How Do You Wake Up?

I wake up slowly. I'm sort of half asleep and half awake for a while. Then I'm more awake. I stretch, turn over and lie there thinking and pondering for another few minutes. That's when I solve all the world's problems. :D When that's done, I sit up on the side of the bed, stretch and yawn. Then I get up and get my day started.
 

Phil what causes the dizziness you feel upon awakening? I too, had vertigo once and it was pretty terrible but went away after I did the head roll exercises for it. I never blast out of bed anymore because of my vertigo experience and when I awaken I do tai chi exercises while preparing breakfast. It's a good way to ease yourself into the day.
 

chic said:
Phil what causes the dizziness you feel upon awakening? I too, had vertigo once and it was pretty terrible but went away after I did the head roll exercises for it. I never blast out of bed anymore because of my vertigo experience and when I awaken I do tai chi exercises while preparing breakfast. It's a good way to ease yourself into the day.
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LOL - sorry for laughing but I'm a retired T'ai-Chi teacher!

It's the meds they have me on - as usual, they are supposed to solve one problem but cause another. :( The exercises certainly help but are no match for taking 10 different meds PLUS a daily insulin shot. All that stuff together can NOT be good for ya'! :distress:
 
Elevate blood sugar can cause dizziness in the morning.

Otherwise, unless it's certain medications causing the dizziness in those of you who mentioned having it, I don't think it's a normal thing. Maybe have your blood sugars checked, dear folks?

I wake up ok, but need a few moments to get the body moving and straight into the kitchen for coffee!
 
You might be right about the blood sugars, Rose. I haven't checked them since this all began (3 months?), so I might be using too much / too little insulin. Thanks!
 
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fureverywhere said:
If you wake up in the morning in your own bed and you aren't in the hospital or jail, then you already have the start for a great day.
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I like that. I have a fairly quiet little alarm on my cell phone(it "peeps") that gently nudges me into action. It takes 2 cups of coffee and a 60 mile drive to work to get fully functional. :shrug:
 
I woke up yesterday morning at 3:00am. Not intentionally.

My roomie was in the kitchen and I had fallen asleep on the sofa in the living room. She dropped her cane on the floor and I was instantly standing with my spring-assisted knife open in my hand. :eek:

So much for waking up slowly ...
 
"How Do You Wake Up?"

Glad to find I am still breathing and alive! After all, is it not true that what Kenny Rogers said fits perfectly? "The best we can hope for, is to die in our sleep"! imp
 
imp said:
... After all, is it not true that what Kenny Rogers said fits perfectly? "The best we can hope for, is to die in our sleep"! imp
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It depends.

Sometimes I wake up and find myself sprawled across the bed with my ponytail in my mouth and a pool of drool on the pillow.

I'd rather go by having a safe fall on me ala Wiley Coyote - at least when they find me it wouldn't be so embarrassing.
 
Because of arthritis, I get up more slowly than I once did. I'm also kind of stupid when I first wake up, and that has always been the case.

At least I don't have to get up at 5:30 to go to work any more! I still get up fairly early, though, to take my dog for a walk before it gets too hot. She gets quite indignant if for some reason we can't go on a particular morning. I don't think she ever got taken on walks before I got her back in April, and she was a bit suspicious at first (I think she may have worried I was taking her back to the shelter), but now she absolutely loves it. When she first came to live with me she was 7-1/2 and was pretty out of shape. We walk a little farther every day and she has built up her strength and stamina. She has to sniff every single blade of grass along the way too.
 
fureverywhere said:
I'm so happy to wake up most mornings. It means the nightmares weren't real. I get monster hot flashes in my sleep, vivid dreams of fire, flames, oh and I can't find the dogs...horrible. We keep the bedroom like an icebox. Just one of the joys of menopause and medications, I'm self-heating. Put foil around me and set me in the fireplace...could warm the whole house;)

Something a customer told me one time..." If you wake up in the morning in your own bed and you aren't in the hospital or jail, then you already have the start for a great day".
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My neighbor, who is 88 and gets around and does all kinds of things like building furniture, always says if he wakes up on the right side of the dirt it's a good day.
 
Butterfly said:
Yikes! DOn't you have to check your glucose levels before you take the insulin? My husband always had to do that.
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Technically I think you're supposed to check it twice a day, but I never received any instructions on adjusting my insulin dosage so it could very well be that I'm off.
 
SifuPhil said:
It depends.

Sometimes I wake up and find myself sprawled across the bed with my ponytail in my mouth and a pool of drool on the pillow.

I'd rather go by having a safe fall on me ala Wiley Coyote - at least when they find me it wouldn't be so embarrassing.
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LOL, yeah, I remember some story about a gal that dolled up to die, and when she overdosed she first headed for the bathroom thowing up. That's how they found her, lol!
 
nwlady said:
LOL, yeah, I remember some story about a gal that dolled up to die, and when she overdosed she first headed for the bathroom thowing up. That's how they found her, lol!
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Oh, geeze! Talk about embarrassing ways to go ...
 

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