This is a guest post.
Getting quality sleep at night is essential to good health, mental acuity, and a better mood. However, many factors can affect your nighttime slumber and lead to poor sleep quality. If you didn’t sleep well all night, it doesn’t matter how many hours you’ve rested; you’ll still feel tired in the morning. Many people wake up the same way; this phenomenon is called morning fatigue.
Waking with morning fatigue once or twice may not cause any problem, but if it happens too often, it will hamper your ability to think and function. That said, knowing the cause of morning fatigue will help you come up with a solution to the problem and get better sleep at night.
You Have an Erratic Sleeping Schedule
Many people sleep early and wake up during workdays or school days and stay up all night and sleep all day on weekends. Having an erratic sleeping schedule disrupts your body’s circadian rhythm, leading to poor-quality sleep.
Stick to a sleeping schedule no matter what day it is. At most, a one-hour time difference is forgivable if you want to stay up or sleep longer on your rest day. The average adult needs to get seven to nine hours of sleep a day. Compensating for lost sleep won’t make you feel as well-rested and as energized as when you get enough sleep every day.
Your Sleeping Position Is Wrong
Poor sleeping position contributes to morning fatigue. You’ll notice this when you feel inexplicable muscle soreness in the morning. Maintain good posture when you sleep. Use pillows to help support your neck, back, and other body parts when you sleep.
Your Bedfellow Is Keeping You from Getting Good Sleep
If your bed partner snores loudly or moves too much in their sleep, then they could be the reason you’re not getting good rest at night. Talk to your partner about getting help for their snoring problem. Consider wearing earplugs to bed too.
For the restless sleeper, place a large pillow between you two to keep them from moving into your space. If worse comes to worst, think about sleeping on separate beds.
Your Bedroom Environment Is Disturbing Your Sleep
A restful bedroom environment is one of the requirements to get a good night’s rest. If your environment is too noisy or bright, chances are you’ll be waking up several times in the night. Then you’ll wake up tired in the morning.
For uninterrupted sleep at night, make sure your bedroom is dark, quiet, and comfortable. Take care that the room temperature never gets too cold or too hot. Also, splurge on comfortable beddings that help you sleep better.
You Ate or Drank Something That Was Keeping You Up at Night
Consumer foods or drinks with stimulants, like nicotine, caffeine, and sugar, will keep you up all night. As such, avoid eating or drinking anything that can make it harder to sleep a couple of hours before bedtime. Also, don’t go to bed hungry or overstuffed. The discomfort will leave you unable to sleep.
You Have a Sleeping Disorder
Certain sleep disorders, like sleep apnea, can be the reason you’re waking up with morning fatigue. People who suffer from sleep apnea can’t breathe normally when they sleep, so they often don’t get proper rest at night.
If you suspect that you have a sleep disorder, see your doctor immediately to get diagnosed and get treated for your condition. Depending on the severity of your disorder, your health provider may prescribe using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, surgery, or medication.
Before trying any treatment, always consult your doctor to make sure it’s safe and healthy, especially when it involves drugs. It’s not worth risking your life and health to skip on seeing a doctor.
I used to go to bed overstuffed all the time and it really did effect my quality of sleep. You’re totally right! I have to take a look at my bedroom environment and make sure everything is looking aligned there.
I know I need to do that as well. There is so much that could be helpful.
Me and my husband have a very regular schedule and sleep and work has not been changed by this virus. I think this is why we wake up refreshed most of the time.
I think that’s great! I need to work on a more regular schedule myself.
i realized my sleeping position was wrong too and that def can make me tired in the morning
I’m glad that was of help for you.
There are some nights when I can’t shut my mind off. Drives me nuts! Especially these days where I constantly worry about what is going on. My husband used to snore, but he got a CPAP!
I know what you mean. My husband snores sometimes too, but usually it’s only in winter, so it’s weird.
I think this is a post that almost all of us can use. I can’t think of one person I know who DOESN’T wake up tired in the morning. I think it’s a side effect of this fast-paced world.
Right! I wake up tired a lot of the times too.
I really enjoyed reading this post. These are really helpful tips. Plus making sure that certain foods are not had prior to going to bed.
I’m glad you were able to get some helpful tips with it.
You pinpointed my problem with the coffee. I have to remember to not drink coffee after 1 PM
Hopefully that helps you too.
My chiropractor is big on sleep and he has given me some great tips. He doesn’t believe in side sleeping…back only.
That’s good to know. I sleep on all sides haha.
My husband was always tired after waking up because of not sleeping throughout the night. We got black curtains to block the sun and it was been great.
I need to get some of those too. I think it would be helpful.
I love to get my sleep! If I even get one hour less it really does affect me the whole next day. I like my 8+ hours!
I love sleep as well. I need my sleep.
Sleep is so important! I try hard to maintain a good schedule, but I need to check my pillows, I keep waking up with a stiff neck.
It’s hard to keep a schedule, especially now with all that’s going on.
These are awesome tips and I found it so useful. Sometimes I am struggling with it because of the wrong sleeping position.
I get that as well. I know I don’t always sleep right.
My one major issue is my sleeping schedule. It differs all the time. I also think we need a new mattress. I fall asleep in one position and wake up in another.
My schedule isn’t the best either, especially now with all that’s going on around the world.
It’s taken me years to figure out how to get a good night of sleep. I now take a melatonin infused CBD oil before bed and I also use ear plugs. Getting a good night of sleep has made a huge difference in so many areas of my life.
I take melatonin as well and it’s been a real big help for me too.
I couldn’t sleep well this night. And I will definitely need to check out this list. Maybe it’s my sleeping eviroment!
I hope some of them can help you.
Thank you so much for this! Really informative and helpful!
You’re welcome.
I don’t sleep well, and it would be nice to feel more refreshed in the mornings. I know my cat is a source of waking me up at night!
I don’t always sleep the best either.
There were a few times that I woke up so tired and that was after having a not so good night sleep. It happened only a few times before but thank you for sharing all these facts.
It happens sometimes with me as well.
I have all of the above. I get my best sleep as a nap from 2-4.
I use to take naps, but not so much anymore.
Quite the informative post and thanks for sharing. I have an erratic sleep schedule so that’s why I wake up tired most of the time.
You’re welcome.
These things need to taken care of for good sleep I won’t get good night sleep as my son who has eczema makes me wake up in night due to his itching.
My youngest has eczema too. When she was little it was pretty bad.
My sleeping pattern is weird. I try to sleep early but it’s a little hard with kids around. I wake up at 2am no matter what.
I know how that goes. It’s hard for me to go to bed early now it seems.
The only time I don’t wake up tired is when I wake up naturally without an alarm. Even if it’s just a few hours, weird.
That’s the way I feel often too.
I actually woke up incredibly tired this morning; almost like I had a hangover. This is very informative.
I’m glad it was helpful for you.
This is so true! My natural sleep rhythm is way off these days! I always feel so tired!
With the kids being home more, I couldn’t blame anyone haha.
This is so true. I also notice for myself in order to get a good good nights sleep (or even a good nap) I have to sleep on a very very soft bed. I know, it’s weird LOL.
I need a soft bed as well. I can’t stand the harder ones.
Great tips. Even though I’m not having a headache every morning ,it’s really nice to be knowledgeable with these kinds of sickness.
I’ve gotten migraines some mornings, but not often. It sucks waiting up with one.
These are some wonderful tips! I was suffering from Insomnia a few years ago. But meditation really helped me!
I’m glad they were helpful.
My new husband and I have been trying to find a way to make our bedroom work for both of us, but so far we’re still working at it. He is pretty messy with his space and I like to be tidy. He likes a super soft bed and I need something that’s a bit more firm. He likes the door open and I like it partially shut. Thankfully, we both like having the fan on and the window open. lol. After all this craziness is over, we’re going to look at mattresses together to find one we can both sleep comfortably on since his mattress is too soft for me and mine is too firm for him.
My husband and I are planning to look at a mattress when all this is over as well. We were hoping to get one this month, but I don’t think that will be happening now.