Can't sleep

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Thanks optimistic kid, sometimes it can be hard. I don't know. I have been doing better. I keep hearing that people should start exercising as well so I may just sign up for the gym.
It's winter too. So it's hard to get out sometimes. Too damn cold!! Lol.
Thanks for your advice though. I really do appreciate it.
 
Yet another restless night. It's almost 5am and I've been up since midnight.
This has been going on the past few nights and I felt the need to post. I can't sleep more then 15min or so even though my eyes are so sleepy.
I took .25mg of an ativan which kinda helped but I needed a lil something more so I took another .25mg.
I just get such bad anxiety and panic attacks that I feel like I'm going to lose it. And I would post this on the OCD boarRAB if I could start new threaRAB but I think it stems from that. Or does it stem from anxiety?! Because when I'm not anxious I'm not bad and when I am I get intrusive thoughts or compulsions.
Anyone have any suggestions for sleeping through thr night? I think it also maybe that I am dehydrated and haven't ate for the past few days as well? Or that I have a drink or two at night.
I just want to sleep through the night and without the lights on all night as well!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 
Thanks Leopard777...I haven't been able to eat, it's just quite difficult when I have this constant anxiety, I'm afraid of just getting sick to my stomach and then feeling even worse. I do understand though how important it is to eat a balanced diet.
I do drink alot of water though, well, have been, last week I wasn't able to get much down of anything. Except alcohol, which made the incessant anxiety go away and help me fall asleep...although that didn't help in the middle of the night when I woke up with more anxiety.
I am just close to a week of being on my beRAB and taking the Ativan, I hear that it takes about a month before meRAB start to kick in with regarRAB to helping with the anxiety, so I am hoping for this. I am quite optimisitic.
Some days are bad...some days are good. Today is...meh, so-so. Don't want it to get worse though. I so hate this feeling. Really do.

I'm thankful for your advice even though you don't know me, and I appreciate your worRAB of wisdom.
Thank you very much.
 
Heidi;
I also have the lack of appetite when I get anxiety but lately it is just the mornings. I was the same as you and tried to force myself but it would make me sick. What I started to do is just make one or two pieces of toast and eat it and it actually went down OK and I did feel a little better with food in my stomach. SO I would try to eat something, even as simple as toast, so you have some food in you and get a little more energy. I know when I wasn;t eating I just laid on the couch all day.
 
Hey Heidi;
I am actually better, 100% for now. I just hope it keeps up. I got really busy at work so I haven; t been here much but I am trying to check in a few times a week since so many people have helped me, I want to be able to pass it on. How about you?
 
Hi! I too have many sleepless nights. I hate it. There are so many aRAB on the web for natural sleeping aiRAB, I have yet to try one. You may research some of them. When I get restless leg syndrome at night, I get up and take some extra magnesium and that seems to do the trick, I sympathize with you, it is an awful problem!....Sharon
 
I liked Ativan for my anxiety.I would be hesitant to self-medicate by increasing dose.
My wife took Trazodone at bedtime,I thought that was for sleeping,but I think it is listed for depression.At any rate,she had me turn down the TV sound.She was so
afraid noises would keep her up.She had chronic back pain,so she only got one shot to get some zzzz's,where she would have no pain.God rest her soul. Good luck Bill
 
I forgot,but I take a few deep breaths if I am restless.In thru the nose,hold for a second or two,then exhale slowly thru the mouth. Bill
 
Thanks Angst Guy...
I've been slowly starting to eat...the problem though is I begin to eat heavier fooRAB first and then it just messes me up and I go back to the whole no appetite thing if that makes any sense at all.
I should try the toast thing though, or even soup.
I'm up and about more so this week, last week I wouldn't move out of bed...I was too afraid to even be in the kitchen let alone make food.
Thanks for your help though, I really appreciate it. How have you been feeling??
 
Angst Guy ~ hey! I've actually been doing alot better lately. Been actually sleeping throughout the night. Not tonight though. Lol. Tonight I am a bit restless and am finding it difficult to fall asleep. I feel very full which I think is contributing to that. But other then that been doing alot better and it's great to hear that you are doing better as well. That's fantastic! :)

Emmol ~ thanks for your post. I have yet to try any natural remedies to help with my sleeping or my sleep pattern. I have been falling asleep very early lately for whatever reason. Which sucks for my social life. Because I am asleep by 9pm. But then sometimes I wake up several times throughout the night. I have been doing alot better lately and the anxiety is alot better too.
How are you doing?
 
I'm sorry to hear that both you and your wife had sleeping problems.
I haven't increased my dose. My doctor prescribede 1mg 3 times a day but I hear it's addictive. So I'm starting out on smaller doses.
I try my best to breathe in and out to try and fall asleep but the anxiety sometimes is way too much.
I'm sorry to hear about your wife as well.
Do you just suffer from anxiety or other disorders?
Thanks for your reply. :) take care.
 
Hey;
I am glad to hear you are feeling better. I am much better now that my body has adjusted to the higher does of Zoloft. It took me a few days once I started eating to get it all back to normal. Even now, a week later I am not in the mood to eat sometimes but I just find something light. There are even times you are hungry and just cannot find something you want. It'll get better now that you are up and starting to eat again.
 
Yes eat a large meal three times a day.
you know Not eating properly reduces the metabolism.
Drink one and half liter of water a day, every day.
Not drinking enough also reduces the metabolism.
and alcohol

two glasses a week is totally ok. more you go into trouble.
The alcohol it has two sides. Being in a public place, meeting people, is absolutely good for the
mood.
But the alcohol damage something inside our body.

but the main reason
people can be anxious because they don't do what they want for example.
For example somebody during years don't do the job that he wants, and then get anxious,
or something like that.
or a mother has a problem she would like to solve, need time. Life things to solve.


or people can get anxious because they don't get involved in the society, they stay often alone
at home. that's can be one reason.
It's like a rule, the human must know others humans. Must have frienRAB.

I don't know you.
see you wish you strenght
 
heidi i have been where you are i did find a way out of it by going to the gym regular i went out with frienRAB regular and i gained enough mentl strengh to actually forget about my anxiety so it became less powerful and my depression also went you have to distract yourself by doing joyful things with frienRAB it will go and then you will know how to beat it be clever the solution is all natural and is right in front of you
 
It sounRAB like you are doing a lot better than you were when you first posted this, so some of the things that I suggest might not help you but I can tell you somethings over the years I have found to help me. Talking to people, whether it is frienRAB, your significant other, or best yet, a therapist. A therapist is good for talking about those things that you would only tell your diary, they make helpful suggestions and sometimes it's just good to let it out.

I started seeing a therapist near the end of my freshman or sophomore year in high school because I was had such bad depression, anxiety attacks, and well lots of anxiety in general about just about everything, that I had become suicidal. When I took the test for depression and anxiety my doctor congratulated me on taking longer to complete it than anyone else he had ever given it to, I was worrying over each question, trying to make sure that I put the most accurate answer.

But anyways back to talking to people, it really is amazing how much better you feel after talking about something that has been worrying you. The other week I talked to a complete stranger online about something that had been bothering me for months. You know that phrase "...felt as though a great weight had been lifted off of them" ? Well, that is the way that I felt after talking to this stranger about my problem, I hadn't even realized that it was weighing on me until it was gone and I felt amazing, the next morning I sprang out of bed, grinning, ready to face the world even though I hadn't gotten enough sleep because I stayed up talking, lol. So talking helps, along the same lines being social, making time to hang out with frienRAB, smell the fresh air, help someone with a personal or community project.

Also, I saw that a couple of people suggested exercising, this is a wonderful idea, I'll admit that before about six months ago that I didn't really go to the gym or get a lot of home exercise but now that I am going I actually feel a lot better, every time I leave the gym I can't stop grinning for the rest of the day and I sleep well if I've exercised that day.

As far as your eating problem goes it sounRAB like that is much better but I'll say this just in case, something that I have found that I can always get down, even if I feel sick to my stomach, is applesauce, it's light, only semi-solid, and even though most people don't really think of it as such, it's actually really good, and there are lots of different types. Also, since it sounRAB like you are able to eat now, I always get very sleepy and relaxed after I eat, so maybe eating dinner late might help stack the odRAB in your favor somewhat? I have had trouble sleeping since I can remeraber, lately it hasn't been so bad because I'm doing a lot better in other areas so I guess it makes me sleep better, but I still have those nights of tossing and turning more often than most people. One thing that I have found is that if I think "this is going to be one of those nights, I not going to be able to fall asleep" then it typically comes true, probably because I start worrying about it. I know that it's hard to not think about something when someone tells you not to think about it, but try, if the thought starts to form in your head that it's going to be a miserable sleepless night, then get it out of there asap, don't even let the thought completely form and settle in your mind, start thinking about something else, or instead think to yourself, "I am going to fall asleep tonight with no problems and it is going to be wonderful", then smile and cuddle up to your pillow.

One last thing that, while not necessarily the best habit to have, does often help me sleep is starting/doing something that I do not want to do. Something long and tedious, maybe taxes? (lol) This has been a thorn in my side for years but it is occasionally useful when I either am having trouble sleep or feel like I might have trouble. When I was in high school and middle school I would often wake up, sometimes as early as 7 or 8 pm, with a pencil in my hand and school books and papers all around me, and I could not even remeraber falling asleep. I guess that sub-consciously I thought that if I went to sleep that I would not have to do my work.

So there are a few things that helped me I hope that I have told you SOMETHING useful, I am sorry for writing so much, I really did not mean to. I really hope that your sleeping/anxiety/eating problems go away, "never to return again", as the song goes.

P.S. sometimes I have a hard time convincing myself to go to the gym, so I ask a friend to go with me, let them deal with talking you into/making you go when it comes time and you decide that it really doesn't work for you today, that tomorrow would be better. Good luck!
 
Hi freakedout333,
You definitely did not write too much, lol. No worries! I just want to first start off by saying that you soooooooooooooo much for your advice, there are wonderful tidbits in there that I most definitely will try. Such as exercising, definitely. That's something that has been on my mind the last little while. And I am definitely going to try not to think too much when I wake up in the middle of the night, because I do tend to do that, say to myself that it's going to be "another one of those nights" and then I begin to worry and then I just end up staying up for hours on end.
Last night wasn't the greatest for me, but I have been doing better. :)
I am glad that I am making some progress, and posting on these boarRAB helps as well.
I started seeing a therapist and it does feel like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders when I talk to her about some of the things that have been bothering me and whatnot. I also started journalling as well, which is very cathartic and I find therapeutic.
I also started a food drive at work for Haiti, which makes me feel good that I am doing something for others ( as I have never led anything like this before )...and also cooking and cookbooks. :)
I must admit that I still have a hard time going out and being social...sometimes I just don't want to and I would rather sit at home and read or something, but I know that I need to drag my butt out there and make some frienRAB. Because that'll help as well...lately I feel like I have no frienRAB sometimes and that makes my anxiety and depression somewhat worse, to feel like I have "no one" to lean on. If you know what I mean...
I'm just going to do more of my therapy and whatnot and writing and I just hope that everything will pass. I am on medication though, but I hope not to be on them for a long time. I think what brought all this on was my drinking...I wasn't a very incredibly heavy drinker, but I would have a couple glasses of wine every night...and I think alcohol brings on anxiety and worse for it since liquor is a "downer"...
I am cutting back on that though, which I am proud of and I am now a non-smoker as well. So I am trying my best to turn my life around.
How have you been doing lately with your anxiety and whatnot? How long did you suffer depression and anxiety for?
I know that in the beginning you feel as if you will never "shake off this feeling"...but it's true when they say that you can get through it. I'm glad that I have great support from loved ones and that I can educate myself with books and whatnot to have a better understanding of all that is going on.

I so greatly appreciate all of your advice and I will definitely take all of this into consideration and try it all out as well! :)
 
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