Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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caites13
caites13
Mornings are really hard for me. I'm not a morning person, I don't drink coffee. But they've become to the point where I have no energy until after lunch. I can barely function until 9am. Does anyone else get that?
Sometimes I think it's the depression or the sleeping pills. I'm supposed to take a clonazapam in the morning but when I do, I can't even work and I'm so exhausted.
Any suggestions.
andrealambert
andrealambert
the best thing I can think of that makes mornings for me is start drinking coffee. Go to Starbucks and get one of this obscenely delicious frappuccino things or a latte macchiato or make yourself a cup of black coffee & drink it all morning. Coffee is like the only thing that makes morning's bearable for me.

I take Klonopin every morning & evening too but it doesn't make me sleepy because I drink so much coffee.
Carolin57
Carolin57
I am so tired in the morning that if I can drag myself out of bed I have to have three or four strong cups of coffee to wake me up.

That seems to get me through the day. I don't drink coffee after 1pm as it would keep me awake all night if I did.
rikki123
rikki123
Agree with Andrea
dobiedots
dobiedots
I'm a disaster in the morning. I drink 3 cups of coffee. The process of waking up takes me over an hour.
SplitScreen
SplitScreen
Maybe ask your pdoc about taking your clonazapam later or maybe half it? Try that with his/her permission of course.

I get up an hour before everyone else to "wake up". Even then sometimes, I can't get moving till afternoon. I hope you get it sorted and feel better.
TC40
TC40
Make sure to take your meds early enough so that you don't have the "hangover" effect (that's how I describe it anyhow). I find that you are more alert in the am if you take the cocktail earlier.
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