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Originally Posted by sundog
Hi Dani, Yes, I have a lot of anxiety at night too. I've had this on and off my whole life, starting in childhood. I've just always been very anxious about going to bed and I've never been a good sleeper.
I went through a spell of taking sleeping pills and that definitely helped, but it didn't solve the problem. Just treated the symptom for a while. My anti-depressant helps somewhat, but I still get periods where the night-time anxiety gets really bad.
I try and stick with a night-time ritual and it helps a bit. My routine includes checking in with myself in my journal. Taking a bath or shower. Doing some meditation. And then reading a relaxing book. If I really can't sleep I get up and sometimes I even walk around outside for a bit. It definitely sucks being up in the night though.
I'm sorry you're having problems with this. Are you seeing a therapist at all? I hope you find some relief  |
Yeah I do see a therapist and I'm on meds for anxiety. I finally was able to grab a book last night and laid in bed to read it and eventually I fell asleep, so I think reading the book helped. I'll try some of your other suggestions and see if that helps too.
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Originally Posted by Cyran0
Hi Dani. Night is a tough time for a lot of us. I personally don't have much trouble falling asleep, it's staying asleep that I struggle with (I wake up with intense anxiety and panic attacks) and my pdoc ultimately gave me Trazadone. My anxiety doesn't always need a reason (in fact it usually doesn't have a cause that I can see) so thinking my way out wasn't a great option for me, hence the Trazadone.
Hopefully someone here has better advice for the falling asleep piece but either way, I wanted to say I can relate to the messed up sleep due to anxiety and I'm sorry you're experiencing it.
Cyran0
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Thanks for your post, it's good to see that I'm not the only one that goes through it. When I first started experiencing anxiety years ago, nighttime was always the worst and I'd end up having a lot of panic attacks at night when I tried to lay down and go to sleep and would even wake up in the middle of the night with panic attacks. It's not quite as bad now that I've been on meds for anxiety and been seeing a therapist, there's just some nights where it just suddenly comes on and it's frustrating feeling that way.