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Anxiety Much Higher In The Morning

salvatop
salvatop
I was wondering if anyone out there endures the same issue that I do. It is a consistent pattern my anxiety is much higher in the morning when I wake up. I then go to the gym workout and I find that my anxiety is much lower the rest of the day. I go to bed with low anxiety, I sleep well, and if I wake in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom my anxiety is still very low. Once I wake up in the morning then the anxiety is much higher, I would say by a factor of 10. My anxiety is 10 times worse when I wake as compared to when I go to bed. It is a very consistent pattern happening almost every day. Is anyone experiencing the same thing??
wilmiefern
wilmiefern
I also experiences "peaks" in my anxiety and depression. In the past I have switched the time I take my meds in order not to experience side effects (i.e., drowsiness, nausea). I ended up deciding to take the medication before going to bed to control those symptoms. Currently I find that afternoons are a bit harder for me. It would be interesting to know why.
LittleSadie
LittleSadie
Yes, sometimes I hate waking up in the morning because I know the anxiety is coming. It takes me most of the day to bring it down.
bridgie101
bridgie101
I did too. Have you tried tutuing with things like sugar consumption? I used to find that would send me off the charts.

The other thing I did for a while was set my alarm early so I could have my panic attack and start to come out of it before I had to get up for work.
Rruussnn
Rruussnn
I do often feel more anxious in the mid morning when at home. But when I leave my apartment I tend to feel better. I think time alone tends to make me anxious and being outside helps shift the focus a bit.
ann54
ann54
I am glad to see I am not alone, my anxiety is high in the mornings too, as soon as I get up even with all the meds I take. sometimes it is even worse on days off. haven't figured out the why or what to do about but I feel for you, it really sucks
salvatop
salvatop
I keep thinking about it myself and I think part of my anxiety in the morning is that I'm not working, so when I wake up my subconscious knows that other people are going to work and I'm not. This negatively affects my self worth which I believe contributes to raising my anxiety in the mornings.
Reed31
Reed31
Have you had your hormones checked? I had a doctor do this for me and we found some answers. The way they test it is to have you do a saliva check first thing in the morning, then at noon and again in the afternoon and evening. My anxiety, along with some stress hormones are highest in the morning and lowest in the evening. The opposite of what most people experience. Once they got my hormones under control, my morning anxiety was helped a great deal.
anxietypath
anxietypath
Very common. What I would suggest is that you set your alarm for 15 minutes earlier - just to shake up your schedule - and then jump out of bed immediately and start your day.

If you lay in bed and hit the snooze button a couple of times or lay there and think about the day, what your doing is inviting anxiety to intensify. Get up earlier - and get going immediately. This should certainly help somewhat in just a few days (a week?).

Hope this helps.
SamanthaAnn1
SamanthaAnn1
I get very anxious in the morning too. Sometimes I will stay in bed for over an hour after waking up, but then I also get it very badly sometimes when I am trying to sleep. I haven't figured out a way to get rid of the issue in the morning, though.
LittleSadie
LittleSadie
It sucks. This morning I tried passionflower but I think I had an allergic reaction and I went into basically full panic mode for a few hours. I read this is a very rare side effect, it's supposed to relax you. Of course I seem to be one of the few that it doesn't help.
raspberryroyale
raspberryroyale
The same thing happens for me. I think it is two things. 1) going to work helps me the rest of the day because i'm being active and burning off some of that excess energy. 2) lying down whether at night or in the morning while everything is quiet and nothing distracts me is difficult.
redvelvetcake
redvelvetcake
Yes it is. It comes and goes but sometimes I get a period of time when every single morning it is a struggle to get up and going with the anxiety. It feels like I can't move. It then goes away and sometimes it is worse at night. I have yet to find my trigger. If I do, I'll let you all know. Hugs.
cats1998
cats1998
Yes, I feel anxiety to some extent every morning. Fortunately it's pretty minor most days. Worse on days I know I have a lot of problems to deal with at work, or if I overslept and have to really rush around. I find that when I'm engaged in something, or otherwise distracted my anxiety is not an issue. I guess I have to figure to how to keep my brain "engaged and/or distracted"? Any of your thoughts will be appreciated!!
kenznoel
kenznoel
Mine is always worse in the morning. I think that's really common. Sometimes I wake up at 5 and am so anxious I can't go back to sleep. Evenings are the best for me.
ebeth35
ebeth35
Absolutely. I think with me it's b/c during the day I build up my resolve, and when I wake up in the morning I have to start all over with a blank slate.
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