Depression and anxiety worse in the morning?

Why are depression and anxiety so much worse in the morning? As the day goes on I get a little ‘better’ though not much. The mornings are horrific and before my trauma I used to be up and out of the house looking forward to the day,..now I could literally stay in bed all day. My doctor just keeps changing my meds...and we have yet to find the right combo...

[Rain72]

I hear you. I just want to crawl back under the covers most mornings, and I can’t remember the last time I looked forward to the day. 😔 If it weren’t for the fur kids, I don’t think I would get out of bed. All of this is to say that I understand. Wish I had the magic words to speak over you to make it all better. Just know you’re not alone. 💕

[leftbehind]

I can relate to morning depression and anxiety. Every morning I wake up with it what I was dreaming about from my past or thinking about what I'm going to accomplish in the day to come, until I wake up in a very stressed out pressured condition. I was just thinking the same thing. Before I go to bed at night I think about what positive thing I'm going to accomplish the next day. Then I wake up bummed out anxious whatever I thought I was going to do seems inconsequential and I'll just stay in bed for a while and look at my phone like I'm doing now. Totally unmotivated and angry at myself for being like this. I can think about yesterday it took me all day to get going but I managed to hang three curtain rods in my new motorhome I'm trying to move into. So now I just said that and that made me feel better because I forgot about what I did yesterday. Give yourself accolades for any small thing you manage to get done.

[leftbehind]

😘 Love yourself I guess it's okay to just crap out sometimes. I feel better already now just because I said that.

[bonkers65]

I feel the same way. Bad when I first wake up then A LITTLE better as the day goes on.