moving for a little bit.
I wasn't sleeping well so we got a new mattress. I'm comfortable and sleeping through the night again. But the pain is just awful in the morning.
I have to get my wife up (did I mention she's not a morning person) and then when she's out the door it's time to get the kids up and get them ready for school. When the bus pulls away I come back in and drop. It just kicks my ass.
So it's back to this acceptance thing again. I guess my mornings are just going to be painful from now on. This frustrates the hell out of me because I really need to be at my best in the morning.
I've tried taking my pills a little early before I get up but what usually happens is once I'm awake I stay awake and end up getting up anyway.
I'm just wanting to know if any of you deal with this and if you've figured anyway to make things better in the mornings. I feel like my mornings are getting harder.
you either are or your not.
I've always been a morning person. My parents told me when I was a baby and a kid I always was up early and wound up.
I would always wake up and just felt like getting it going. My wife, not a morning person (more like a morning demon) used to say I would just spring out of bed and grab the day by the balls. And I did. I've always liked being the first one up and getting things going while everyone else is sleeping and out of my way.
When I was working I had my own key to the shop and if I'd wake up at 3 in the morning and was ready to go I'd drive in for some overtime. I could work as many hours as I could take. Before the economy went to hell there was always something to work on.
Then the pain started getting worse and then the economy went and I started working less and less. I'd hurt my back and my leg pain was out of control and it got harder and harder and I remember being thankful when I got laid off because I just had nothing left. I was struggling just to make it work and make it through the day.
I miss springing out of bed. Now it's a reach for my pills and a half roll half crawl out of bed. My back feels like I've been twisted out of shape all night and it's hard to straighten up until I've been moving for a little bit.
I wasn't sleeping well so we got a new mattress. I'm comfortable and sleeping through the night again. But the pain is just awful in the morning.
I have to get my wife up (did I mention she's not a morning person) and then when she's out the door it's time to get the kids up and get them ready for school. When the bus pulls away I come back in and drop. It just kicks my ass.
So it's back to this acceptance thing again. I guess my mornings are just going to be painful from now on. This frustrates the hell out of me because I really need to be at my best in the morning.
I've tried taking my pills a little early before I get up but what usually happens is once I'm awake I stay awake and end up getting up anyway.
I'm just wanting to know if any of you deal with this and if you've figured anyway to make things better in the mornings. I feel like my mornings are getting harder.
I competly understand getting up and in a few hrs being bushwaked again LOL
My mornings have gotten harder in the past 6 months. Hopefully this will be the worst it gets (one can hope)
i hope yours get easyer too.
I find that when I do not get up and get going sooner then later it is harder for me to move it. I have to force myself sometimes to move. Like right now it is 11am and I have not done one thing yet and if I dont get moving soon nothing will get done. Then it is a cycle for me it is depressing to not be able to get my work done and since I am on disability and I do not work in a job that makes money that is I still have work to do. I find it is to easy for me to put off things thinking I will do it tomorrow and sometimes we have to think of what we do in the home as a job with a start time and a end time to be productive just because we are in pain does not mean we get a free ride in life we have certain responsibility's to do.
I know where you are at
I still work. Wake up at 3:50 AM. Moan, realize that this is not the pain-free day that I long for, and then drag my butt out of bed. Most of my mornings are good, because that's what I choose. I don't have all of the responsibilities that you have, or probably the level of pain, but things can be proportional.
My mornings are definitely different than they were before the accident, probably because I wasn't so crabby, but I still try to do the same things. I feed the cats, morning coffee, Bible study, Bible journal, shower if necessary, and get to work by 6:00 AM.
My wife gets my lunch set up for me. We love each other and usually like each other, and that's my morning.
There are unfortunately four pills that assist in this process. I love life. I love people. I usually think outside the box, and I welcome new opportunities.
Rest. Don't push yourself beyond your capabilities, and know that you have real friends.
David.
I love to sleep late, and on my days off, that is exactly what I do!
It's not only the pain but the chronic fatigue that goes with it. It's gotten so much worse over the last 2 years.
It's just frustrating when I just can't make myself move because I'm hurting and worn out.
I used to love the morning, now I kind of dread it.
Now its get up, start coffee take meds, rest. Get kids breakfast, rest. Eat breakfast myself and get kids dressed, rest. Hope on DS and see how everyone is. Do half a chore, rest. Do the other half, rest. Put toddler down to nap, rest. Ect ect my days take alot longer now. I get the chores done that i used to be able to get done in an hr now it takes all day.
It is frustrateing to have fatigue and pain.
it took like 10 people telling me i need to slow down before i did. Now i pace myself and dont push myself and i feel alot better.
I hope you can find a good balance kansass. we aren't who we used to be but we are something new and i hope you feel proud like i do when i get something done.
big big hugs. your not alone and alot of us share your frustration.
I get precious little done anymore.
I hope the day comes soon when you get your mornings back. Hugs, Barbara
She'd oversleep everyday if I didn't get her up. I think mornings are number 1 on her s#!tlist.