I wake up and automatically feel so exhausted. For the past couple of days I have been sleeping a lot for a change. Despite this I find I have no energy to do anything. I feel physically, mentally, and emotionally drained at the start of my day. The only thing I look forward to is making it to the end of my day so I am able to go back to sleep. I wake up and repeat the same thing over and over. I feel like I am stuck in this cycle and I can’t seem to pull myself out. I do not enjoy things like I used to. I find myself going through the motions. I don’t know what to look forward to and honestly struggle to find a reason to want to wake up anymore. I just feel so alone
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Hi. I used to have the same problem; it was beyond awful! I had a PSG (in lab sleep study or polysomnography) done, which found moderate/severe sleep apnea. I now use a CPAP and have my life back. Have you ever considered getting a sleep study done?
have the same situation as you.i dreaded the morning thinking that i am going with the same thing but going to the night i feel more calm and relax.maybe i will consider minnimouse1234 advice and check with my gp about sleep apnea.let us try everything to get out from this living nightmare that we are in.calm and peace to everyone.
Sorry to hear you are feeling so down. I am having a similar feeling of tiredness many but not all days . I am having thyroid and adrenals checked and looking at sleep apnea. Also I have. Felt that tiredness from mental depression in the Past - I found a good therapist and that really helped change my outlook and I began to have a greater embrace of life . I’m finding that doing a simple set of yoga or taking a bike ride first thing in the am helps too.
Hi, severe depression really crept up on me this past year until I was nearly paralyzed and started waking up feeling similarly to what you describe. I felt really hopeless and alone; condemned really. But I made myself an action plan which included getting on this site and posting at least a few times a week, and things got better. You are not your depression, depression is an illness; a multifaceted human condition of extreme despair. In my case there are legitimate reasons why I am depressed, but also some beyond myself as I seem to be physically prone to fall into this state when life gets overwhelming whereas others might just go with the flow and keep on trucking after a few bad days during which they "soldier on." Being incapacitated from depression is no fun. It has and does cause me to miss out on a lot of life. I will probably battle depression periodically for the rest of my life, so it is important to remember that just because I am struggling doesn't mean I am failing. If I was diabetic and my blood sugar bounced I wouldn't beat myself up for not being able to control that so it is pointless to beat oneself up for being depressed (which I often do!). It might be time to see a Dr. get a physical to rule out anything else going on, and consider meds for depression. I tell myself that if the day comes when I am not getting out of bed or doing something other than watching tv all the time I will go and get meds. It might have to happen anyway for me here soon to be able to go back to work full time, but I can't afford it right now. I wish you well, prayers for you. It is not hopeless, you are not alone!