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Is this normal when waking up?

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Fox5

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I have a lot of trouble getting up in the morning. I'm completely dehydrated, so much so that it's painful, I feel like I can barely move my body and I can barely think. Most of the time I just end up falling right back asleep right after waking up from my alarm.

I also have trouble sleeping at night. I can take hours to fall asleep.

All throughout high school, I never had a problem getting through the day on 3-4 hours of sleep and plenty of caffeine, but now in college this has turned into a real problem. I completely miss morning classes and work due to my inability to wake up. I find I usually need at least 10 hours of sleep just to get out of bed in the morning, and I'm still severely dehydrated and in pain. And I can't really get the 10 hours of sleep because I have trouble falling asleep in the first place.

And before anyone asks, no, it's not from being hungover.
 
Does not sound like dehydration to me, but the really smart thing to do would be to go see a doctor. Medical advice on teh intrawebs is a recipe for untreated serious conditions and hypochondriasis.
 
Caffeine is a diuretic. That means that it makes you urinate more. As a result, you get dehydrated more easily. I am very sensitive to caffeine and if I drink any of it after 2:00 pm, I can't go to be until midnight. Try cutting out all caffeine and see if it helps. with the dehydration and the trouble sleeping. You may be suprised that you don't need it once you get your schedule back in balance.
 
I take a sleeping pill most nights and one of the side effects is dry mouth. I just drink a lot of water throughout the day, and keep a big glass of water by the bed. If I wake during the night, I will take a swig or two of water and it helps the morning dry mouth. Your symptoms sound much worse.
 
It's the caffeine. I had (and still somewhat do) have the same problem. The only way I fixed it was when I switched from 3rd shift to 1st shift at work and I was able to readjust my sleeping pattern to become tired at 10. Some late night gaming sessions killed that pretty quickly though :laugh:.

Caffeine can really suck if you become "immune" to it.. cause just like any drug, you'll end up taking more to get that same perky, awake feeling. At this point, I can drink as much caffeinated soda as I like, it doesn't affect me as drinking 3 glasses of Mountain Dew a day for each meal + more after at college doesn't help. When I'd end up going home, I'd feel like crap if I didn't have caffeine... it wasn't purdy.
 
Sure you ain't sick? Whenever I get up feeling really 'dry' and my throat burns when swallowing and it hurts to breath, it's just the onset of a cold/flu/whatever. Then I cry for the next month as it doesn't get better and my urge to kill rises...
 
Originally posted by: Fike
Caffeine is a diuretic. That means that it makes you urinate more. As a result, you get dehydrated more easily. I am very sensitive to caffeine and if I drink any of it after 2:00 pm, I can't go to be until midnight. Try cutting out all caffeine and see if it helps. with the dehydration and the trouble sleeping. You may be suprised that you don't need it once you get your schedule back in balance.
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Already have cut caffeine out of my diet completely. Same abnormal sleep habits remained, minus the energy boost from caffeine. Used to consume insane amounts of caffeine though, I found it easier to get up in the morning back when I was drinking it excessively and taking caffeine pills.

And I do drink tons of water the night before.

I don't take sleeping pills.

According to Dr. Wiki it could be diabetes.
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Maybe, it strongly runs in my family but usually not at such a young age.
 
I've been going through the same thing lately... Ever since I stopped drinking [strictly diet] soda, I have been thirsty all the time, although sleeping without AC and doing a ton of physical work at work lately, could be the cause.

I've been drinking a ton of water lately too (almost 2 cups an hour...)
 
A friend of mine had a similar problem (he was always thirsty, all the time) and once had to go to the hospital because he got dehydrated and couldn't rehydrate himself. They kept him there for a couple days, ran a couple tests, thought it was diabetes but he ended up testing negative. They are keeping an eye on him, though.
 
-stop drinking caffeine
-drink at least a gallon of water during the day (not in a short time, throughout the day)
-get 7-9 hours of sleep at night
-seek professional medical advice in RL
 
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