[Fleury29]

When I wake up, I've heard the comment more than once that I must be drunk, and I'll admit to feeling a bit wacky in the morning, especially if it's long before my usual wake up time. I know that clumsiness is apart of waking up but drunk? Where does this come from? I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Can you get drunk without drinking? I think I've only ever been drunk once in my life, and it's something I'm sure I'd remember more of. It almost feels like being drunk except that my head feels like it's been asleep (cut off circulation) sometimes.

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[optimize990h]

You might think about consulting your primary care doctor regarding the quality of your sleep. As many people have discussed in this forum, quality sleep is sometimes not easily achievable. e.g. sleep conditions like sleep apnea may interfere with you obtaining enough quality sleep. Myself, I believe my sleep quality may relate to my slow heart rate at rest. When I get up too quickly, the blood is not able to be pumped quickly enough to my brain and my motor skills are compromised. Consequently, not enough oxygen can be pumped to my brain to allow me to 1. fully alert, 2. have all senses under conscious control, and 3. be able to stand up without feeling unsteady on my feet.

That has been my experience.Take what you like and leave the rest behind. Take care.

[arachnophobia.kid]

I think optimize990h is right and that you should consider going to a doctor.

But just to add, do you think you may be oversleeping? What you describe sounds like it could be a mild case of oversleeping to me. I'm no doctor though.

[wiltedxdaisy]

Everyone has already given you great advice but thought I'd chime in... do you take sleeping pills or any other kinds of medicine at night or even in the evenings? I find I have trouble waking up and tend to feel a lot like what you're describing, but I also take a lot of sedating medication at night. So just thought I'd throw that out there as a possible cause. Either way, I would say definitely talk to your doctor ASAP!

[Fleury29]

I take melatonin only, and I do not take it all of the time, my issues are more getting to sleep than actual sleeping I typically get between 8 and 9 hours of sleep, isn't that supposed to be the optimum?