# Do you wake up in the night feeling inexplicably and overwhelmingly sad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-the-night-feeling-inexplicably-and-overwhelmingly-sad/666495 "2013-08-17T15:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-the-night-feeling-inexplicably-and-overwhelmingly-sad/666495/41 "2015-03-20T21:23:07Z")
Overwhelming? Yes. Inexplicable? Sadly, far from it. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-the-night-feeling-inexplicably-and-overwhelmingly-sad/666495/42 "2015-03-20T22:54:23Z")
When I went through a period of unemployment I felt very depressed when I would wake up. I noticed when I started taking magnesium supplements (600mg a day) it went away. It wasn’t a cure all, but it made the overpowering early morning depression go away. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-the-night-feeling-inexplicably-and-overwhelmingly-sad/666495/43 "2015-03-21T04:57:44Z")
I don’t really feel worse (noticeably) at those times vs. any other. Though I’m rather depressed, so… As long as I can go back to sleep, I feel happy that I get to sleep more! This morning, however, I woke up doing something naughty to my husband that carried over from my dream, which was nice, since I actually got to go on from there. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-the-night-feeling-inexplicably-and-overwhelmingly-sad/666495.md?page=2)