anxiety and Sleep

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The past few nights while I am in that "almost asleep" stage, I wake myself up almost panic sticken. My thoughts start to race about everyday things to irrational thoughts about death and dying. I then get up from bed and go into the living room or start pacing around the house to keep my mind off the anxiety. I sit on the couch thinking what if I have to call 911 if something happens to me and how erabarrassed I would be.
I have a history of anxiety and panic disorder since the age of 15. I'm 34 now. My anxiety has been worse this past year due to a separation and an emotional court battle. Before that my anxiety was pretty much under control with the occasional mini attack . I feel like it's getting worse lately. I'm on zoloft 50mg for the past few years. I don't know if a med change would be the answer. I feel very distracted by everything, even when Im watching tv its like I'm not there. I start to feel panic sticken and now it's effecting my sleep. Anyone else have experience with this or advice they can offer?
 
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I too feel your pain...11yrs ago I was a party guy and did all the fun things like drinking untill One time I over did it and ended up having a Panic/anxiety attack for the first time in my life...they prescribed me Buspar for it and I found that the more I took it the more anxious I got....so I stopped using it and found that my anxiety improved with just a few flare ups now and again...I ended up hardley ever getting them after getting married and having kiRAB....then here recently I had a severe sinus infection in my lower jaw and got on antibiotics for it just coming off the pain and exhaustion I was working in my back yard and I over exerted myself and Thought I was having a Heart attack "AGAIN" which is my anxiety phobia...but EKG and enzymne test were Perfect...so once again another wasted ER visit..so about 5 days later I was goin for my stress TEST i felt like i was coming down with the Flu and felt Yuk I waited and then last saturday I kept feeling a tingling and a cold feeling in both my Feet and hanRAB and wouldnt go away after taking a xanex and drinking lots of fluiRAB so suprise I was back at the ER and once again nothing was wrong..so I have to take Xanex to sleep because Im freaking out about my feet and thinking something is wrong but My anxiety will litterly WAKE me up out of a dead sleep and like you are ready with the Phone for 911...It sucks so Your not the only one and Im having to see a nuerologist now because all my test are normal...I do know that is why im on here now and its very comforting knowing your not alone with these wierd problems because your mind is the Hardest thing to control...Good luck to you..
 
My sleeping patterns are horrible. In the Winter time especially, I will stay up until around 5 in the morning and sleep till about noon and in those hours i will wake up no less than once each hour. In the Summer i go to bed before midnight and wake up really early and still wake up every hour. It sucks and makes anxiety worse because after a while all that lack of sleep or sleep disturbance starts catching up with you.
 
Have you ever tried Restoril (Temazepam)? It's a long lasting benzodiazepine (similar to Ativan) and helps me with sleep/anxiety at night.
 
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