Oversleeping

[JessF]

Hi everyone,

This is the first time I have ever posted anything on any of these sites and it is genuinely quite scary. I have anxiety but truthfully I genuinely don't know what is wrong. The doctor doesn't think I have depression but trying to get an actual answer of what they think is wrong is quite hard. They just say anxiety but then I google and there seems to be so much like panic disorders, gad etc but no one has said which one I fit into. I was put on SSRi's about 4 weeks ago and had all the normal side effects with this. The one that seems to stick around the most is sleeping. Sometimes I can't sleep but the worst is oversleeping and being constantly tired. I can't wake up in the mornings and I end up making myself get up after 9, if I didn't I can sleep till dinnertime. I'm sleeping around 12 hours at night and then always want a nap during the day. The problem is work and that I need to get up to get to work but it is such a struggle. Because of the oversleeping I have headaches and feel like I'm in a daze a lot of the time. I always feel like I cannot concentrate and my mind is so focused on the anxiety.

Does anyone have any hints and tips to be able to get up in the morning? I hate constantly feeling tired and lethargic.

Thanks

[Rox92]

Hi. I have been on citalopram for 22 days for anxiety. and now have been prescribed beta blockers 10mg as my anxiety is sky high at the moment and like you I can not seem to focus on or concentrate on anything because all I can think about is how anxious and how low I feel. I had a couple of good days last week and now I feel like I'm back to square one. How have you coped with being on antidepressants and will it get better?

Sorry to hear about your sleeping pattern. Sleep isn't really an issue for me at the moment. Well maybe falling to sleep some nights but that's because I get anxious xx

[JessF]

Hey I am on citalopram too there was a discussion about beta blockers but I think they are just waiting to see how I get on. I'm coping ok, I have a mixture of good days and bad days. I think the issue I find is that if I have a really bad day and have a panic attack or start crying or feel low everyone wants to know why and trying to tell somebody why is hard when you don't know yourself and again I think I'm back to square one. What I seem to have found is that the tablets can only work for so much and I'm not 100% sure if they have "kicked in" fully. They have definitely got my motivation back for going to do certain things when before I just wanted to do nothing. I am having counselling alongside I think when I have a bad day the counselling helps me more than the tablets as I use everything the counselor has said to help me through. If you are not already doing counselling I would recommend.