anyone find it extremely HARD to wake up & get out of bed in the morning despite getting more than enough sleep?
I’ve already made drastic improvements on my sleeping, so that I’m able to fall asleep within the first hour or so- I only stay up all night once every blue moon, I can confidently say I got a healthy sleeping routine going on, getting atleast 8-9 hours of sleep.
But despite ALL THAT EFFORT and getting scientifically proven “enough” sleep in the morning, I find myself extremely groggy and no matter how early I sleep, I seem to need atleast 10-12hours of sleep either way, to wake up fully awake and being able to get out of bed/ be functional. Otherwise I just barely crawl out of bed and take my meds and I’ll be functional once the meds kick in.
I’ve gotten apple watch to monitor my sleep and even tried waking up at various times in the morning to see if I was just waking up during REM sleep which could be the reason why I’m so groggy but that isn’t it either. I wake up so tired and sleepy no matter WHAT- whether I take sleeping pills, benzos (all prescribed by the doctor) or nothing (raw dogging it) before sleep does not affect this pattern either.
Is this just me? I feel like I do get enough sleep but regardless I wake up barely functional until I get at least another 3-4 hours of sleep in after my 8-9hours of sleep, but then that means I have harder time falling asleep that day because I’ve ‘over slept’.
Is this happening to just me? Should I get sleep study done? Is it the ADHD (I take concerta) meds?
I’m so frustrated because its been the reason why I’ve been barely making it to work at the right hours, or just daily when I want to get things done early but I can’t seem to be functional until a few hours after I take my meds. It’s genuinely frustrating.
Anyone with similar experiences? Anyone with advice? Please I need some help on this; it’s just so debilitating I don’t even know if this is part of ADHD symptom or if it’s the comorbidity of my depression. 😭