Hello all,

This is my first post so apologies if I unwittingly go against some convention.

I have some unfortunate experience with this and here are my suggestions for alleviating morning anxiety:

1. Take magnesium before sleep, or valerian root.
2. Leave two glasses of water on your bed table before retiring for the day. One to be plain water and the other mixed with honey (manuka honey is good), so the second may require the water to be warm. The honey water is healthy and will help you get a kick in the morning without caffeine and also clear your inside.
3. You can mix the plain water with either L-Theanine or Picamilon. Both work wonders for morning anxiety. I use bulk powders for both for cost efficiency and easy absorption. They have no strong taste so need not be capped. The picamilon can also be taken sublingually (under the tongue) for easy and quick absorbtion.
4. Give it a few minutes and your head will clear!
5. You should take some supplement to check your cortisol levels: I have good experience with Reishi Mushroom and also Vitamin D. Ashwaganda and Rhodiola are said to be helpful as well, but I have not personally used them long or consistent enough to be able to recommend.
6. Cognitively, the are techniques as well: First, write a short diary at night about things you are grateful for in the past day. Second, write a few thoughts about things you look forward to in the coming day(s). Then go to sleep.
7. There is a morning prayer of gratefulness passed through generations and centuries, which goes: "I thank you God for bringing me back to life after death and to you I return on this day and on the last." Sleep is considered a form of death in the formulation, the first return is the return in your daily affairs (for help, guidance etc) and the second is a reference to resurrection. You can substitute God with fate, and return with embrace, if you are not a believer.

I am saying the above under the assumption that you are not on any prescription drug.