Hi Peri
I know that feeling. I know exactly what you mean.
For me, it is always, and always has been, hormonal.
I get it on the run up to a period. And I get it when I have taken a few days of progesterone. Always 2nd half of my cycle, anyway. It was WAY WAY worse when I was given any kind of synthetic progesterone for HRT, and has improved somewhat with the bioidentical progesterone, utrogestan although I still do get it a little.
I described it to my husband as being in a black hole, watching the world go about it's business but not able to get out and enjoy. It hits you when you wake up like BAM. It's almost physical.
Always worse in the morning, as you say. as you wake.
I've recently changed to continuous Utrogestan. (i'm 59 and still have my own cycle so I've been moved to continuous) and am hoping this smaller dose on a daily basis is going to help going forward...
The way I confront it now is to tell myself 'this is not really how things are. This is not me. This is not real. I know I will feel better later, I know it will lift' and that kind of comforts me
Anyway, i'm sending a hug and my best wishes. xx