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Posted 8/26/2014 3:43 PM (GMT 0)
I have to get up very early to help get my son off to his group, so after he leaves I usually lay on the couch and sleep for a few hours. Everytime I do this I wake up and hate it cause I feel like I could sleep all day. Sleeping is peaceful and you have no anxiety symptoms. I dread getting up from my nap because my anxiety is always worst then. It subsides but it takes awhile. Anyone else?
Posted 8/26/2014 3:52 PM (GMT 0)
My depression is always worse after a nap, I usually break down crying almost every day after a nap, but really love to nap.

I don't get anxious after a nap, but I do feel like pure crap, when you would think a nap would make me feel good upon waking, but it doesn't.
Posted 8/26/2014 4:46 PM (GMT 0)
D.S.

I have trouble napping as well...I usually wake up groggy and confused, so I just skip it.;/

Cortisol is probably the culprit for you if you are getting up early, then returning to sleep/napping in the a.m.

If your naps are making things worse, not better...perhaps adjusting your schedule could help.

(this will take time to get used to!)

Maybe staying up after dropping your son off, and getting your metabolism revved with some exercise...skipping the nap, then going to bed earlier could be a solution?

Worth a try anyway.:)

S.C.
Posted 8/26/2014 9:35 PM (GMT 0)
Blood sugar can drop while asleap also, check into it. peace

Larry ***
Posted 8/27/2014 4:07 AM (GMT 0)
I have the same issues too. I love to nap too sad

Before my funk this year, I have napped for years with 0 issues. Loved naps as much as I love chocolate creme pie lol. But now they are rare bc like Scaredy Cat said, I've decided to skip them for now until they become peaceful again. Actually that was the advice of my therapist too.

Hugs Deb, I know it's frustrating.

Lisa
Posted 8/27/2014 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
same issues here ,scared to take my naps anymore as wake up jolty and jittery as if world coming down,soaked in sweat ,i guessed it was my BS but now its making me a wreck .

NIGHTMARES that accompany my nap only ,not in night .
anytime i eat brintellix before sleep .

weird so true.
Posted 8/27/2014 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
Okay, might as well add me to the ongoing list as well.

Naps tend to result in the same thing for me too. (What a group we make, eh?) ;)

I tend to skip them as well unless I'm so zonked out from.....you guessed it,....not sleeping the night before. I have chronic insomnia so it's not uncommon. But I think I avoid napping *because* of those dripping feelings (?) when I come-to after a nap.

Don't like it.

But for what it's worth, you are SOOO not alone in this one!












M.
Posted 8/27/2014 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
i am sick to my stomach with this scare and i can't stop napping ,i wish someone could help me.
Posted 8/27/2014 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
You can't stop napping?

Have you run this past your doc (if you're having excessive drowsiness)?











M.
Posted 8/27/2014 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
Nope ,memory loss is doing great and foggy feeling is weird.I don't like sleeping pills .My natural sleep i miss.
Posted 6/4/2017 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
I'm the same way.. Just started having anxiety for a little over a week and now I'm incredibly sleepy sometimes and naps make me jittery.
Posted 6/5/2017 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
Wake up from a nap feeling groggy and drugged! I agree, don't take them - but sometimes it just seems like the thing to do.
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