[adampeps]

Hi all,

Does anyone else feel nervous and more down about themselves in the mornings, but feel it lifted in the evening?

I explained my trigger in another thread, but in short i've always been pretty happy with my quiet life with not too many friends (mostly neighbors now), and would enjoy my nights doing things like workout, watch TV with my wife, etc.

Lately this feels like the worst thing in the world in the morning, but at night I feel like I am excited to do this sort of thing. This morning I woke up and saw a picture in my head of my sister with her wedding party and one of their happy pictures together. It made me really down that I don't have close people in my life like that. It never used to bother me, but now it does so much that I can't feel right and motivated for anything.

I am hoping this will go away, but I just wanted to see if other felt much more anxiety and sadness in the mornings than the evenings.

If it helps I am on Zoloft, this is day 8.

Thanks for any advice.

Originally Posted by adampeps

Hi all,

Does anyone else feel nervous and more down about themselves in the mornings, but feel it lifted in the evening?

I don't have much advice for you adampeps, but I can certainly relate to what you're feeling. Mornings are the hardest for me as well. The anxiety and depression seems to be at its height when I first wake up, but as the day goes on, much of it seems to be relieved.

I find that exercise and /or meditation first thing can really help to ease some of it. This is just my personal experience. It's not always easy to get motivated to do that , though.

You're not alone in feeling this way.

[Soundoff]

Mornings are my mortal enemy, I would get so anxious and depressed in the morning that I didn't want to move from my bed. I literally would tremble with fear under my covers and wouldn't go to school. I agree with stratcaster, excersie helps and eating right is a plus. But to deal with those thought, my therapist always says I should confront them. Tell yourself how wrong they are and that you can overcome those feelings. Also, it's day 8 so your medication may not be kicking in. They say it takes about 2-4 weeks for it to really start to work so stick to it and don't give up.

[adampeps]

Glad I am not the only person. I do hope its more of the medication that is making me this way. Before I went on the medication, I felt doom and gloom, but not the nervous stomach issue I am having now.

[kaliope]

sounds like things are bad for you when you first wake up but they get better as the day goes on. this is probably because you have the events of the day to distract you from that original mood that you wake up with. it is a good sign that you have the coping skills to get you out of that morning funk. perhaps as Stratocaster posted, doing some morning mindfulness meditation would get you out of that funk faster so you can enjoy your day sooner. take care.

[adampeps]

Originally Posted by kaliope

sounds like things are bad for you when you first wake up but they get better as the day goes on. this is probably because you have the events of the day to distract you from that original mood that you wake up with. it is a good sign that you have the coping skills to get you out of that morning funk. perhaps as Stratocaster posted, doing some morning mindfulness meditation would get you out of that funk faster so you can enjoy your day sooner. take care.

We have a 6 month old that tends to break any sort of calming that I can do in the morning. I love her to death and would do anything for her, but I know when I feel my stomach uneasiness in bed after rolling around for an hour, it will normally be just in time to hang out with her. I feel really bad for my wife who wakes up more in the middle of the night so I like to let her sleep a bit more. It certainly isn't easy though balancing your loved ones with this morning crap that you experience.