Morning anxiety

[Nervy57]

Hello everyone,

I’ve been recently getting very bad morning anxiety and lately when I wake up in the morning I’ve been feeling very hot. Not necessarily sweaty, but very hot. It’s also very hard for me to go back to sleep after I wake up even if I have more time to sleep, because my stomach starts to hurt, I feel hot and my thoughts start to race. Is this a normal thing to happen with anxiety? Has anyone else experiences this ?

[kholoudkotb]

Happens to me as well it even wakes me up at night then i cant go back to sleep , hot flashes and anxiety , just reassure yourself and accept that you’re anxious and wait for it to go away , you can also walk around for few minutes usually helps me

[Sophia1985]

Hi, sorry you feel that way, they sound like very common symptoms of anxiety; try an app called Pacifica- it might help you ease your anxiety

[McMoo]

My morning anxiety is the worst too. Sounds familiar to you. My thoughts are erratic when waking and sets physical anxiety symptoms off. If I feel I need more sleep I put on a guided meditation to take my mind off the thoughts and this sometimes can send me back asleep. Otherwise I find getting out of bed ASAP is best.

[Oneseedatatime]

Nervy57,

Have you consulted with your PCP? There could be medical reasons causing this anxiety. You

do not mention it but where do you go first thing I the morning? To work? Could it be something you are anticipating causing this?

[Nervy57 in reply to Oneseedatatime]

I do go to my college classes in the mornings/afternoons. I have been to the doctor recently and they didn’t seem to think anything was wrong. I’ve had bloodwork done and everything came back normal.