Is it normal for me to feel empty when I wake up?

Every time I wake up, I have this empty (hard to describe) feeling inside of me. But later in the day I feel better and I feel much happier. I do sometimes worry before going to bed. Is this feeling normal or not? Just wondered...

I have the same issues I guess its normal when you have depression .With depression its takes a whole lot out of you.

When I am going through a depressive period I always feel the worst in the morning and improve as the day goes on.

I usually feel more depressed in the mornings. Pdoc told me it's common.

I always feel tired and run down in the morning, every morning.
I also feel real low late at night when I'm trying to get to sleep.

Thanks for what everyone said.

Oh wow, thank you for asking this question and thank you for all who responded to it!

To go further with this, this is exactly one of the reasons I signed up today. I have this horrible empty sick feeling in the pit of my stomach very frequently throughout the day and night, but seems the worst is in the mornings! I thought I was becoming a fruitcake because although I've been diagnosed with depression about 3 years ago and have made great strides, this same empty sick feeling continues to linger. The feeling I have makes me cry and have great despair. I would like any suggestions to heal or cope. I'm ready for it to go away. Most days I just gut through the pain and feeling and go on with my day but it is always gnawing away at me and some days I cannot bear the burden of it and give in and cry. But, it affects me living a normal regular life and everything takes me longer to do, moreso than others. I don't think anyone in my extended family has ever suffered from depression so they do not know how to help me. I'm grateful I found this site to learn from others. Just the fact that someone else has this feeling, maybe even milder, is a tremendous comfort!!!! You have no idea; I want to just cry in gratefulness and am a little bit. Thank you for being courageous enough to ask the question...wow, again, I will try to tell my extended family (i live by myself) that it is an actual tangible feeling and not something in my head and I want more than anything for it to go away. I'm tired of this.

Yes, when you're depressed, this is "normal" for depression. It is not normal as a way of life. If you aren't already in therapy, find someone with which to talk.

Thank you for responding. You're not alone. You're welcome

I also feel the same way...every morning I wake up, I feel this empty feeling as if nothing in the world can make me happy... I am taking anti depressant but still no improvement.

I just had to respond to this as it happens to me within 5 min of waking I end up crying. I'm off work right now and my sleep is really messed up I don't sleep well. Point is no matter when I wake mid afternoon, middle of the night, early morning it's the same. That or I have a panic attack which have started back up lately then I end up crying. I should note I have been off meds for almost a year now so it's just plain old depression