Why Are Mornings Worse?

I almost always wake up symptomatic... You would think that after a good nights sleep you would feel calm but nope. My doc did say that the cortisol levels (stress hormone) in the blood tend to be higher in the then AM so maybe that's the culprit. My morning cup of coffee doesn't help but I feel the symptoms before the coffee for sure. Coffee and Xanax...what a way to start the day! I hate that but it's come to be my morning regimen!

I feel ya poetic! I wake up symptomatic myself almost every morning. I mean when I just wake up I feel good but as I start to become more aware then the symptoms flood in. Your not alone but just to reduce anxiety I would try to get off the coffee or drink less because caffeine can fuel anxiety. But the higher levels of cortisol very well may be it because my symptoms are less in the evening. But I am right there with ya about that.