What's the best way to "wake up" in the morning?

Question

I am having trouble waking up in the morning. I drink coffee and it doesn't seem to help. If I go back to bed, I only wake up later to feel the same way. What can I do to keep from feeling so horrible?

Answer 1

I can relate!

Here are a few things that worked for me:

Stop all cafinated items after 7 pm. That includes Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Sodas... Or, you may want to try cutting caffeine out of your diet for a while, and see what happens. You may get a few headaches from all the caffeine leaving your system, but they will go away. Just drink a lot of water to help flush it out, and keep the headaches to a minimum.

Make sure you get a full 8 hours of un-interrupted sleep. Or, you might be like me and need 10. If your sleep is interrupted, it takes your body over 30 minutes before it's back into a deep sleep.

Don't have anything around that can effect your sleep. T.V, computer, books, and other mind activating things in the bedroom are only stimulants to your brain.They will only hinder your ability to sleep.

Have a nice shower in the morning. NOt cold. Just a regular shower. That always perks me up when I don't have time to wait for myself to become civil in the morning.

How are you feeling emotionally? I have clinical depression, and when I'm at my lowest, I always feel groggy, no matter what I try, or how long I sleep.

If you MUST, try a sleeping pill, but they should only be used once or twice a week. If they're not helping, seek a doctor, there may be something that can be done.

Also: I once read that bedrooms are only good for 2 things: sleep and sex. They were right.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Just start having a good sleeping cycle, get a good 7-9 hours and stick with a cycle. Give yourself some extra time in the morning (if you go to work or school in the morning of course) to relax and do something you like. Take melatonin supplements to help get a cycle going, then stop and just take some valerian or smoke some herb or something, if anything. Take a multivitamin and antioxidant blend in some form or another, and start on some ginkgo biloba. eat healthy (only fish, vegetables, fruit, grains, and legumes) and drink plenty of water and cut out caffeine.

If none of this helps, get some ambien from your doctor, or a long acting benzo such as valium if you can.

Answer 3

Do some kind of light exercise to get your blood flowing. Jogging for a few minutes or doing a few crunches or pushups should help out. Also oversleeping will make you tired and worn out all day, which could be why you still feel the same way after going back to bed.

Answer 4

sometimes a good, warm morning shower helps me wake up. Let it hit your face for a couple of minutes. Also make sure you have a comfortable bed. You may not be getting quality rest. Vitamins before bed help also.

Answer 5

Lunch Lady Lane - The Adam Sandler Band

Answer 6

All those might be good ideas but--

It starts before all that hard stuff... Just getting over that snooze button and right up out of bed. Once you're used to that, the rest gets easier.

Answer 7

Take a shower and then eat some fruit ( banana,apple ect) that always works for me and if you still having problems see a doctor about depression

Answer 8

coffee just makes your body worse. Take Vitamins before you go to bed and be hydrated. and have a comfortable bed

Answer 9

Eat turkey for dinner, as soon as you get up do at least 10 jumping jacks, and drink some water.

Answer 10

eat an apple,or drink apple juice as soon as you get up in the morning, just read that this week in a health magazine.