Depression worse in the morning

[FightingTheDarkness]

Does anybody else feel like depression is so much worse in the morning? I wake up every morning with depression and anxiety and feeling sick to my stomach. I hate waking up feeling the fear of facing the day.

[Rockmeamadeus]

It is harder in the morning for me as well. I will wake up with a sense of dread and have to get out of it. For me it’s worse on weekdays when I work. I get insanely anxious about the day ahead. I’m working to try to change that but it’s very difficult.

Is it a general fear of facing the day or are some days/situations worse than others?

You are not alone ❤️

[FightingTheDarkness in reply to Rockmeamadeus]

It's a general fear of facing the day. I work alone and I am trapped with my thoughts all day. It's hard to get my job done when I can't focus because of racing thoughts.

It's hard to deal with anything. Things have been rough lately

[Rockmeamadeus in reply to FightingTheDarkness]

I’m sorry! I hope things get better. I know what you mean about it being hard to deal with anything. Some things have helped me after working on it for quite some time. It can be daunting.

[FightingTheDarkness]

Is therapy my best option? Just asking because I feel lost and dont know where to turn

[B4andafter]

I find the mornings hard as well. It would be easy for me just to lay in bed but I know that only makes depression worse so I have to get moving. I don't want to intrude on what specifically you are thinking but you mention being trapped by your (racing) thoughts. These thoughts do affect your mood. You may want to look up Cognitive Behavioral Thinking (CBT) on the web to understand how thoughts affect your mood and behavior as well as methods to deal with it.

[Southpark]

Yes. That’s how I feel every morning especially when I don’t sleep. It’s good to

Know this others are facing the same thing. It’s a great help

[FightingTheDarkness in reply to Southpark]

I know what you mean. Feel free to vent to me

[cortisolqueen]

Oh absolutely! My anxiety is much worse in the morning. I wake up and immediately start scanning to see if it is there and of course it is. I am beginning to realize that maybe I do bring a lot of it on to myself, but I am having a heck of a time breaking this habit. I too am usually nauseated and dizzy. It is so hard to believe that anxiety and depression can cause such terrible symptoms.

[Southpark]

Thank you. I’m sleeping every other night middle not sleep last night and it makes everything worse.

[FightingTheDarkness in reply to Southpark]

I've been struggling with insomnia too. It makes everything so much worse

[HearYou]

Your experience with depression is also mine. Takes sometimes until noon to shake it off even with my meds. I know not to schedule anything for early morning and usually set Dr. appoints, etc., for afternoons. At the moment that helps me.

[FightingTheDarkness in reply to HearYou]

I work early mornings and sometimes 12 hour days. Everyday seems to be a struggle

[HearYou in reply to FightingTheDarkness]

Sounds like your working conditions/hours and the depression are colliding. If You depression is this severe, you might want to seek professional help and maybe medication to help with sleep and the depression. Don't want you to get to the point you simply wear out.

I have nightmares and sometimes I just stay up the entire night and read or watch an old movie. It may take another night of staying up all night before my body and mind are tired enough to sleep without worrying about everything .

Life throws us some difficult times. Hope you think over all the replies to your posts and make a positive decision of action to help yourself. My best wishes.

[FightingTheDarkness]

Ive been on medication before and had a horrible reaction and don't wanna go back down that path. I'm thinking pretty seriously about the seeing a therapist but for some reason it makes me really nervous.

[Southpark in reply to FightingTheDarkness]

I’ve had bad reaction to meds too. And a lot of them cause insomnia. I’m working with a holistic nutritionist taking supplements which seem to be helping.

[Southpark]

I’m also going to take EMDR therapy which helps with different traumas. My regular therapist highly recommended this.

[froggymom88]

Have you tried deep breathing exercises? You can also try saying some positive, uplifting repetitive statements when you first get up. If there are things you are worried about dealing with for that day ,think out a positive outcome and play that scenario out in your mind. It might help.

[Underthestressvibe]

Yes... On a daily basis. Being cold and dark and ❄ doesn't help! 😡😡