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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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my3girls 09/16/2020

I sleep horribly. An hour here or there through out the night.

I'm taking .25mg Halcion and 250mg of Depakote at night and 1mg of Rexulti in the morning.

I'm up almost every hour every night.

What have you found effective? I've tried Ambien and Restoril and they dont help at all.

Thanks

Mid 09/17/2020

Write it out. Keep writing it out. Whatever is in your mind in the quiet of the night, write it out.

Get the words to paper and do gentle motion movements to help your body relax the tension.

Sunshinegirl0228 09/17/2020

I take Trazodone and melatonin and that usually knocks me out. Trazodone is an older antidepressant but is given for sleep as well.
I also find a bedtime routine helpful. No tv 2 hours before bed. Shower and calm activities like coloring. Music sometimes helps me sleep.

my3girls 09/17/2020

Ha... the doctor took me off trazodone and melatonin as it interacts with my other meds... i was taking trazodone for hot flashes and sleep so now I'm up all night sweating.... go figure

jny 09/17/2020

I take zoplodem.

my3girls 09/17/2020

thanks Jny.... Ambien gave me 2 - 3 hours of sleep then I was up all night bright eyed and bushy tailed... amazing what works for some is so ineffective for others.

PurpleHippo13 09/17/2020

Have you tried Melatonin? (not sure how to spell it). Or maybe try some meditation. My partner says the meditation helps her alot with sleep. She also has a sleeping problem where she only sleeps a couple hours here and there. I just read where vibration is a key part of our healthy well being. Magnets give off a certain energy and maybe that would help get you to sleep. Good luck with sleeping.

my3girls 09/17/2020

I've not quite figured out meditation. Melatonin is off limits to me for interactions.
What kind of magnets?
Thanks

hyperpgal 09/17/2020

healthy all natural--somnapure, cbd gummies (that's if I am not too anxious a little sleepy

-more awake, benedryl, and klonopin

the best has been daily lexapro--I have slept up to 11 hrs and 45 mins on a good night....I usually go to bed at 8 and wake at 6...i might wake up a little but I go right back.

I also play that deep sleep music on youtube, and the biotropic parasympathetic stimulation

I tried trazondone once--definitely worked--could only drool and stare on the couch the next day...lol

my3girls 09/18/2020

Thanks. I must have the metabolism of a horse... not even a 1mg Xanax puts me out for more than 2 3 hours... wide awake as usual

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