No sleep for me then

[ukpete]

Woke up at 2am had a anxiety attack and can’t shake it off, it’s almost 6.30 now and I’m basically waiting for it to get light outside, I’ve been sleeping really well over the past week I just don’t know what is triggering this off,

I come here and read lots of peoples problems and sometimes reply and try and offer some support and kind words, this tends to distract me from the anxiety but tonight for me has been terrible, just can’t settle, I don’t want to be like this for the rest of my life,

Oh well it’s nearly daylight

[Mickey1953]

Have you seen a doctor? I take alprazolam for anxiety, and it helps tremendously. I also take fluoxetine for depression. If I stay on a regular med schedule and eat and sleep properly, I can function fairly well, but sometimes an attack just sneaks up. Sometimes I will start obsessing and can't stop. Time for a Xanax.

I hope you can get some help; this place has helped me tremendously. There are lots of supportive people here. Take care!

[ukpete in reply to Mickey1953]

Thanks for the advice, I did see my GP a few years ago and it did help, the anxiety went away and I seemed to be in control, it’s just the past few days it’s started to come back last night was a bit bad, I seem to get my overthinking head on and it’s not good. Well today’s another day, good luck

[dbeck128]

I do the same thing. Like whenever it gets a certain hour -mine happens to be 6am- I can go to sleep because I know its morning and everyone is getting up to start their day.

I basically loathe night time because that's when my anxiety gets at its breaking point

[ukpete in reply to dbeck128]

Same here, think I’ll get up now, all I’m doing is reading stuff on my phone, can’t seem to shake this anxiety off, I’d give the doctor a call but it’s about 5 days wait for an appointment, I read people’s posts on here and think how lucky I am but when I get a full blown panic attack it’s not good, thanks for the reply

[dbeck128 in reply to ukpete]

Right. I havent had an actual attack in a while but when I do its gonna be h*** to pay.

I dont even take anxiety meds. Just a mood stabilizer

[ukpete in reply to dbeck128]

What’s a mood stabilizer, I will have to check it out

[dbeck128 in reply to ukpete]

I take lamictal. out of all the antidepressants I've tried with adverse reactions my doc decided to treat me for bipolar depression. this stuff has been a life saver for me. It's a tricky medication but I have never had any sort of side effects from it.

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Anything can trigger you, not feeling loved, remembering something, looking at a picture ,anything, I go though the same thing with true nightmares, I have PTSD from abuse from my mother, she been dead 10 years now, nothing has help, just keep strong, we are here for you❤️(Up too, all night long from nightmares.