runningshoe Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Hello,I wake up so tired these days. I used to be wide awake in the am. Now I feel headachey and tired like I haven't slept yet? Sound familiar? Is it the POTS and me trying to do too much? I wish everyone a good pots free day..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferInOhio Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I'm not sure. I wake up tired everyday too. I had anemia this summer, so I blamed my tiredness on that. But, now that I'm not anemic anymore, I'm still tired when I wake up...so, maybe it's just POTS. I feel less tired as the day goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 POTS patients need more sleep than the average person. One reason is that we have more interruptions in our sleep than the non-POTS patient. Katherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxie Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 O goodness yes! I've had POTS for 9 years and can't rememebr ever waking up feeling awake I have to talk myslef out of bed in the am, and most days it takes almost a half anhour if not 45 mintues Actually this morning I had a water squirter next to my bed and sprayed myself in the face, surprsingly woke me up I'm planning on trying it again tomorrow!! Any tips on getting up on the AM would helptake careMadeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan617 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 My life is total exhaustion, no matter how much sleep I get, it's a total bummer...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 oH, Yes! I have this feeling too. I have to wake up at 7 am but it is impossible and I always have to put my clock at 6 because it takes me nearly 60 minutes to awaken and get up. I usually promise myself to sleep a little in the afternoon... I have breakfast feeling tired and it takes a couple of hours at work to recover and feel completely awaken. I am feeling good in the afternoons and it turns all over again at around 9.30-10 pm, when I am exhausted, tired and want to sleep...Weekends are not very helpful, because I cannot keep for too long in bed (otherwise I start having headache, nauseas, dizzy, etc.)...What an excellent idea, Madeline! But congratulations for being able to spray yourself! Knowing the effect, I do not think I would do it Love,Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Lina,Yes, I wake up tired all the time. I haven't had a day in almost 5 years that I haven't felt tired all day long. It doesn't matter if I get 8 hours of sleep or 12 hours of sleep. I am always tired and always weak. Many mornings I wake up at 10am or after, but can't actually get out of bed right away because I'm too weak. It takes my body a while to "wake up" I guess. My best time of day is the afternoon. I'm neither a morning person nor a night person!I have noticed that if I do too much one day that I pay for it the next day with extra weakness and fatigue. Of course, the definition of "too much" has changed over the years. What used to be a bad day, is now a good day. I hope that answers your questions. And I hope you sleep well tonight and start to feel better soon.Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli6596 Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Yes, I never could wake up well... even as a child before the POTS demon. I am so NOT a morning person. Now, I am always dragging in the mornings. I cannot remember the year that I last felt not tired in the morning. If I don't take melatonin at bedtime, I have started to wake up after each dream. That's what it seems like anyway.Karyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P SUDIK Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Lina,Yes, I wake up tired all the time. I haven't had a day in almost 5 years that I haven't felt tired all day long. It doesn't matter if I get 8 hours of sleep or 12 hours of sleep. I am always tired and always weak. Many mornings I wake up at 10am or after, but can't actually get out of bed right away because I'm too weak. It takes my body a while to "wake up" I guess. My best time of day is the afternoon. I'm neither a morning person nor a night person!I have noticed that if I do too much one day that I pay for it the next day with extra weakness and fatigue. Of course, the definition of "too much" has changed over the years. What used to be a bad day, is now a good day. I hope that answers your questions. And I hope you sleep well tonight and start to feel better soon.Rachel Hi Rachel, I know exactly what you mean about a bad day now being good.Lina,Yes, I wake up tired all the time. I haven't had a day in almost 5 years that I haven't felt tired all day long. It doesn't matter if I get 8 hours of sleep or 12 hours of sleep. I am always tired and always weak. Many mornings I wake up at 10am or after, but can't actually get out of bed right away because I'm too weak. It takes my body a while to "wake up" I guess. My best time of day is the afternoon. I'm neither a morning person nor a night person!I have noticed that if I do too much one day that I pay for it the next day with extra weakness and fatigue. Of course, the definition of "too much" has changed over the years. What used to be a bad day, is now a good day. I hope that answers your questions. And I hope you sleep well tonight and start to feel better soon.Rachel Hi Rachel, I know exactly what you mean about a bad day now being good. My normal everyday bad is now fairly good day. I think only a potsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMouse Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 The exhaustion/non refreshed after sleep is a common symptom with POTS and related disorders. You might want to scan through the main DINET site under the symptoms section.http://www.dinet.org/symptoms.htmNina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I *always* wake up exhausted. Unless I take a double dose of Cymbalta which makes e go manic- and I *mean* manic, as in wake up at430 am unable to sit still or stop talking/thinking moving. It my sound good, but it makes me pretty unwell.Anyhow, back to the topic in hand- yep, I find it absolutely impossible to get up bright and early I always used to be up and about for 8-8.30am. Now I'm forcing myself out of bed for 10. And I mean FORCING. I think a lot of it has to do with the winter for me- I have anew lightbox which helps a bit but I find the darker, shorter days make me even more exhausted.I think mood can have a lot to do with it too, although now, unlike last year, when I open my curtains in the morning. I feel excited about what the day will bring rather than scared and anxious about where I'm gonna faint next!The water spray is brilliant. I should do that, but I expect I'd still just curl up into a wee ball! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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