me too. I'm up from racing heart, shaking, anxious thoughts...what are you doing?

Just about the same thing. Can't shut the brain down. Hands shaking.

it sucks. i wish there was an answer for anxiety. than everyone can get off the site and go to bed!! :)

Are you taking any meds for it?

tried but it made it worse. i was on celexa for a couple weeks and it was unbearable. I also work in a pharmacy. it never seems like ones enough. people go from one drug to a bigger drug to stronger strenght to bigger problems like stomache drugs

Iv,e been having same problem for 3 weeks now, i do take ambien but it is oly keeping me asleep for 4 hrs, i see a new doctor on the 19th, i am hoping to switch to restoril, something i took yrs ago that worked really well.
If you guys want to go natural, melatonin is supposed to be of help for sleep, there is tynelol pm that is over the counter, dont know how well that works.
If your sleep problems are consistant you might want to tal to your doc about going on sleep aid for a short while while you work on what is botheing you causing your anxiety.
Do you guys work and how do you manage when you consistently cant sleep?, im now back at work and having an awfull time of it.

For me 3mg of melatonin and .50 mg of Klonopin helps me sleep and stay asleep for at least 5 hours. After 5 hours I usually wake up but am able to fall back to sleep using deep breathing exercises.

Get a medication because insomnia can last for years. I used to go 3 days with little sleep until my body was so tired it was forced to sleep. Some antidepressants don't help with sleep. Don't necessarily believe the doctor if they say they do. (especially ssri's) Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax are good for sleep and anxiety (anti anxiety). Ambien and all those never worked for me. I take .05 Klonopin each night. Lots of doctors hate prescribing anti anxiety meds because they are more afraid of a lawsuit than helping you get sleep. They want to go on an antidepressant before anti anxiety meds because of the dependency issue.

My doc once gave me 3 days worth of ambien. It didn't help me at all and I saw it as an expensive but worthless medication.

I know their is no one majic pill that will work for all of us. We just have to keep trying for that one thing that will work. But alas.....it is so damn hard in it's quest. I did get about four hours last night until the phone rang this morning. I should have turned it off. But, at that time my brain was not working the way it should have been. Maybe tonight all of us on here will get a good nights sleep. If not see ya at one am USA eastern time. Ed

Ambien never worked for me, Ativan seems to do the trick and exercise also.

Hey, it's great seeing that other people are like me! Now where is everyone now? It's December 10 at 2:00 am. Can't sleep. Anxiety is driving me nuts! My husband is snoring next to me, and I so envy him. I ran out of sleeping pills. And yes, I am addicted to them. But I spent two years of having little sleep, and now I just take a small dosage, just to relax me and shut my mind off. I've got my "sleep music" playing, and I've got my Lavender Essential Oils Spray (good for relaxation), and still I am awake. I keep thinking of all my appointments and meetings tomorrow. Wish I could just shut my mind off. So if anyone is reading this right now, I'm awake!

I was having a hard time a couple of weeks ago because I had gone off of Trazadone and serequel.... I think now that my body has adjusted better, I am doing better. I got a lot of replies to my last post on natural remedies for sleep and anxiety.... melatonin was on the list, and also magnesium. I have been taking Calms Forte for my anxiety during the day... it works for a lot of people for sleep, just not me. I hope that you find something that works.

i think that everynight as i have trouble geting to sleep but when i do get to sleep i wake up half hour later its so lonley at night when everyone else is a sleep.so i know just what you feel like