Mornings

[atlas97]

Every morning for the past week or so i’ve woken up feeling horrible. I’ll only get 4 hours of sleep and then i wont be able to go back to sleep because of this horrible anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach. I’m taking SSRIs that i think give me night sweats and strange dreams. I’m starting to dread the mornings, but at least i have some respite in the night, it’s just the cycle of ‘okay’ to ‘anxious’ back to ‘okay’ is so tiring.

[Hidden]

Have you tried soothing sounds before you go to sleep? I like the sound of rain so I started listening to rain sounds at night. It's helped me the last 2 nights so far. I'm hoping it will keep working. I also listen to guided meditation on youtube before bed so I can hopefully relax enough to sleep. It doesn't always work but doing that in combination with the rain sounds has been helping for now. You just have to keep trying different things and if they work, great! If not, try something else. I've had insomnia my whole life and I'm open to anything and everything because I can't live this way anymore.

[atlas97 in reply to Hidden]

insomnia is so rough you feel like you cant get enough sleep to function regularly, i do actually listen to nature sounds as i sleep (noisey neighbors) and guided meditations have helped me as well. I’m going to try taking magnesium supplements.