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The researchers found that the secret to alertness is a three-part prescription requiring substantial exercise the previous day, sleeping longer and later into the morning, and eating a breakfast high in complex carbohydrates, with limited sugar. The researchers also discovered that a healthy controlled blood glucose response after eating breakfast is key to waking up more effectively.

The worst type of breakfast, on average, contained high amounts of simple sugar; it was associated with an inability to wake up effectively and maintain alertness. When given this sugar-infused breakfast, participants struggled with sleepiness.

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The biggest difference between morning stiffness in people with OA and those with inflammatory arthritis is how long it lasts. For those with osteoarthritis, the stiffness often lasts just a few minutes and eases once you start moving. If you have inflammatory arthritis, it may take an hour or longer to go away.

Your doctor may check your joints, run bloodwork, or test your joint fluid to check for inflammation. The results will help determine the cause of morning stiffness and help your doctor figure out how to treat you.

If inflammatory arthritis is to blame, your doctor will likely prescribe an anti-inflammatory drug. A class of medications called biologics have been shown to reduce morning stiffness and decrease pain, swelling, and fatigue.

Migraine attacks are a very common type of headache that occur most often in the early morning. Migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the world, and nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households include someone with migraine.

Insomnia can affect your sleep patterns and cause sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is a prevalent cause of morning headaches and can trigger migraine. Insomnia can prevent you from getting enough sleep by:

If you suspect a mental health condition, talk to your doctor. Often these conditions can be managed with talk therapy, medication, or a combination of treatments. Managing these conditions may help reduce your incidence of morning headaches.

Grinding or clenching your teeth is also known as bruxism. This can occur at night as a sleep disorder, which is referred to as sleep bruxism. A morning headache is commonly associated with bruxism, but research is mixed on whether the bruxism actually causes the headache.

Headaches, often in the early morning, could be related to your jaw. A headache is one of the most common reported symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. It even has a name, TMJ headache.

Medications may interfere with your sleep patterns, resulting in disrupted sleep and early morning headaches. Talk with your doctor if you suspect your medications are causing early morning headaches.

The best way to avoid a morning headache caused by oversleeping is to restore your natural wake-sleep cycle by going to bed at about the same time each night and getting up at a regular time on most days.

People sometimes worry about having a brain tumor when they experience morning headaches. While a regular morning headache can be a symptom of a brain tumor, the chances are very slim if a morning headache is your only symptom.

You may experience early morning headaches because of another health condition. Headaches can be a symptom of a variety of conditions and may not be caused by your sleep patterns at all. Conditions that may cause chronic morning headaches include hypertension and musculoskeletal diseases.

Early morning headaches should be treated according to their cause. Depending on the cause, you may be able to manage the headaches yourself with lifestyle changes, a new pillow, or better sleep management.

The so-called Polar Vortex of 2014 appears to have run its course, leaving in its wake a large swath of America still wondering what just hit it. After days of single digit temperatures and sub-zero wind chills, many Americans are just plain sick and tired of winter weather. And when I say tired, I mean, literally tired. In fact, the bitter cold and the havoc it has wreaked on schedules, all in the wake of a hectic holiday season, is enough to make some people feel like crawling back into bed and hibernating until spring. But as seductive as a warm bed may be on a cold morning, staying in bed too long can lead to disrupted sleep and a sleep-sapping case of the winter blues. These are the times when we need to resist the urge to hibernate and force ourselves to get going. Here are some tips to keep the winter chill from disturbing your sleep and your mood.

With the temperatures as dangerously cold as they have been, many of us are doing everything we can to limit our time outside, resulting in reduced exposure to light. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression that usually strikes during the winter, is thought to be caused by lack of sunlight. Reduced exposure to light can disturb your internal biological clock (circadian rhythm) and your sleep-wake cycle, leading to poor sleep quality and depressed mood, irritability, and fatigue during the day. Researchers from the University of Chicago found that office workers that are exposed to natural light are more physically active and sleep an average of 46 minutes longer at night than their sunlight deprived colleagues. A relatively inexpensive ($100 or less) light box can provide hope for the windowless. I recommend using a light box of 10,000 lux for approximately 30 minutes each morning, immediately upon awakening. You can read a book or do your make-up as you sit in front of the light box and get some energy-generating morning light to kick-start your day, and set yourself up for a more restful sleep the upcoming night.

Very common conditions such as dry eyes and blepharitis (when eyelids become inflamed and irritated due to clogged oil glands) can cause the apparent inability to immediately open the eyes in the morning. You should ask your ophthalmologist to determine the cause for the difficulty. In some patients, the eyelids do not close completely or form a tight seal while sleeping and the eyes can dry out overnight. In the morning the eyelid is physically stuck to the surface of the eye causing difficulty in opening the eye. Artificial tears gel or ointment before sleeping or immediately after waking is recommended to relieve this problem. Opening the eyes if they are very dry can result in a corneal abrasion.

Another possibility is that the meibomian (oil) glands of the eyelids may not be working as they should. In this case, the natural oils of the eye may form an adhesion between the lids making it difficult to open the eyes in the morning. There are a variety of treatments, however, warm compresses and lid massage of the eyelids are sufficient for most patients.

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Blood pressure can also suddenly fall when a person changes from a lying or sitting position to a standing position, for example, when they get out of bed in the morning. This sudden drop in blood pressure is called postural or orthostatic hypotension.

Early morning dizziness can be a symptom of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia. Low blood sugar is more common in people with diabetes, particularly those who take insulin, than in those without this condition.

People who occasionally wake up dizzy are unlikely to need medical care. However, people who regularly experience dizziness in the mornings should see a doctor. It is also important to consult a doctor if other concerning symptoms accompany the dizziness.

"During the day, all of that stuff is washed away by blinking natural tears, which keep it from sticking around," Pettey says. "But when you're asleep, gravity and the fact that you're not blinking, makes it collect in the corners of the eyes."

Pretty much everyone wakes up with sleep crust. A healthy, functioning eye will produce the mucus, salts, and oils that cause it to form, though it can show up in different amounts in different people.

The occasional morning high will have little impact on your A1C, a measure of your average blood glucose (blood sugar) levels over time that indicates how well managed your diabetes is. But if those highs become consistent, they could push your A1C up into dangerous territory.

In the early hours of the morning, hormones, including cortisol and growth hormone, signal the liver to boost the production of glucose, which provides energy that helps you wake up. This triggers beta cells in the pancreas to release insulin in order to keep blood glucose levels in check. But if you have diabetes, you may not make enough insulin or may be too insulin resistant to counter the increase in blood glucose. As a result, your levels may be elevated when you wake up. The dawn phenomenon does not discriminate between types of diabetes. Approximately half of those with either type 1 or type 2 experience it.

If you have high blood glucose before you go to sleep, the elevated level can persist until morning. A large dinner or a snack at bedtime can cause elevated blood glucose levels that last all night, as can too low a dose of insulin with your evening meal. Adjusting your medication or what and when you eat may help.

For people who suffer from arthritis, this morning pain or stiffness may be caused by a lack of lubrication in the joint spaces, or from a breakdown in the cartilage that covers the ends of the bones. This can happen in your back, fingers, wrists, knees, ankles, or feet.

Hopefully these tips can help you reduce or even prevent your morning joint pain and stiffness. However, if you experience any of the following, you may want to seek further evaluation with an expert:

Headaches are a symptom of dehydration. If a person goes to sleep thirsty or has not had enough to drink the day before, they may become mildly dehydrated overnight. This could result in a morning headache when they wake up.

Headache disorders are a group of conditions that include migraine and cluster headaches. According to the American Migraine Foundation, early morning is the most common time for migraine episodes to occur. ff782bc1db