Anxiety and no sleep

[cleaningfairy]

Hello,

its been a while since i last came on here roughly 2 years. I have had mild anxiety during this time but nothing this bad since then.

You see the dr gave me some medication Venlafaxine and it has been working well for me normally on lately the GP has been playing silly monkey's with my meds ( venlafaxine) and my HRT patches have been coming off. Anyway i have not been able to take my meds as prescribed so now Sunday 23rd my anxiety went into full swing and it is really severe to the point it is very debilitating and also mean i am unable to sleep . I have been here before with this where i didn't sleep one moment for weeks and i became very ill and was struggling to breath for this time too. i considered taking my own life because of it back then. NOT FEELING THAT WAY RIGHT NOW.

But the thing is when you're awake all night and the husband is sleeping and so is my 4 year old son i struggle because there is nobody to communicate with and it gets very lonely and scary sitting by myself.

I must say i have been trying for hours to sleep , warm camomile sleep tea, music , ive had herbal sleeping tablets, done grounding, breathing exercises the works but still help i am so tired and i struggle to keep my eyes open and focused and 3 times i feel i have drifted of for a couple of seconds and i just like my brain thinks im dying or something and jolts me awake doing nothing for my anxiety of sleep except make me feel worse.

Please tell me i am not the only person feeling like this right now and somebody else is awake too.

[valotus]

Hi, I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through this right now! When my anxiety gets severe like this guided meditations on youtube and sleep hypnosis are really helpful. It sounds like you already know how to comfort yourself but your brain seems to be stuck in fight or flight at the moment, trust me I've been there! This too shall pass and eventually you will feel peace again, even if it takes a bit of time to get there you'll look back and be grateful you were patient with yourself. Remember how brave you are, anxiety is a very painful experience but you can get through this. I'm sending you lots of support and well wishes <3

[Rabajo]

I stopped my female hormones abruptly and ,over weeks, went into strong withdrawal from them. Anxiety and insomnia. I got back on them. I didn’t know about the withdrawal when I stopped. Taking many weeks to build back hormones. Best wishes for you and your particular experience.