I try to sleep, close my eyes, sleep for a tiny bit, get something in my mind to pop up, I feel a quick surge of small anxiety, I wake back up. How can I fix this? How can I get this to stop? I can't take this anymore
I’m sorry 🥺 I just went through this recently. I slept like 4 hours per night and still had to go to work every day and it felt like torture. I started to take SSRI again and that helped tremendously once I got up to a higher dose, as well as magnesium glycinate. I limited caffeine and am also completely sober which I think helps because it helps me remain steady
I hope SSRIs are helping you. I don't know what else to do besides deep breathing
@BigGyro09 I see you don’t go to bed until 4 am. Just curious why that is, is it by choice? What does your day to day schedule look like (school or work?)
:(( breathe, stretch, maybe take some melatonin if you have any or some gummies for sleep. make some warm tea or something, anything to calm down.
I had tea and it did help but it's too early for me to sleep. I won't sleep until 4am so I'm just taking it easy with playing a game that I know will calm me down. I didn't know there were melatonin gummies though. Like the gummy candies that anyone of all ages can eat? My friend also showed me this melatonin liquid drink thing that was purple.
I also did stretches. I think I'll them again in a few hours
@BigGyro09 that’s really good! i’m glad you’re winding down a bit, that sounds like it would be good for you :)) and yes, i know there’s gummies or vitamins you can take that are supposed to help with stress and sleep, i’ve been meaning to try them myself. i’m pretty are they’re just at like cvs and those types of stores. of course use them in moderation and all but that could help! what’s your usual sleep schedule if you don’t mind me asking? you could try going to bed earlier as well if you’re able to
@worryywart I hope the gummies are safe. I would like to try them. I've tried pm Advil and that knocked me out the last time I took it. I think of taking them but then I get worried that with all that melatonin my mind will still find a way to stay awake. That was always a fear I've had with that. I go to sleep at 4 in the morning. Sometimes I sleep until 12, sometimes 2, or 3 at the very latest. I never see AM and it's been like this for a while. I could try going to bed at 3:30PM maybe. Then when I'm used to that I can keep moving it back 30 minutes each time I feel ready. I just really have to calm my mind..
i’m pretty sure most of them are safe, they’re usually just melatonin and chamomile or stuff like that, i think in moderation they’re probably ok. although i do like to be careful with supplements or vitamins in general and don’t like to give medical advice or anything because i don’t know but these are just things you can get over the counter so there probably ok. you can always look into specific brands as well to be sure. and you can combat staying awake with any other ways to wind down before bed. i find just tiring myself out before bed through either some kind of physical activity or something mentally sort of taxing helps too. like reading a book or doing a bunch of classwork until i’m just too tired to do anything. slowly changing your sleep schedule like that is a good idea. it’s hard to just go straight into it so doing it in increments like that would be better i think. unless you have to be awake later in the day/early morning for work or something of course, or just prefer to be awake then.
I would really like to go back to my gym but that's been hard because of lack of motivation and lack of sleep. I know that if I do go back to it I would have energy being burned and I'd be okay. I guess this is all things I can talk to my doctor about. It's good to have a professional opinion on these things but I know I'd still be scared to actually do something about this in the long run. I really hope deep breathing is the solution to all of this
@BigGyro09 the gym would be a good solution! i don’t go at all which is something i actually need to fix but i know that when i was physically active i felt much better in general, even anxiety wise. gotta take care of the mind and body all together. even just going on walks or bike rides or something are better than nothing. it’s hard to build up that motivation but you can start small with even a small workout at home. and definitely talk to a doctor if you’d like their opinion as well. maybe their advice would ease some of your worries too. you got this!!
@worryywart Wow we even have that in common. But yeah it was really nice going to the gym because it was something to do, it was good for my mind and my body. Maybe it would. I hope so.
@BigGyro09 occupying yourself with things can be good, plus at least it’s bettering yourself in other ways too. i hope it works out for you :)) 🫶
@worryywart Thanks as always. I hope things work out for you too. It's nice talking with you! :)
I have been nervous about flying since I am going on a trip tomorrow and the thought of turbulence has unnerved me but I have been doing ok with that thought and slowly getting used to it. I have been looking at videos and articles explaining turbulence and what it is and why it happens and I have been feeling better about it. I go to bed and I am definitely tired. I am at that stage where I am falling asleep but still awake and all of a sudden I get a random anxiety hit feeling and a accompanying thought of "I wanna die!". I immediately wake up like I was just fighting for my life and I keep repeating the thoughts over and over wondering if that's what I want or something. I sort of calm down and try to sleep but now I am getting random thoughts from tv shows, music lyrics, and scenes from said shows playing in a random order. Feels like I am losing it and I can't focus. I am afraid I am having some psychosis or something which increases my anxiety. Any help or insight would be appreciated. I have had Suicidal OCD thoughts before but this one sort of hit different since I was partially asleep.
So for like two and a half weeks I’ve been dealing with my OCD being so strong I can’t sleep. Like insomnia. And it’s all revolves around thoughts of that I won’t sleep, my body/brain doesn’t remember how to sleep, I’ll never sleep again. It’s the struggle of falling asleep. For a week I had true sleeping problems because of it, but since then I have been sleeping every night but the thoughts still ruminate. I was getting better but it got worse again and I’m afraid I’m going to fall into not sleeping again. Like, I’ve had sleep anxiety for years but I’ve been able to push it off by being able to sleep and fall into my life. I am in therapy and am taking the steps… I just want to know if there’s any advice from anyone about it or if anyone has experienced this? I also do take melatonin, magnesium glycinate and have an herbal sleepy tea— I mostly take these to shut my thoughts up but it doesn’t always work. Ps: I am working with a therapist. And I have spoken to a psychiatrist and got no sleeping meds, just a Zoloft prescription which I’m not fond of taking medicine due to a previous bad experience. As well as Zoloft has a side effect of insomnia so I don’t want that for obvious reasons. I would really prefer to tackle this without medicine if I can! Thank you for the understanding.
For the last week, I have gotten little sleep. The first 3 or 4 days, I would lay on the couch shaking, having like full body jerks, exhausted but laying there with my eyes closed all night. Tossing and turning for hours and maybe slept a total of 30-60 minutes very broken up through the night. The last few days, I'll feel a bit better and try to go to sleep and wake up 45-60 minutes later or an hour and a half later it I'm lucky, before everything floods back. I get jerky and shaky, my stomach has a pit, I feel that dread, anger, anxiety, and I'll be tossing and turning again with bits where I fall asleep for 20-40 minutes maybe 2-4 times through the entire night and morning. It's driving me insane. It's scary that I can't sleep much and when I do, it feels like torture and I'll have nightmares for the little bits I do get.
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