waking up

[smiths]

when i wake up i feel very tense and aching but ive had 8 hours sleep is this normal

[Yvonne]

Completely normal with anx to feel dreadful in the morning - tension yes - fear of the day yes - dunno about the aching. Take care

[pinkpiglet]

Yeah, when you have anxiety you can feel tense from the second you open your eyes. It doesnt give you a minute! It' a pain in the bum!

[vti2007]

This is exactly what I get when I am bad. Wake up feeling OK at about 3am go back to sleep then wake up a 6-7 feeling awful. Aching/burning legs and arms, feeling sick and dizzy. I HATE it!! Somedays it goes off by about 10-11 other days it lasts all day. The wierd thing is if I feel OK in the afternoon and then fall asleep I wake up the same again. Something must happen while we are asleep I think.

[smiths]

i do seem to get better as the day goes on

[vti2007]

I don't know if it would help but the Doc prescribed me propranaprol (?) for this as he seemed to think it was caused by a build up of adrenaline when you wake up. It does seem to help unless I am really bad. Just a thought :)

[Yvonne]

Claire Weekes says it's "the shock of waking" - I agree with her.