Do you feel worse in the morning?

[JMC]

I certainly used to feel significantly worse in the morning and I have noticed a few other comments to the same effect, anyone know why this might be the case? Two possibilities I can think of are hormonal changes that occur during sleep (cortisol levels?) and the fact that our bodies are horizontal for a long period of time.

 

[Natalie38]

Thats very interesting,

For me, morning is difficult. Actually, it never used to be, but, now is. I don't know why. But, I do believe laying in the horizontal position would have an impact for sure!!

 

[Mountaingem]

OMG YES! I am sick practically every morning, and it takes awhile to get going and function. Nauseous, shaky, headache, achey all over.

 

[AndiGirl]

Jeannette has just described how I usually feel in the morning.

 

[sunnyfem2sweet3]

Mornings are also the worst for me. When I finally get out of the bathroom I feel better as the day goes. Very strange....

 

[kenyasolovely]

Mornings are bad. Body aches all over and extreme ankle pain. When I was out of work I would sleep til 1 or 2 pm....and my body responded better to the "slow start".

 

[bamboling]

Mornings are my worst. Lately, I have been waking up soaking wet from sweating and I cramp in the mornings. But my stomach usually isn't as big in the morning. But evening, I am about 2, 3 sizes bigger.

 

[shopgirl]

I've started setting my alarm an hour earlier in the morning so I can adjust before leaving for work, mornings are always bad for me

 

[carolhew]

Mornings are the worst! I wake up with body aches and nausea. It takes me several hours to get moving.

 

[lara5559]

Yes, wake up aching and it takes me a while to get going. But i find if i go out for a gentle walk, the aches ease off and get better as the day goes on unless i over do it. Battling IBD and CFS after a virus. Nightmare!

 

[chrisnsteph1022]

Bathroom trips are more frequent in the mornings, but pain is worse in the afternoons for me.

 

[Cookie]

I second that. I almost never have a bowel movement after 3pm, but I usually have 4-6 before noon. But the bloatedness and discomfort is worse in the evening.

 

[tishbite]

i'm worst in the early and late night.

 

[scoutfinch]

Opposite for me. I feel fine in the morning - like my innards have rested along with me. It's as the day wears on and the system starts working (digesting, being awake, etc) that I encounter the pain.

 

[kenyasolovely]

Mornings are my worst. Lately, I have been waking up soaking wet from sweating and I cramp in the mornings. But my stomach usually isn't as big in the morning. But evening, I am about 2, 3 sizes bigger.

me too...exactly...all of this I have too!

 

[ekay03]

Opposite for me. I feel fine in the morning - like my innards have rested along with me. It's as the day wears on and the system starts working (digesting, being awake, etc) that I encounter the pain.

I need at least an hour in the morning to pull myself together, but then Im good until I start eating, and digesting, and the day wears on and I start to feel like I am ready for the day to end! I guess Im good from 8am until 4 pm. After that Im done!! That is 8 good hours a day.

 

[Artificial]

Morning and late evening are definitely worse for me..then again the day isn't that great either though!

Rachel x

 

[Manzyb]

I feel horrible in the morning and then again in the evening/night time, and it sucks!! I think I feel worse in the evening I guess just from food during the day wanting to torture me. Gas and stomach pain is always the worst at night. yuck

 

[soretum]

night is usually worse for my guts but morning is definitly worse for the rest of my body, I'm like a 90 year old granny when I get out of bed it really is quite pathetic, takes me a while to straighten myself out and walk in an upright fashion!

 

[Daddy119]

I find I have to go every morning (first time isn't bad) and then it is followed up by a couple of looser movements. Feel better after that - may go again late afternoon. Evenings are fine for me. I dream of waking up having a good solid crap and go about the rest of the day without pain, cramps, grumbling, gas or something else creeping out of of me .

 

[kllyeve]

Mornings are worst due to soreness and pain all over. Once I get moving and have a good hot shower I feel better. It doesn't help that my weekday mornings can start at 3 am in order to get to work for 4 am sometimes!!!

 

[tiloah]

Even "normal" people go to the bathroom more in the morning. I think it's just a long period (the night) where your body has nothing better to do than digest.

As for me, when my arthritis was bad it was usually fine when I woke up in the morning and crippling by the end of the day. No idea why.

 

[flowergirl]

i go more in the morning, but if having a bad day is always worse late afternoon. it's like after being up and about i have more "pressure" on my butt. course, mine's in the rectal area, so could be that.

 

[crazycanuck]

I'm always more sick in the morning. Takes about 15 minutes or half an hour for it to hit but when it does...

Even though I have been feeling great with Remicade I still get it in the morning.

 

[Mountaingem]

I need a solid 1-2 hours before I start to feel human.