ZMan
13-09-10, 02:05
Then I feel I'd be much much closer to having anxiety out of my life.
The thing is, I get my worst bouts of panic/anxiety at night, and while they have calmed down a lot recently, it's the nights where I'm in bed for 11pm/12 that set me off, because I have ample time to lie in bed and think/not sleep/notice one irregular heartbeat and hence the cycle commences.
Hence, if I stay up to 2am on the internet, and then take like and hour and a bit out doing crosswords and the like before going to bed then I'm normally shattered and more prone to sleeping without thinking. Sometimes I also have a movie on my ipod which I watch in bed if I still can't sleep.
While this system works well, a good amount of sleep and a good sleeping pattern is essential for combating anxiety, so please can someone give advice on how they handle night-times.
Thanks
The thing is, I get my worst bouts of panic/anxiety at night, and while they have calmed down a lot recently, it's the nights where I'm in bed for 11pm/12 that set me off, because I have ample time to lie in bed and think/not sleep/notice one irregular heartbeat and hence the cycle commences.
Hence, if I stay up to 2am on the internet, and then take like and hour and a bit out doing crosswords and the like before going to bed then I'm normally shattered and more prone to sleeping without thinking. Sometimes I also have a movie on my ipod which I watch in bed if I still can't sleep.
While this system works well, a good amount of sleep and a good sleeping pattern is essential for combating anxiety, so please can someone give advice on how they handle night-times.
Thanks