Anxiety Support Group

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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Mike1975 01/04/2014

I've been anxious over a new coworker, that whole life change thing a lot of us unfortunately have. I'm generally exhausted by the time I go to bed but wake up about 4-5 hours later and can't go back to sleep. This has been going on the last 3 days. I am on 3mg Klonopin and have Xanax 1mg prn that doesn't seem to work(I had been doing well for about 6 weeks anxiety free). Wasn't working towards the end of that last episode but thought after so long without it, it might help but it has little to no effect. Any ideas to help an anxious person sleep or go back to sleep after waking? Thanks a lot!

anneccleaver 01/04/2014

how much excersize do you usually get?

ravenfish2013 01/04/2014

I have been listening to meditation videos, which helps out. Soothing music can also be helpful. When all else fails, I get up and move around to cause physical exhaustion. Everything from cleaning the house, to jumping jacks or just punch a pillow until all the energy just drips away.

Not sure if any of these suggestions will help guide you into dreamland, but even if they don't I do hope you find something that does work well for you soon.

Mike1975 01/04/2014

I used to exercise about 5x weekly which helped some, the temperature here in Buffalo had made that hard, only ran once in about the past month. But I may just have to force myself to get out there again just to tire myself out. Thanks for the responses.

ravenfish2013 01/05/2014

Do you have any indoor activities that you can do to help burn off the energy? For example, kick boxing or a martial art? form? I live in an area where the weather is a problem for several months a year as well. We go a lot of snowshoeing here, or skiing. When that fails, indoor activities always help. Even a tennis ball against the wall in the basement with a racket keeps the boredom at bay.

Good luck and hope you find something to help soon.

Mike1975 01/05/2014

Thanks. We have an exercise bike I've been using for about 20 minutes to at least burn off some anxiety and get some exercise. Hoping the temperature gets better so I can get back to running which did help get me tired.

ravenfish2013 01/05/2014

Agreed. As the negative temps hit today, all I can do is walk inside the house and clean like crazy. Most people wait until Spring... in Wisconsin it is an all year thing. Best wishes and good luck.

worldofblah4 01/05/2014

I take zyprexa at bedtime but sometimes I still can't sleep so I drink sleepy time tea. Helps. I also do some deep breathing.

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