Posted by Brody on September 2, 2007, at 23:12:54
In reply to Re: early morning brain chemistry, posted by elanor roosevelt on September 2, 2007, at 22:54:59
Hi,
This really describes what was going on with me for years, off and on. Mornings were my first experience of the addition of "anxiety" on top of my atypical MDD. Mornings were absolutely excruciating.
If I would mention it to my GP doc or a friend, I would get "Oh, nobody likes to get up in the morning." I'd be thinking, are you kidding me? This is torture, and you just aren't getting it.
This would happen if I took a nap during the daytime, too.... same waking up to horrible depression and anxiety. It got so that I dreaded going to bed a night because I knew the next thing to happen would be the dreaded: awakening!
Finally, the MAOI that I started taking 3 months ago has CURED the morning pain! The horses are getting fed at 8:00am instead of 11:00am, and I am actually happy to see them!
A recent thread on the topic of ADs suppressing REM sleep (and MAOIs in particular), has me thinking that there is a connection here. Anybody else?
Janet
poster:Brody
thread:779874
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