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

[Anonymoose]

For years now, I've woken up tired. I've come to accept it and I allow myself time in bed to try to wake up.

 

[faerieevenstar]

I'm tired even though I sleep from midnight until about 2pm... I'm always tired. If I get up any earlier I just fall asleep in whatever I'm doing...

 

[baileysemt]

I truly think this is just part of PTSD.

•• Herc, the constant ass-dragging tiredness? I was experiencing the exact same thing ... in fact I would spend pretty much all day in bed, most days, because I was soooo tired. I slept 12-14 hours a day routinely, plus naps, and I was still exhausted.

If I had to take a guess, I would say it is the excess/flood of stress hormones constantly bathing our brains, burning up our energy? It was as if I was running a marathon and solving the world's problems, 24 hours a day. That kind of exhaustion. And all I was doing was laying in bed? -- that's gotta stress hormones, totally.

•• As for sleeping on just a bare mattress with a blanket -- ditto for me as well!!!! Exactly!!! :eek:

Whether this is caused by PTSD or depression (I have both; my doc identifies the ambivalence/don't care attitude as depression) -- I finally decided, does it really matter? Either way, it is what it is.


So toss my token into the pool, I can totally corroborate those experiences. You're not the only one!

Bailey

 

[Mick]

I'm always tired no matter how much sleep I get. As far as fighting during sleep I do it all the time. I some times punch or kick things during dreams. I've mashed my toes many times on a wood TV tray by my bed.

 

[Grama-Herc]

Well, Mick

Now I know where the mysterious bruises I get sometimes come from. I was beginning to think I was waking around in my sleep bumping into things!

Even thought "good lord, am I going out and not knowing it"? I started noting the mileage on my car before bed and when I got up. I would be like"hung over" in the mornings and super tired. I really was beginning to worry and was getting afraid to go to sleep---fearing what I was doing in my sleep--partying, who knew? ! ? !

At least know I know I am tired because of the PTSD and I'm not loosing my grip!

 

[Mick]

One time shortly after I was out of the hospital from my stabbing in a drunken haze I left town with a friend who was going home which is about 1200 miles away. I woke up from my stupor half way there. Than my first night there I passed out drunk and ended up sleep/drunk walking around this small town. I was awakened some what by a police officer. I guess I'd walked by the station a few times. I must have looked crazy to him I was still a wild rocker I had on nothing but my leather pants no shoes or shirt in the rain with these fresh heart surgery scars on my chest and covered in tattoos. I thought I was back home walking to a friends house. He asked if I was OK I slurred something and he let me walk off lost. I had no wallet, phone or anything. It was one weird time slowly realizing where I was.

 

[pandora]

I have a hard time sleeping......my problem is...I wake up mad...for no reason. I really have to control this and it is something i work hard on but I always wake up pissed right off.....i don't really know why?

 

[flyable6string]

Watch T.V. to sleep

I dont know if this will help you or not, but my wife suffers from PTSD, she will turn on the T.V., leave it on all night, she says it helps her sleep better. I dont understand how the T.V. helps her, In my own thinking, it probably helps to shut off some of the chatter from her thoughts because she becomes interested in a program and falls asleep while watching it, so her mind stays busy trying to concentrate on the program and not file through any thoughts like it would if the room was quiet.

 

[sunnydaze]

Mick,
I don't know if you are on any anti-depressions or sleeping pills. Some of these like Ambien have now been noted for people waking up in the middle of the night and driving, walking ect. A side effect of this drug.
If you are, I would check with your doc.
sunnydaze

 

[baileysemt]

I dont know if this will help you or not, but my wife suffers from PTSD, she will turn on the T.V., leave it on all night, she says it helps her sleep better. I dont understand how the T.V. helps her, In my own thinking, it probably helps to shut off some of the chatter from her thoughts because she becomes interested in a program and falls asleep while watching it, so her mind stays busy trying to concentrate on the program and not file through any thoughts like it would if the room was quiet.

That's exactly what's going on. Bless you for understanding it. :smile:

Bailey

 

[Marlene]

It all depends on what happened during the night. When the nightmares kick up (stress high) I tend to wake up three or four times during the night. When the alarm goes off, I'm usually wiped out and drag ass for the rest of the day. If it weren't for coffee I doubt I'd make it through some days.

I had four nights in a row of lack of sleep due to nightmares. I was also dealing with knots in my shoulders and would wake with tight muscles and in pain. I got the knots worked out and have slept through the night for the last three nights.

My DH tells me he knows how my night has been (and how my day will be) when he gets up and I'm still in bed rather than in the livingroom trying to get some sleep in my recliner.

Lisa

 

[Deleted member 487]

When nightmares kick up, sometimes I'll toss and turn if they're mild. If they are more than mild, the worse it gets. The worst of the bunch will keep me awake all night. My "other-self" will actually prevent me from sleeping, and it's good when it does. When I had a job and I had to force myself to sleep no matter the nightmares, it would compound the problem. And sometimes there's nothing I can do to force myself to sleep. That is the absolute worst.

Since I lost my job I have gained so much more mental stability. I feel a lot better mentally.