As long as i can remember now (since grade 12 in high school i think, 1999) i've always woken up tired in the morning, so tired lately that i can't get outa bed or open my eyes. Sometimes i'll get up and go on the computer for an hour or so and then have to go back to bed. I usualy go to bed around 3am and wake up around noon. It doens't matter how many hours i sleep for, always feel the same in the morning. I'd just like to wake up once and be refreshed...

I was diagnosed with add a while back in elementary school and was taking medication for a year or 2 then went off it for some reason, can't remember.

anyone got any suggestions?

I was the same way all my life. Just figured that's the way I would always be . Then my Dr. diagnosed depression and started me on Wellbutrin. Major difference. I could get to sleep without too much trouble and when I woke up it didn't take me hours to feel awake. I'm not saying Wellbutrin will do this for you ,but that it seemed to be a neurotransmitter problem that the Wellbutrin corrected for me. After being diagnosed with ADD it made sense.

Talk to your Dr. and see if there is something that might help.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

spoke to the doctor about a week or 2 ago, he said its my sleeping pattern, and i need to exercise 4 times a week and go to bed before midngiht and wake up at 10 or earlier.... hasn't made a difference....

Yes, I have had Dr's tell me that for years about the exercise thing...lol. While it somtimes helps me fall asleep better I still always wake up kind of groggy. I still felt the same way when I was on medication.

What helps me "wake up" is to take a shower as soon as I get out of bed with some up beat music playing. Or another things that does help me "wake up" is to exercise I bought one of thoe Tonly Little Gazelles a couple of months ago and just doing a couple of mintutes on it really help.

BY the way have you ever been checked for Anemia?

the doctor ordered a blodo test which came back normal, im assuming this is waht he was checking for?


BY the way have you ever been checked for Anemia?

i have the same problem i can sleep for 8 hours normal and i still wake up tired maybe it;s feom gfetting too much sleep or something like that i don't know

I'm tired all the time, but I can't sleep either. And when I do get plenty of sleep, I'm still tired.

I was dx'd with CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) back in 1998. And I have always had insomnia, since birth. Along with Fibromyalgia.

So your not alone.

Yes, I think there are only a handful of times I've woken up feeling like I had gotten enough sleep. I hate it! How can people with so much energy be so tired?? hmmmmmmmm......maybe I just answered my own question?

We ADDers aren't the only ones that feel this way. I think those that get up feeling refreshed in the moring are in the minority. Just look at the whole cofee industry.

I take a hot bath, it is my coffee.
If I sleep more than 7 hours I am tired all day, then zooming all night!( Which I end up doing regardless)
If I get busy and get excersise right away (get the adrenalie pumping) I'm much better.
Cofee doesn't do much beyond taste good for me. Makes me more tired often.

Hi!

I too have had a similar experience with sleep.
I feel `hung over` when I wake up... or I used to.
THe best thing I found to help was to set my alarm for an hour before my actual wake up time, set a glass of water and my ritalin beside my bed where I can take it without fumbling around...
when the alarm goes off, I turn it off, and take the meds, and then go back to bed. The result is a gradual focusing of my brain as I start to wake up. I wake up feeling clear headed and calmer. It`s amazing the diffrence it`s made on the rest of my day.
Make sure you have two alarms though, in case you have a harder time waking up.. or need to have a wake up time.

I hope this helps!
Also make sure you`re getting into a routine... I take anti-anxiety meds as well, and they have helped me get a more regular sleep pattern.

I'm surprised none of you wonderful sleepy heads have mentioned Sleep Apnea yet. I have been a night owl and a sleepy head in the morning, to the point of being groggy and in a fog, for my entire life. Then I was finally diagnosed properly with sleep apnea. Wow, what a difference it makes to get some sleep. Check if you have sleep apnea, because it can help a lot to feel refreshed in the mornings. As you know by now, us ADDers tend to have more than one issue, physical, psychological and neurological, going on at the same time, so don't ignore this possible cause of your sleepiness. Also, it can cause diabetes and many other nasty medical problems if it goes untreated.

Jon

i'm waiting in line to get checked at a sleep center at the university here, when i sent in the application it said typical wait times are 6 months, so until then i'm just hanging in.

My sleep study said mild apnea; not enough to warrant intervention....just lose a little weight.

Still looking, still investigating...still sleepy.

Sleepzalot

The BEST night's sleep I notice happen under the following conditions(granted these aren't perfect)....but my chances for a pretty good night sleep occur when:

-I exercised that day....(but before like 6:00 p.m.)
-I had no cafffeine that day (not even tea or chocolate)
-I had no naps that day and stayed out of the bedroom
-I worked really hard at something, mentally or physically that day that required sustained effort or concentration or thought....
-I go to bed having prayed for a good night's sleep (yup works:)) and got my mind quiet.
-nothing really GREAT or AWFUL is anticipated for the NEXT day...
-nothing really GREAT or AWFUL happened that day....
-didn't watch T.V. before going to sleep (none, not even the news)
-I go to bed in a bed that I actually made that day:)
-my "jammies" are comfortable and so are the sheets and blanket
-not too cold nor hot....
-a clock radio must sit on my nightable....
-not hungry before bed
-went to bed not too early not too late (too late and overtired actually wrecks my sleep; go figure)....

THe best thing I found to help was to set my alarm for an hour before my actual wake up time, set a glass of water and my ritalin beside my bed where I can take it without fumbling around...when the alarm goes off, I turn it off, and take the meds, and then go back to bed. The result is a gradual focusing of my brain as I start to wake up. I wake up feeling clear headed and calmer.

Slowpoke, I'm trying this! I know for me I wake up with my mind all in fuzz. Great Idea.

Originally posted by joanrdtobe
The BEST night's sleep I notice happen under the following conditions(granted these aren't perfect)....but my chances for a pretty good night sleep occur when:

-I exercised that day....(but before like 6:00 p.m.)
-I had no cafffeine that day (not even tea or chocolate)
-I had no naps that day and stayed out of the bedroom
-I worked really hard at something, mentally or physically that day that required sustained effort or concentration or thought....
-I go to bed having prayed for a good night's sleep (yup works:)) and got my mind quiet.
-nothing really GREAT or AWFUL is anticipated for the NEXT day...
-nothing really GREAT or AWFUL happened that day....
-didn't watch T.V. before going to sleep (none, not even the news)
-I go to bed in a bed that I actually made that day:)
-my "jammies" are comfortable and so are the sheets and blanket
-not too cold nor hot....
-a clock radio must sit on my nightable....
-not hungry before bed
-went to bed not too early not too late (too late and overtired actually wrecks my sleep; go figure)....

Anabsolutely WONDERFUL list!

I agree great list.

One thing I have to add to it that I've found very helpful is not only physical exertion but being outdoors and having sunlight exposure. This seems to make a huge difference for me.

The sun tends to wear me out and make me feel great at the same time.

I have problems sleeping to. Here for the last few months, I wake very tired and in alot of pain. It is usaully the pain that wakes me. My joints hurt, exspecially my left shoulder and hip and knee. I have been to the doc and they say it's in my head. I am not depressed, but feel so sometimes because of lack of sleep. After, i get up around, take a couple of tylenol, I will be okay after a couple of hours. Anyways, I just get as many zzzzzz's as my body will let me and hope it is enough.

Waking up had always been very hard for me. My mother says when I was little I used to cry all the time when she'd woken me up. I hardly hear the alarm clock in the morning and make it repeat and repeat and repeat. For hours. Sometimes I feel like I'm falling asleep again driving my car to work in the morning. Singing out loud helps.

Be sure to check the sleep apnea angle. I know it runs in my family and my doc added a med (Provigil) and it has helped the waking up thing - just can't figure out how to stay asleep. I may have to do the sleep clinic thing too. I also find waking up 1 hr or so before I have to and taking the meds helps a lot, but then they start wearing off before I'm ready for them to.

Oh Well

David

When I was a little kid, it took me forever to get out of bed. I was almost always late to school because of it. It didn't start effecting my energy and mood until I was about 8 yrs old. At that point, I would cry at the sound of a pin drop. Since I was 11, it has taken me around 2 hrs to fall asleep; then I tend to wake up every 20-40 minutes.

It was easier to wake up for about one year, even though I still had the insomnia. The past week though, It's been taking me 2 1/2- 3 hrs to be able to just sit up in bed. My eyes keep closing and I can hardly move when I try to get up. Then it takes me an hour or so just to get dressed! My mind must be somewhere else most of the day...

Cyndi (neuroangel)

BTW, I think the lack of sleep causes half of our problems. A sleep deficit gradually lowers your serotonin level, which leads to aches and pains, and also depression.

Cyndi (neuroangel)