Morning anxiety

[flimsymimsy]

Hi its me again. Does anyone else suffer from morning anxiety ? What I mean is I wake up and can feel the adrenaline rush going through my body and this starts the day off on a bad foot. This then often leads to a panic attack and sometimes can last on and off all day and feel drained and physically exhausted. I have tried eating a snack before bed incase it was my blood sugar levels dropping, I have cut out caffeine, pop, sweets and chocolate and basically any sugar and still it isnt helping., I have started eating more bananas as I have read that these contain nutrients and vitamins that can help with anxiety. I get up out of bed splash cold water on my face and still makes no odds???? I try self hypnosis from the you tube videos and also the meditations and I feel really relaxed when doing them but an hour or so afterwards I will have a huge panic attack like its my brain fighting back saying you have this anxiety. Just dont know what else to try. Thanks in advance x

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Yes, I do fully understnd this and have suffered with it most of my life. I am retired now but worked in a fairly stressful environment. I tried all sorts of 'remedies' to stop feeling anxious and having panic attacks and nothing seemed to help until eventually a consultant prescribed me beta blockers for anxiety, which to be honest were a life saver (literally, because I suffered high blood pressure). Having said that, I think most people suffer anxiety to some degree and it is a case of finding what works for you and to help you cope on a daily basis. It took many years to find a workable solution for me (although life continues to be a learning curve and I am always keen to find new ways of improving my health and happiness). So please keep looking for what works for you - it is definitely out there somewhere ! Take care.

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I was bad this morning and I looked towards little things as mentioned earlier.

It was a pain to see the Hares in the garden, they eat the plants. NEGATIVE.

They were play fighting on the lawn, it was nice to watch POSITIVE.

Yes we chased then, so what ?? something negative can lead you through to positive thoughts. I will think about the hares all day now, I will make a determined effort to remember the positive.

We will now have coffee and discuss the day, not forgetting the Hares and that positive thought

BOB

[Huskymum]

Hi this is my first post, I have the same experience as you every morning, I have had depression for as long as I can remember, I'm in my 40's now but the anxiety is crippling I hate the constant feeling of fear, especially when you wake up, it's awful. I am currently off sick from work due to it, I've started a new antidepressant but it doesn't feel like it's working it's been 4 weeks on it, I guess I have to just stick with it, nice to hear from people with similar experiences

[flimsymimsy in reply to Huskymum]

Hi Huskymum. Im in my late 30's and it is crippling.Im also off work as at the moment I find it difficult to get out of bed. For me its the constant racing heart as soon as I wake up and doesnt ease off. Today ive already had 2 bad panic attacks and is only 9.55am. I hope the anti depressants start to work for you but know they can take a while to start working. Id maybe give it a few more weeks and if anxiety is getting worse or not improving go back to gp . Thanks for your reply its nice to hear from others who also have this horrible symptom . Hope you get relief soon .

[Huskymum in reply to flimsymimsy]

Hi nice to hear from you, so sorry you're feeling this way 2 it's truly horrendous, I find the mornings worse, waking early and the feeling of real unexplainable fear, I have absolutely no motivation to do anything, how are you during the day?

[flimsymimsy in reply to Huskymum]

Hi the mornings are worse. I do struggle throughout the day. So today I woke up and my chest is hurting and having constant palpitations then the adrenaline built up and went into the panic attacks and now its just when one panic attack ends another one starts around 20 minutes later and that is how my day is. Im also trying to look after my son too who is 3 and we have played with things like duplo and cars etc until my mum will take him playgroup for an hour after dinner but i just feel drained. I take each day as it comes but it is hard and feel exhausted and the anxiety doesnt seem to ease off. How are things for you during the day?

[Huskymum in reply to flimsymimsy]

Sounds like you're having it really hard. It's so tiring having to act normal around your child when you just want to crawl under a blanket. Well done that you've managed to do that. I find mornings worse once my son has gone to school and I'm on my own it's doesn't feel any better my heart just pounds, I can see the house needs cleaning but I just can't physically do it, so I force myself for a couple of hours, sometimes I can't even do that, then spend the rest of the day asleep until my son and husband get back, the anxiety is all day the panic attacks are throughout the day and can be triggered by the phone ringing, one of my dogs barking or the post coming I then literally shake for hours I'm in bed by 9 but can't sleep

[bailey01]

Hi guys. That sounds awful. I also find I'm worse in the mornings and gets better during the day. This is my fifth week off work. I've been on citalopram a few years 40 mg and there was a mix up at chemist so I ended up with 20th for a month which may have triggered this episode. I'm now back on 40 mg for about 5 weeks.

I just wanted to sleep all day for weeks especially when I couldn't sleep all night. I find the mornings stressful, getting my son ready for school which my partner had to do for a while and take him to school when I couldn't face it. Just having a shower and getting dressed took so much effort I didn't sometimes do it til the afternoon.

I am getting a bit better I guess. Just reading back how I was, hope you feel better soon guys X X X X X

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I thank God I don't get panic attacks etc. My thing is depression. With these anxiety attacks is there any trigger? Clearly, your body is trying to tell you something is wrong. Obviously, I'm one for taking meds(life saver) following docs advice etc but it seems like anxiety/depression is caused by a misalignment between what's going on in your head and trying to pretend differently. I might be wrong so tell me - but we usually have something we are anxious about when we feel anxiety. If you dont have a specific worry have you been stressed/worried/anxious for so long it has simply become an instinctive response for your body?