[Introvrtd1]

For no reason other than general anxiety. I drank before. I quit off and on. But the anxiety still visits me from time to time....even when I'm feeling ok.
I must still be recovering.....setbacks....

[*Laurie*]

Anxiety disorder is so mean. I often awaken anxious, too.

[worrist]

Trust me... you are not alone. Like LauraBeth... I, too, wake up anxious. Many times I'm sweating too.

[bornunderabadsign]

There are days that I can't leave the house because of my anxiety and those are the days I usually wake up anxious. I can relate.

[ken9018]

totally understand the feeling, sometimes its from bad dreams, sometimes I wake up with anxiety for no reason at all. not trying to throw religion at you but the first thing I do when I wake up is take a few deep breaths and pray, it always helps me. Mornings in particular an be rough sometimes, but usually as the day goes on, the anxiety subsides. Good luck and take care!

[Introvrtd1]

It happened again....up at midnight and couldn't go back to sleep. Kinda anxious....I wanna go back to sleep but I just couldn't lie there wide awake so I get up and move around the house.
I may either be up till morning or I may actually get back to sleep.
Sigh...

[Misssy2]

Originally Posted by Introvrtd1

It happened again....up at midnight and couldn't go back to sleep. Kinda anxious....I wanna go back to sleep but I just couldn't lie there wide awake so I get up and move around the house.
I may either be up till morning or I may actually get back to sleep.
Sigh...

I heard something on TV or read it or a therapist told me it...not sure..but it did stick with me.

It was..to stop focusing so much on my sleep...if I sleep I sleep....if you are not working (as I am not) than you don't have to worry so much about commitments to be somewhere and feeling tired.

When you feel tired lay down and take a nap.

My therapist told me that when I am tired I will eventually sleep but if I keep putting so much anxiety into sleeping than that anxiety will just make my sleep worse.

I try to go with it...I get up when I'm not tired and I take naps when I am.
I keep telling myself "No one ever died from lack of sleep" and it is true.

The only crappy part about no sleep for me is IF I feel tired..then I'm miserable.

But, I have many nights of NO sleep and I feel perfectly fine the whole next day.

[winter4me]

I relate....sometimes mornings are the worst....insomnia used to be a Huge problem but much better now that I am older...it just doesn't distress me anymore and it seems to be true that you need less sleep as you age. But the anxiety...(((((((hugs for all of us)))))))

[feeshee]

I wake everyday with intrusive, scary thoughts and dreams. They trigger depression.

[Britestarr80]

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night with anxiety and or panic attack? I just understand why this keeps happening, I'm not having nightmares. This is really getting old

[zijax]

I wake up early in the morning with anxiety. I used to drink it away but I've stopped that. The anxiety is worse now that I'm sober. I know it gets better because all last year I was sober and I didn't have anxiety. When I was in rehab last year everyone was anxious, it's part of withdrawal-first 30 days. I've got 1 week today so I'm an anxious wreck.

[Fuzzybear]

I know this well... it sucks

[rohshall]

I get anxious dreams like I am running naked around, and people are looking at me disapprovingly. And when I am being ashamed of myself for being naked. What I understood from such dreams is, I have been hiding my awkwardness and stupidity from people, because I am deeply fearful of people making fun of me (it happened numerous times when I was young), and however I try to avoid people (I work as a software engineer - basically little people's contact), I need to address my anxiety around being humiliated by people - by developing strengths like being able to argue logically, walking away, talking back, etc.
So, instead of looking at your feelings of anxiousness as unwanted feelings, try to understand what those feelings are trying to tell you - they are generally about our weaknesses which we have not addressed.

[seaecho]

I used to wake up several times in the midst of a panic attack every night. My heart would be racing so fast that I couldn't count the beats per minute. I'd hear the blood pounding in my ears. I mean, it was horrible! That was when I hit rock bottom. I started Xanax, and it helped somewhat, but the doctor didn't like the idea, and would only prescribe .25mg three times a day which did not cut it.

I go to a psych now that has me on 1.5mg Xanax Extended release, so it stays at a certain level in my blood. I also have the .5mg Xanax for "break through" anxiety. I do pretty well, but sometimes I'll still wake up in the early morning hours feeling very nervous and shaky. Often for no obvious reason. It can get bad--do something before it does.

I went to a therapist for 6 months, but I didn't feel it helped me much at all. So now I just meditate, and relax every muscle in my body, one by one. I really concentrate on it and I find that the panic goes away quicker. If I get up and walk around, my heart will just race all the more, so I stay in bed, and relax completely (very hard to do!) and just think to myself, "No big deal, it'll pass." It's rough for a while, but it DOES pass. It always will. Panic attacks are self limiting, if that helps at all.