Poll: Do you wake up feeling refreshed?

  • Yes
  • No

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I don’t wake up feeling refreshed.

Sometimes, I had again a vivid dream when I woke up. In my dream one Italian man had got the DUI in my little town and then suddenly he was drunk and making pizzas in a restaurant. Suddenly I was somehow linked to a law firm and then I woke up. I often have these vivid dreams.

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No, and I think it truly stinks.

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For those who do, which meds are you on?

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always wake up refreshed, and dread the end of the day waiting to fall asleep.

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im on invega trinza, highest dose 819mg.

Until I take my meds, sure!

Im on invega sustenna 234mg. Maybe there’s something different with trinza other than dose

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I always have very vivid dreams. And if I don’t have to wake up to an alarm, (which I never do), I always wake up refreshed. I sleep about 10 hours a night.

I’m on Risperdal Consta shots, Geodon, Seroquel, Trazodone and Celexa.

When I switched from Risperdal pills to Risperdal Consta shots, I lost 50 lbs. and kept it off.

i also lost weight on it, 30 pounds. i think meds affect us differently. not sure about the med really.

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How did you wake up on sustenna?
I lost 60 pounds

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i slept much more on sustenna. like 10 hours a night, i was still refreshed in the morning, but didn’t have to wake up to an alarm clock, or force myself to get up early. now i only sleep 8 hours a night and still feel refreshed. the early part of my day is the best part of my day.

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I need my morning coffee to be refreshed. Otherwise I sleep again and again.

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I voted NO because I wake up feeling almost the same as before going to sleep. That is, neither tired nor energized. Some state that’s hard to describe, akin to a calm, indifferent wakefulness.

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Sometimes I do, but I remember those mornings when I was in high school and I woke up and wanted to go back to sleep so bad. It was worse than anything I experienced in the army, though there were a couple of times when we went without sleep for two or three days. This was when I was in the army before the Reagan military buildup.

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When I sleep, my body gets reset. Then I go through the day collecting my issues as I go.

My bed time is usually very early these days, as I get so agitated with my head that I get pissed off and go to sleep

I wake about 4am, and I like that time of day, as I am coming to, and don’t have the baggage of the day in my head

So yeah, I call it refreshing. The end of the day I hate

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I’ll start nodding off around 8pm.
I’ll wake up take my pm meds and fall asleep on the couch.

Then I’ll wake up 2 hours later to take my pup out to potty.

I’ll do this all night long, waking up every 2 hours to take out my puppy for bathroom breaks.

It’s a lot of work taking care of a young puppy.

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I’ve always been a morning person, so I think it’s more that than the meds, but when I was on just perphenazine I had a hard time waking up. But since I started Rexulti I wake up much more easily. I’ve only been on it a few days, but I’m liking it so far.

I have insomnia problems now because of my meds.

Occasionally I wake up refreshed.

I do feel better if I take a sleeping pill (hypnotic or benzo) but I don’t take those every night.

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After switching to Abilify, I no longer get up feeling tired and feel fairly refreshed now. The only thing is I’m not sleeping as much, maybe 6 to 7 hours a night vs 12 hours on Zyprexa.

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