What Causes Difficulty Getting up in the Morning?

What Causes Difficulty Getting Up In The Morning?

Difficulty getting up in the morning can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'troubling' to 'needs attention'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose difficulty getting up in the morning, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "difficulty getting up in the morning" as a symptom. Here are three possibilities:

Hypersomnolence
Lack Of Sleep
Stress

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

recent oily hair

regular bizarre dreams

weak appetite

being able to stay up late

much lower back pain

sugar/sweet craving

angry/hostile disposition

being indecisive

afternoon coffee/sugar craving

dark areas under eyes

regular postprandial somnolence

refined sugar consumption

... and more than 50 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of difficulty getting up in the morning:

Cause	Probability	Status
Hypersomnolence	99%	Confirm
Lack Of Sleep	16%	Unlikely
Stress	0%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

In the Sleep-Related Symptoms section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™ will ask the following question about difficulty getting out of bed:

Do you have a hard time waking up and getting started with your day?

Possible responses:

→ Don't know
→ No, I usually wake up refreshed and ready to go
→ Occasionally / moderate
→ Often / severe - I often oversleep, ignore alarm

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate no difficulty waking up, some difficulty waking up or major difficulty waking up, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Hypersomnolence

Lack of Sleep

Stress

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