Posted by 4wd on November 2, 2005, at 21:42:07
In reply to Re: Waking up Early » 4wd, posted by Declan on November 1, 2005, at 11:55:04
> But Marsha, I'll bet you haven't had that happening all your life. It started with me around the age of 40. I should be seeing if magnesium diglycinate will help (excitotoxicity) but can't muster the interest. I go to bed at 8pm and wake by 3 am. By 10am I feel like a good sleep. It's ridiculous.
> DeclanYou're right. It only started happening about a year ago. I keep stressing it to my pdoc and to the endocrinologist I saw but no one can say why it happens. My old pdoc just kept saying that early awakening was just a sign of residual depression. I couldn't (apparently) make it clear about the adrenaline feeling. I see my new pdoc again tomorrow and I'm going to tell him about how it happens even after a brief nap.
At least now I know I'm not the only one this happens to. Seems like someone could figure it out. There ought to be a thing like those Holter monitors for your heart except it would be for your brain. You'd wear the electrodes while you sleep and they'd figure out what kind of changes were going on up there causing this phenomenon.
Declan, you said this started with you when you were about forty. HOw long has it been going on? Is it every morning? Has anything at all helped it? I tried taking Klonopin before bedtime but it makes no difference.
Marsha
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