Are You More Tired Upon Awakening Than When You Went To Sleep?

[Grama-Herc]

I know that we have very good information available to us in regard to sleep difficulties, but I could not find anything that adressed this issue.

I am so tired of waking up more tired than I was when I went to bed.

I have stopped making my bed or even tucking in the top sheet. Why bother. When I get up in the morning my bed looks like a fight happened. Everything is tied up in a knot.

I am absolutely worn out when I wake up. I need to literally take a nap to rest up from my night time sleep.

What the hell is this about anyway? ? ? ? :wall:

 

[captrn1]

Herc-
I know that when I suffer an attack I can only catnap during the day due to exhaustion.
Try skipping the nap and see if you can get a nights sleep. sometimes it works but more often not. If I am in the hypervig mode forget it. I am toast for days....
sorry I cant be of much help.

 

[linasmom]

Herc - YES! In fact, I'm tired now from last night and I'm taking a nap. blah!

 

[Deleted member 487]

I don't even bother making my bed. I sleep on a bare mattress and use a blanket and pillow. I just don't care.

 

[lrs]

I have sleep apnea, had a sleep study done in 2000. I use a cpap machine for this. I would not want to live without it.
It is my belief, there is a cross section of a sort, with PTSD and sleep disturbances. I think poor quality sleep might tend to perpetuate the chemical / neurological imbalance, that people with PTSD already have. Good sleep is not going to cure PTSD, but it is helpfull.
I think it would be invaluable for you, and others who have similar experience, to go and have a sleep study.

 

[becvan]

Herc, could you be fighting in your sleep?

I know when I wake up and the bed looks like that it means I've been tossing, turning, punching and kicking all night long. Basically reliving some of my trauma while I sleep. This usually happens if something has triggered a flashback during the day or my hypervigilance has gotten extreme from something during the day.

Just a thought..
bec

 

[2quilt]

I have sleep apnea too, and I use a cpap every night. It has reduced my naps, cleared the brain fog of fibromyalgia, given me energy and made my IQ go up a whole point.

 

[Grama-Herc]

Well now, looks like I've got some interesting things to think about in regard to my sleep or lack of it.

Bec. Never thought about fighting in my sleep. I am certainly tired enough to have been fighting. Lord knows the bed looks like it. Could very well be my "mystery monsters" I'm fighting. Interesting Hmmmmmmmmmm?

A sleep study could be an idea. However, getting an agoraphobic to sleep some place other than home would not exactly work, now would it? Talk about an anxiety attack---Good Lord---not a good idea. All I would do all night would be toss, turn, sweat and panic.

 

[sunnydaze]

Grama-Herc,
I am always tired. I yawn all day. I had 12 hours of sleep on and off last night hoping, I would feel refreshed. Today time will tell. I usually go to bed at midnight to ensure 8 hours of sleep. Last night was an early night. I too have sleep apnea and sleep w/CPAP. Many nights, I wake up with the hose unplugged and am having a hard time breathing or the hose is wrapped around me several times. I have tried different gadgets and masks w/ CPAP and this is the only one that I deal with the best. I also use a seperate anti-depression med, sleeping pill and flexiril to get this 8 hours sleep.
sunnydaze

 

[sunnydaze]

Becvan,
Glad to see your back.
Peace!
sunnydaze

 

[cypher]

Hi Herc,
This happens to me too. I'm so tired in the morning if I slept. It's almost worse than not sleeping at all and so difficult to pull myself out of bed! I don't know what's up with this? It's hard to focus on things and concentrate on what I need to do at work. But I don't know, good question!

 

[becvan]

Thanks sunnydaze!

Herc, you have a nice choice of options, I'd say explore them all and find out what is causing it!

bec