shelly1816
03-08-15, 11:18
Morning all, I recently posted in the 'introduce yourself section' and thought I would follow it on with an update.
So last Sunday 26th was a very bad day, I went from feeling panicky about doing things to full blown constant anxiety. (I developed a bout of panic attacks after a series of events at an already stressful time of year, mid June.)
I think that since the summer holidays have started I have had way to much time to myself and it's not doing me any favours. My anxiety got worse to the point where I felt sick and shaky all the time. In the past despite any anxiety I have always managed to sleep but now I can't even manage that. I have better nights and bad nights but every night I drift off for a minimal amount of time and then jump back awake again.
On the Tuesday I had a telephone appointment with a therapist, she was helpful and has referred me for a computer program to work through but this isn't booked to start until the end of Aug.
Tuesday afternoon I went back to the doctors to see if I could get help for sleeping. He gave me amitriptyline but I'm not a fan of tablets so have yet to take any. I also worry because I'm off on holiday on Saturday and it would be nice to have a drink in the bar in the evenings but these are supposedly no alcohol tablets.
Instead I got myself some herbal nytol, seem to work ok, I wake up but am not wide awake and find it easier to drift off and even when I'm not asleep I fell much calmer and my mind is not racing.
I also got a book from the library about relaxation and stress reduction. They have some fab exercises to do which seem to be helping.
I even got my kids to do some of them with me and they say that they feel better after and sleep better.
I think one of the problems with my sleep pattern is again due to the fact it's summer holidays, I'm just not wearing myself out like I normally do, working and having 4 children is hard work!
Hoping I sleep better on holiday, I'm usually thoroughly worn out on hols!
My sleep did vastly improve for a couple of days but then my daughter went to camp on Sat and the last 2 nights have been jumping awake worrying about her.
My anxiety is higher when I haven't slept, I'm not good at dealing with anything when I haven't slept! But overall, it's considerably lower than it was a week ago.
Think it is slowly sinking in that I'm actually fine and when I'm not worrying about how I feel, I feel much better. Trying not to let the fear in.
I feel that if I keep re-enforcing this that my sleep will return and everything will fall into place..... fingers crossed anyway!
:winks:
So last Sunday 26th was a very bad day, I went from feeling panicky about doing things to full blown constant anxiety. (I developed a bout of panic attacks after a series of events at an already stressful time of year, mid June.)
I think that since the summer holidays have started I have had way to much time to myself and it's not doing me any favours. My anxiety got worse to the point where I felt sick and shaky all the time. In the past despite any anxiety I have always managed to sleep but now I can't even manage that. I have better nights and bad nights but every night I drift off for a minimal amount of time and then jump back awake again.
On the Tuesday I had a telephone appointment with a therapist, she was helpful and has referred me for a computer program to work through but this isn't booked to start until the end of Aug.
Tuesday afternoon I went back to the doctors to see if I could get help for sleeping. He gave me amitriptyline but I'm not a fan of tablets so have yet to take any. I also worry because I'm off on holiday on Saturday and it would be nice to have a drink in the bar in the evenings but these are supposedly no alcohol tablets.
Instead I got myself some herbal nytol, seem to work ok, I wake up but am not wide awake and find it easier to drift off and even when I'm not asleep I fell much calmer and my mind is not racing.
I also got a book from the library about relaxation and stress reduction. They have some fab exercises to do which seem to be helping.
I even got my kids to do some of them with me and they say that they feel better after and sleep better.
I think one of the problems with my sleep pattern is again due to the fact it's summer holidays, I'm just not wearing myself out like I normally do, working and having 4 children is hard work!
Hoping I sleep better on holiday, I'm usually thoroughly worn out on hols!
My sleep did vastly improve for a couple of days but then my daughter went to camp on Sat and the last 2 nights have been jumping awake worrying about her.
My anxiety is higher when I haven't slept, I'm not good at dealing with anything when I haven't slept! But overall, it's considerably lower than it was a week ago.
Think it is slowly sinking in that I'm actually fine and when I'm not worrying about how I feel, I feel much better. Trying not to let the fear in.
I feel that if I keep re-enforcing this that my sleep will return and everything will fall into place..... fingers crossed anyway!
:winks: