Mojo61
29-06-16, 19:26
My sleep was improving, but since I've been in this particular 'blip' for 2 weeks it has gone haywire again. I tend to fall asleep on the sofa at about 10.30pm because I'm so exhausted, then I wake again at about 11.30 and go up to bed but I can't get to sleep again. When I do eventually doze off it is only for an hour or so and then I'm awake again, heart pounding, sweating, racing thoughts.... and so it carries on through the night until the bloody birds start twittering at about 4am. I'm so exhausted but sleeping tablets don't work and just make me feel hungover the next day.
I think if I could just not think about the anxiety when I wake up I'd be able to get back to sleep again, but I wake up with a start, and I'm WIDE awake too, then I immediately think about the anxiety and get the 'adrenaline rush' come over my body the moment I think about it. It gives me a stomach ache and a pounding heart and my mind is going a million miles a minute with stupid thoughts and images. I took 2 diazepam last night because I couldn't stand it any longer - I just want to go to sleep at a reasonable hour and sleep through the night without keep waking up every hour or so. I'm absolutely exhausted, and that's not helping my anxiety at all.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
I think if I could just not think about the anxiety when I wake up I'd be able to get back to sleep again, but I wake up with a start, and I'm WIDE awake too, then I immediately think about the anxiety and get the 'adrenaline rush' come over my body the moment I think about it. It gives me a stomach ache and a pounding heart and my mind is going a million miles a minute with stupid thoughts and images. I took 2 diazepam last night because I couldn't stand it any longer - I just want to go to sleep at a reasonable hour and sleep through the night without keep waking up every hour or so. I'm absolutely exhausted, and that's not helping my anxiety at all.
Any suggestions gratefully received!