Sleeping pills

[melhil]

Hello,

I was prescribed a sleeping aid to calm my mind at night so that I can actually get some sleep. It seems to be helping but I find that I’m waking up at the same time every night then I have trouble falling back asleep as I have to be up for work in about an hour. Does anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

[Dnel82]

Well for most of us who live with anxiety we rely on a full nights sleep in order to "reset" our bodies. Reason we have such a hard time falling back a sleep i believe is because we get anxious at the fact that we've woken up in the middle of the night and would rather be sleeping instead of awake. Just my theory and personal experience.

Anxiety sufferers naturally have restless minds. So every waking moment just mean having to deal with anxiety. Sleep is our escape and disconnect in a way.

[melhil in reply to Dnel82]

Makes sense

[Elfje]

Ye same here

I have the taken also sleep meds but bit nervous about it

It's flurazepam

And I Google it stupid me

Get more anxiety

How stupid is this

[Dnel82 in reply to Elfje]

Google is an Anxiety sufferers worst enemy. I stopped googling things a long while ago. Just not worth the headaches.

[Elfje in reply to Dnel82]

I know

I never do it again

If you read Google it's al the worst things

So I stay away from Google