Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Blessed day!

[Beholy]

Tired of waking up every morning with anxiety and now it lasting almost all day even after taking Clonazepam, I don't know why I'm waking up with anxiety, does this happen to anyone?

[TeddyBear3]

Merry Christmas!!

[SayNOtoPanic]

Merry Christmas. Yes have dealt with that in the past. Hang in there. Try a morning exercise where you say welcome back to the anxiety and push forward. Maybe a meditation or a brisk walk even as soon as you have breakfast if you can. Hope it passes soon. Hugs.

[Mrspjsmom]

I wake up often with panic. Sometimes I have a nightmare then wake up with panic. Other times I have no idea why. Years ago a doctor told me when we sleep we work out our mental health issues. Don't know if that's true for everyone but for me personally it makes sense. I try to keep a morning routine. It seems to help. Most importantly you aren't alone.

[blue77moon-forest]

This has been happening to me for a long time. Don't know why but it's an awful way to wake up. You are not alone. I try and get busy doing something right away and that helps,

[Hope4me1]

It happens to me, too. Not all the time, though, thankfully. Sometimes I will wake up in the night with anxiety. I try to ease it with grateful thoughts or calming music, perhaps a prayer. But accepting it and going forward is key. My best days are waking up content and happy for the day ahead. I like to think about those times and knowing those mornings will return again. And they do. You are not alone with these sensations and know that you are safe.

Use the chat to reach out to others if you need to talk. I wish for you peace for your soul and joy in your heart❤️🕊️

[Chris0214]

Hello. I wake up with anxiety and panic attacks regularly and they are scary. I get hypersensitive to the physical feelings in my body and laser focus on them. Feelings of dread surface and I get disoriented and feel that shallow, butterfly flutter feeling in my chest. It’s a horrible feeling because feel like I’m dying literally. Like you I take the Klonopin and it tends to work, but I only take it when it’s too overwhelming. I downloaded the Calm app. So I’ll lay down in a dark room and listen to a couple daily calm meditations. They seem to help. Then I find busy work to do. That all helps…I’ll refocus on sounds in the room and objects. Anything to take my mind off the physical symptoms. Power thru. Sometimes mine last most of the day, but I’m alive! Prayer helps. Speaking on the phone with others who have anxiety helps. I cut way down on drinking and coffee too. That helped. Hang in there and positive thoughts and prayers your way. You’re not alone.

[designguy]

It's quite common for anxiety be highest in the morning. Part of it is that our cortisol is highest when we wake up which can trigger anxiety and the other is because of anticipatory anxious thoughts when you wake up about the anxiety being present again and the thoughts can trigger it. Reassuring yourself that it's just anxiety and is harmless can help. Another thing is practicing simple mindfulness meditation to be able to be ok with the anxious thoughts and let them flow in and out of your mind and not attach to them and realize they have no power over you.

[Beholy]

Thank you everyone for your support, it means so much to me. Hugs to all of you