Re: Crippling anxiety upon waking up in the middle of the night?
Originally Posted by
jcstan
Hey all, I've got some questions I hope someone can help with. First being I keep waking up around 12-1AM and having panic attacks, I'll go to bed fine around 1030-11 and boom wake up and panic badly. It's happened 3 out of the last 5 days in that time period. Why is that? It feels like my anxiety is 100x worse upon waking up, but only when i wake up in the middle of the night.
Try having a light snack an hour or so before you go to bed. Something with tryptophan in if possible but nothing sugary. It could be that you are having a blood sugar spike. Try and work out how long it is between your last meal and when you wake up. So if you last ate at 5pm and you are waking up at 1am with anxiety, I'd say it's down to blood sugar because anxiety plays havoc with it which is why it's a good idea to eat little and often.
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