I usually feel rubbish waking up and exhausted/dizzy through the duration of the day… Then just when it’s time to go to bed, my body wakes up and I feel clear headed, my balance becomes normal and I’m thinking and feeling like non-mav me, moving quickly, talking normally, thinking at the speed of light, excited about life again. I feel like I could do anything, take on the world. Then I go to bed and wake up, usually feeling ill again. What is this all about? Does anyone else get this? Does anyone know why this happens?
I tend to go with “it just takes all day for my brain to re-boot” but would like a scientific reason or any ideas if any of you have some to put towards why this happens. i.e. chemicals consumed during the day contributing to slowing my brain down/triggers (i’m on the mav diet so this doesn’t really follow).
Thanks,
WC
N.B. This doesn’t happen all the time, but very often between v.bad phases (most common) and fairly good ones (limited)
I am the same. I don’t feel as good as you sound at nightime but I definitely seem to feel worse in the mornings, like it takes time for my brain to wake up and reboot. I seem to improve a bit after lunchtime when I have eaten a meal. I posted a link the other day:
I started looking into this thing about migraine and adrenal fatigue and I think it could apply to me. Maybe to you too? It is hard to be sure as symptoms for many conditions seem to overlap with migraine. I think it is very likely I had adrenal fatigue when I was trying to keep working with MAV. It says that adrenal fatigue can be caused by chronic illness. If your body is living under a state if chronic stress, ie caused by illness then it stands to reason that your adrenal function may be impaired as a result.
In particular this question:
How can I tell if my adrenals are fatigued?
You may be experiencing adrenal fatigue if you regularly notice the following:*
You feel tired for no reason, especially in the early morning and mid-afternoon.
You have trouble getting up in the morning, even after a full night’s sleep.
You feel rundown or overwhelmed.
You have difficulty bouncing back from stress or illness.
You crave salty and/or sweet snacks.
You feel more awake, alert and energetic after 6PM than you do all day.
The supplements they use to treat it above are by Dr Wilson but are expensive. I might give them a go but I don’t know if anyone else has experienced this or tried to treat it?
I am the opposite. I usually feel best before noon and then deteriorate the rest of the day. The worst part of the day is usually around sunset. It’s like all the visual stimuli throughout the day builds up and by 5 pm my headache and dizziness are out of control. Then I get a little better before bed. It’s interesting how everyone is different but there is definitely a daily pattern.
waspcharmer- do you think maybe by the end of the day, you are so exhausted that your anxiety just goes down naturally? if that is the case then maybe that is why the symptoms ease for you? i dont know my symptoms are the same usually except when i am exhausted and then my balance gets worse bc i cant concentrate as hard on it.
I certainly experience this…I wake up feeling very unrefreshed, like I haven’t slept. My first few steps in the morning are my dizziest. I improve slowly throughout the day but then can get worse again as I get naturally tired approaching bedtime. Do you all experience stinging, dry eyes?
Hi Lizzie, I get stinging eyes but usually when I also have a headache. I also sometimes notice my eye (one or the other) will look a bit bloodshot randomly. I used to get this stiff feeling in my right eye. It happened a lot for the first 2 years and can randomly happen sometimes now. It just feels like the eyeball is a bit stiff and/or dry,… weird! x
Jem, I was interested in the adrenal theory too, however I had my cortisol checked and apparently “all was normal” - so does that cancel that one out? Yet all the symptoms (tick box).
Sarahd - I’ve wondered this too, but I don’t have any anxiety during the day. Especially days where I have absolutely nothing planned at all (which are most days for me nowadays), sadly.
DizzieLizzie - I’m either:
a) wacked out all day, most days
b) really bad in the morning, better past lunch, feeling normal in the evening
c) fine almost all through the day with blips of migraine symptoms.
I just wish this illness would disappear over night and leave me alone. I’m having a somewhat normal day today and its saddening that I have nothing in my schedule anymore as I can’t physical nor mentally DO anything. Just, what kind of a life is this!? Seriously! I could begin something up today, but I will without doubt have another relapse and not be able to continue what I start or have to let people down. It’s just crap! Plain, outright rubbish.
I do get the stinging eye feeling, whenever water touches my eyes (in the shower) which I never had before. My eyes are not as open as they used to be. I don’t look or react like me to most things. Physiologically or emotionally. It’s weird. That’s why for quite a while I thought I had an ongoing viral illness. But now I know it’s just down to MAV wearing the body down in every single which way it can. If I over-do it, which is what, not even touching on “normal” activity I am bound to wake up with bloodshot eyes. I used to get eye-strain and stabbing pains a lot but that has died down the past year. Plus I read your other post about walking in darkness - this is my worst enemy. If I don’t have light I have no balance, fullstop.
I usually feel rubbish waking up and exhausted/dizzy through the duration of the day… Then just when it’s time to go to bed, my body wakes up and I feel clear headed, my balance becomes normal and I’m thinking and feeling like non-mav me, moving quickly, talking normally, thinking at the speed of light, excited about life again. I feel like I could do anything, take on the world. Then I go to bed and wake up, usually feeling ill again. What is this all about? Does anyone else get this? Does anyone know why this happens?
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I can relate to this - I feel worst in the morning and occasionally, right before bed I have an hour or so of normal. Sometimes I stay up late because I know as soon as I get up the next morning it will be back. But then I feel doubly shitty the next day…